Instead, Nurul Haslina Abdul Halim experienced a “fast delivery” of a different kind – a baby girl – who was due only on Oct 28.

The 27-year-old housewife said she was at the Marrybrown restaurant with her husband, Mohd Lutfi Hussein, 33, to have nasi lemak after shopping for essential items for their baby when she suddenly felt abdominal pains.

“I felt pain in my abdomen, but I thought that was normal since there was no indication of an early delivery.

“However, as I stood to wash my hands, my water bag broke.

“My husband sought help from the restaurant’s staff since I couldn’t move.

“Coincidentally, there was a nurse from a private clinic, who happened to be at the scene and she helped me deliver the baby,” Nurul Haslina told reporters when met at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital (HSAH) here today.

She said this was her second child and weighed 2.56kg. She was clocked as born at 11.20pm and they were taken to the hospital.

“I was actually expecting to give birth on Oct 28,” she said, adding that she would name the baby, Nor Dayana.

The couple, from Kulim near here, were married in 2011 and have a 13-month-old son, Muhammad Aqhar Mohd Lufti.

Meanwhile, restaurant manager Shahrizal Daud visited mother and baby at the hospital, and handed over flowers and a hamper.