CARLISLE, Pa. (WHP) — Imagine going into labor a month early, during a major snowstorm, and delivering your first baby in the back of a tractor-trailer.

That’s exactly what happened to one Pennsylvania family. What was supposed to be a routine stop during a snowstorm quickly turned into an emergency delivery.

On Jan. 25, truck driver Davidson Etienne said the roads in Carlisle were completely covered in snow. The couple had been staying at a motel after finishing a few deliveries. They weren’t expecting their baby for another month.

Then, her water broke.

“I was very scared,” Etienne’s wife, Sarafina Boutin Etienne, said, “I say, what are we going to do?”

With snow piling up and roads shutting down, Etienne said he had to make a split decision.

“I decided to take my semi-truck and then bring her to the hospital,” he said.

Etienne followed his GPS toward the Pennsylvania Turnpike, but the state police stopped him; the highway was shut down. He tried to find another route, but eventually lost signal.

By that point, his wife was in active labor.

“The baby is about to come,” Etienne said. “And I say, you can go to the sleeper, and then take a clean blanket. If you feel like pushing, just push the baby.”

But she couldn’t do it alone.

“She kept yelling, and she tried to push by herself. And then she said, ‘David, stop the truck because I feel something.'”

Etienne said he pulled over in the middle of the road and ran to the back of the truck to help his wife.

“When I go, go in the back, I see her feet come out,” he said.

He helped deliver their baby girl right in the back of his semi until emergency crews arrived.

But when she was born, she wasn’t crying.

“The baby is not crying, not breathing,” he said.

Their newborn was rushed to the hospital, where doctors told them she had a hole in her heart and was suffering respiratory failure. They were told she had a 15% chance of surviving.

“I was very scared,” Etienne said.

“Maybe she’s gonna die,” his wife added. “I was very scared.”

However, after almost a month in the NICU at Penn State Health, their miracle baby fought back. She was released last week and is now home with her parents.

The family said it’s a delivery they’ll always remember, and will probably never look at a snowstorm the same way again

“I’m still scared for my baby, I’m happy to have her, and I hope everything is is gonna be great for me, for us,” Etienne said.

If you would like to help the family with medical expenses a link to their GoFundMe can be found here.