Iman Shumpert is a daddy, though the birth of his child probably didn’t go quite as he had imagined it.
According to an Instagram post from Shumpert’s fiance Tayana Taylor, the Cavaliers guard delivered the couple’s baby in a bathroom after Teyana went into labor without warning. Shumpert apparently delivered the baby with his bare hands and “tied a pair of red headphones around the umbilical cord.”
Here’s the whole harrowing tale:
On Dec 16th at 6:42am in our bathroom Junie decided she wanted to take her first breath into this world. She came out as a wonderful surprise to everyone! Not knowing I was in labor until I felt her head…it took two ten count pushes with my fiancé playing Dr and she entered this world into his bare hands! Eyes full of tears and barely able to speak to the emergency operator @imanshumpert tied a pair of red headphones around the umbilical cord and the ambulance made there grand entrance 5 min later. She opened her eyes right away, gazed into mine and never cried! He handed her to me wrapped in our bath towel and wiped her face for me to see what LOVE really is. She has blown Christmas away! Our family is complete. Her blueprint will be unmatched. Welcome Iman Tayla Shumpert Jr. Mommy carried you. Daddy delivered you. #MeetTheParents we love you baby girl.
The baby’s name? Iman Shumpert Jr.
Shumpert is a solid basketball player, but you’ve got to say this is his most impressive accomplishment yet (maybe next to that incredible haircut). Plenty of guys in the NBA have averaged 10 points and two rebounds a game, but how have delivered a baby?
Shumpert and Taylor got engaged in November and have been expressing love for each other on Instagram pretty consistently since. We’ll leave you with this touching photo of Shumpert staring into his fiance’s stomach.
[FTW]
