19-yr-old who had no idea she was pregnant gives birth on the bathroom floor.

Gemma Armstrong thought she was suffering a bout of food poisoning.

Returning from work last Monday the 19-year-old made a dash for the bathroom.

But rather than a nasty case of gastroenteritis, the teenager was shocked to be in the early stages of labour.

She gave birth on the bathroom floor - after having no idea she was pregnant and believing she was suffering from food poisoning.

Miss Armstrong described the two-hour labour as a 'real family effort'.

Orla, who weighed 7lbs 9oz, was perfectly healthy when she was born. Mother and baby were taken to hospital for a check-up and spent two nights on the maternity ward while experts monitored their progress.

'The paramedics took us in because it was such a shock for everyone,' Miss Armstrong said.

'I did everything you're not supposed to do when you're pregnant,' she explained

Two months before giving birth she enjoyed a trip to Alton Towers Theme Park and flew on holiday just a month before her daughter's arrival.  

'I had no big bump, I was in a bikini on the beach in Malta a month ago,' she said.

Although still in shock, Miss Armstrong and partner Mr Degan, 24, have fallen in love with their first child, who they call their 'little surprise'.

She described her baby as 'perfect', adding she just sleeps and eats and only wakes twice in the night.

'I just sit and stare at her, everyone is so delighted,' she said.

Miss Armstrong announced the birth of her daughter on her Facebook page as the 'best and most surprising case of food poisoning in the world. Not the toilet trip I expected'.