My cousin gave birth to a healthy baby girl on Saturday night.

She didn't even know she was pregnant and managed to go full term without an inkling there was a great big bundle of joy growing inside her.

My aunt called her an ambulance when she started having terrible pains in her back and legs... she gave birth in A&E. Her boyfriend is in utter shock as are my aunt and uncle.

"I said to her, haha, ...are you trying to kill me? It is the best present you could ever hope for," explained my uncle in his strong West Indian accent.

At 36, I'm unsure whether children ever figured onto her agenda but the baby is here now, beautiful and with the start of a promising afro.