In her home outside Arnold [ed. - a city in Missouri], Christina Palczynski felt a few light contractions, and then a whopper.

Six or seven minutes later, she gave birth to a baby girl, her second daughter.

The St. Louis Today website has a good report about this amazing birth which must have been a very intense 7 minutes! I can just see it now: the mother bumping into stuff, the husband on two phones at once, and their poor little daughter being told, "Go get ready... wait, go to your room!" The newborn's name is Mary and is doing exceedingly well after her prompt delivery on the kitchen floor. hehe

While this may be the world's easiest documented labor, we prefer a little more notice than 7 minutes ;) And here we thought two and a half hours (Eliyahu) was quick.

Thanks to ruthieroo for this bit of news.