After learning about childbirth in class, 16-year-old delivers aunt's baby

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It's a good thing Morlie Hayes wasn't absent the day her child development class learned about giving birth.

Late last month, the 16-year-old from Eden, Utah, was surprised when her cousin knocked on the door and said her mom was outside, about to have her baby. Laura Creager wasn't due until May 19, but realized while she was out driving that the baby's arrival was imminent, and stopped at Hayes' house.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.