Mom gives birth at school while registering son for preschool

PASADENA, Texas -- Back to school is a busy time for parents, teachers and school administrators, but no one counted on an extra surprise during school registration at an elementary school when a mother gave birth!

The mother was in the advanced stages of labor thought she had just enough time to stop and register her 4-year-old son at a Houston-area school en route to the hospital. But she was mistaken.

The staff at Fisher Elementary in Pasadena ISD was prepared for a long day of registering students for the 2014-15 school year, with parents lining up beginning at 6 a.m. to register students for pre-K. At 10:30 a.m. though, the focus of the day moved to a mother who was in labor.

Staff members called for emergency medical assistance, but before EMS could arrive, the baby was born in the campus clinic, aided by the school nurse and principal. As the baby was being swaddled, a Pasadena ISD police officer who is also an EMT arrived to assist.

School officials say Vanessa Deleon and her baby boy were both taken to Bayshore Medical Center. Both are doing well at this time. This is Deleon's fourth child.

The boy, named Geovanni, weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces.

DeLeon says her contractions began earlier Thursday but that she was intent on registering her son Alexis for prekindergarten. She did successfully registered Alexis for pre-K at Fisher.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.