{"id":345251,"date":"2026-07-19T13:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345251\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T13:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:39:10","slug":"rhode-island-couple-unexpectedly-become-parents-while-on-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345251\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island couple unexpectedly become parents while on vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tThe couple was preparing to set sail on a cruise when they got the surprise of a lifetime: they were going to be parents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-article-header__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy <a class=\"a-link a-link--inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/author\/darin-zullo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darin Zullo<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 19, 2026 | 9:14 AM\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>1 minute to read<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While on vacation in Florida, a Rhode Island couple picked up an unexpected souvenir \u2014 a new family member.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lauren Siwinski and Gary Glenn had just arrived in the Tampa Bay area to set sail on a cruise when Siwinski began experiencing severe abdominal pain, HCA Florida Brandon Hospital said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HCAFloridaBrandonHospital\/posts\/pfbid0NhgnSrBv8KY6nm9qLhLyJK8vMnSmAa46211Dqqq82BFDtSVeB4kLkjV3K8xWgLj6l\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on Facebook<\/a>. Doctors at the emergency room told her she was pregnant and in labor, much to their surprise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither parent knew they were expecting, according to the hospital. Siwinski was on birth control and hadn\u2019t experienced any signs of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI had no symptoms at all. Nothing whatsoever,\u201d Siwinski <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpri.com\/news\/us-and-world\/i-had-no-idea-rhode-island-couple-has-surprise-baby-in-florida\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told WPRI<\/a>. \u201cI had no idea there was a human inside of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hours later, they welcomed a baby boy, who they named Sebastian \u2014 though family members joked that he should be nicknamed \u201cCruise.\u201d As they waited for his birth certificate, Sebastian\u2019s grandmother flew down to Florida to meet her new grandchild, according to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSometimes life has a way of changing every plan in the most beautiful way,\u201d the hospital said. \u201cThis little boy may not have made it onto the cruise, but he\u2019ll forever be the best vacation souvenir his parents could have ever brought home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the Today newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-generic-cta__subtitle\">Get everything you need to know to start your day, delivered right to your inbox every morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local News The couple was preparing to set sail on a cruise when they got the surprise of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-345251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}