A [[PregnancyTropes Pregnancy Trope]] - essentially, if the mother's water breaks, FAZAM! She's going to give birth right there, right then. Bonus points if 'right there' is somewhere extremely cramped, uncomfortable or inaccessible (say, [[BornInAnElevator an elevator]]) and 'right then' is a point in time that it is extremely inconvenient for her to be giving birth at (such as when the aforementioned elevator has [[LockedInARoom stopped working]]). And that's one eager baby; as long as there's somebody there who's so much as ''witnessed a birth before'', it's ready to jump right out.

Other variants include the back of cars (taxis are quite popular for this purpose). Inevitably leads to a ScreamingBirth, often performed by someone with no medical training whatsoever.

Only partly TruthInTelevision - the water breaking is one possible early indication that labor has started and that the baby is on the way, and this can be quite a quick process (although, depending on the baby, also quite a slow one); however, the 'instant birth' part happens more often on television than it does in real life and in most real-life labors the amniotic sac remains intact until well into labor or even until birth. Likewise, in most of these fictitious situations, the woman's baby is her ''first--'' which, on average, ''rarely'' precedes a labor-period of less than ''twelve hours,'' which would outlast virtually any sudden "crisis." In contrast, in {{Real Life}} some women who have given birth twice or more previously might very well find the new baby coming out so fast she doesn't even have time to get in the bathtub, much less into a car.

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A [[PregnancyTropes Pregnancy Trope]] -- essentially, if the mother's water breaks, FAZAM! Her vagina is now her baby's personal waterslide, and she's going to give birth right there, right then. Bonus points if 'right there' is somewhere extremely cramped, uncomfortable or inaccessible (say, [[BornInAnElevator an elevator]]) and 'right then' is precisely when it will be least convenient for her or any other bystanders (such as when the aforementioned elevator has [[LockedInARoom stopped working]]). And don't expect Baby to wait for the situation to improve; as long as there's somebody there who's so much as ''witnessed a birth before'', it's ready to jump into that person's waiting arms.

Other variants include childbirth in the backseat of a car (taxis are quite popular for this purpose). Inevitably leads to a ScreamingBirth, often performed by someone with no medical training whatsoever.

Only partly TruthInTelevision -- the water breaking is one possible early indication that labor has started and that the baby is on the way, and this can be quite a quick process (although, depending on the baby, also quite a slow one); however, the 'instant birth' part happens more often on television than it does in real life and in most real-life labors the amniotic sac remains intact until well into labor or even until birth. Likewise, in most of these fictitious situations, the woman's baby is her ''first'' -- which, on average, ''rarely'' precedes a labor-period of less than ''twelve hours,'' which would outlast almost any "crisis." On the other hand, there are documented cases of RealLife second or third babies who begin to deliver so quickly that the mother barely has time to get into a ''bathtub'', let alone a backseat.

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