Baby girl born at Burning Man to mother who didn’t know she was pregnant

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) – A registered nurse attending Burning Man happened to be in the right place at the right time to help a woman who unexpectedly gave birth.

On the fourth day of Burning Man, Maureen O’Reilly was brewing coffee for her camp like she did every morning of the eight-day arts festival in Black Rock City, Nevada. She and her campmates had plastic bags over their shoes to avoid mud left by dust storms and rain.

Suddenly, the unexpected happened…

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