Melanie DeVore was three days away from her due date with her sixth boy on March 12 when she went for her doctor's appointment.

By 1:30 that afternoon, she and her husband, James, were holding their newest addition at the doctor's office.But Timothy had other plans for his parents, as well as Melanie's OB/GYN, Dr. Alex Boschi of Lehighton.DeVore came back last week for her post-birth checkup and sat down Thursday to recount the eventful day.The day at Boschi's office started like any other day, with a waiting room full of patients and expectant mothers.DeVore had been having some contractions overnight, but they weren't regular enough to warrant a trip to the hospital so she decided to keep her scheduled appointment to discuss being induced.By noon, the expectant mother thought that Dr. Boschi would instruct the couple to head to the hospital, as her contractions started getting a little closer together.As James and Melanie pulled into Boschi's parking lot, she had another contraction, this time stronger than the rest.A second, third and fourth contraction followed close behind as Melanie waited to be seen.When she was called into the office at 1 p.m., Joanne Fox Boschi, pediatric nurse practitioner, observed yet another contraction and asked how frequently they were occurring."About every three minutes," Melanie recalled James saying.At that point, Melanie's water broke.'We're going to make a big mess'Joanne called for Dr. Boschi, who determined the baby was complete breech, meaning that the baby was sitting butt down, instead of head down. In this type of birthing situation, a cesarean section delivery would be performed, but time was against the team. Boschi told his staff to call for an ambulance but also prepare for an in-office delivery."We're going to make a big mess," Joanne recalled him telling his staff as he told DeVore she would not make it to the hospital to deliver.Nurses Brenda Miller, Patti Gerber, Anne Davis and Joanne, as well as office staff members Shari Beers and Carol Schaeffer prepared to help as the delivery progressed rapidly.Twenty minutes later, Boschi successfully delivered the newest DeVore boy and mommy and baby were doing well."The whole situation was so surreal," Joanne said, noting that this was the first time she had seen a delivery.Boschi added that in the 27 years he has been in the practice, this is only the second time he had delivered a baby in-office. This birth was also one of the first to take place in a medical facility in Carbon County since Blue Mountain Health System closed its labor and delivery units.During the delivery, James, who had been present at all five other boys' births, was caring for two of their younger sons in the parking lot, so he was only able to be with his wife to cut the umbilical cord."Looking back we said should we have known to go to the hospital, but with how quick it progressed, we would have probably gone in the car and that would have been bad," DeVore said."It wasn't a desirable location, but it worked out amazingly," Joanne added.By 2 p.m., the DeVores were secured in an ambulance and on their way to St. Luke's Hospital-Allentown Campus.Life returns to normalAfter arriving at the hospital, Melanie and Timothy were taken to be checked to make sure everything was OK.The newest family member was kept in the neonatal unit for observation and the new parents tried to digest everything that had just happened.Back at Boschi's office, it was business as usual."The waiting room was packed," Joanne said."We went back to seeing patients after that," Dr. Boschi added, noting that he couldn't leave his patients who had waited through the unexpected delivery.The office has since returned to its normal operation, and Melanie, James and their children have settled into their normal routines."We were thankful for where we ended up that day," DeVore said as Timothy stirred from a nap in his car seat.