"She's in the restroom," the manager told him. "She's screaming." In a tiny restroom stall at the Chick-fil-A, with his wife straddling the toilet, Gracelyn's head started to emerge. "Sweetie," he said, "we are gonna have to do this right here, right now." The manager dialed 911 and brought over clean towels. Griffin said the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby's head twice. He managed to unwrap the cord without alarming his wife. "With two more strong pushes, and using my shirt for a towel, out came Gracelyn Mae Violet Griffin," he wrote. "Paramedics arrived 15 minutes later so we kept her warm by having the Chick-Fil-A staff warm up white towels in the kitchen and keep bringing them to us." Gracelyn came into the world at 10:30 p.m. in the restroom of the Stone Ridge Chick-fil-A on US 281 and Evans Road in San Antonio. Falon Griffin told KSAT that she and the baby "were considered high-risk during the entire pregnancy." "Oh my gosh, we just had a baby in Chick-fil-A," she told the station. "I was like, 'This really happened. How is this my life right now?' "<doc-sep>Griffin's husband, Robert, told WFMY the young employees let the couple in after closing, and were quick to help under pressure. "I hear high pitched screaming and I was like, OK-- this is serious. This is happening," said Brenda Enriquez, the Chick-fil-A employee who called 911. In a Facebook post, Robert Griffin said management brought them clean towels as Falon Griffin started to go into labor in the restaurant's bathroom stall. She gave birth to a girl, Gracelyn Griffin, about 15 minutes before paramedics arrived. "Her birth certificate reads 'Born in Chick-fil-A' and the hospital had me sign the birth certificate as attending physician," Robert Griffin wrote on Facebook. Griffin said that Chick-fil-A has offered baby Gracelyn free Chick-fil-A for life and a guaranteed first job.<doc-sep>An expecting couple had planned their baby's birth for months, but early this week, they were forced to think fast and abandon those plans during a stop at a San Antonio Chick-fil-A. SAN ANTONIO — Robert and Falon Griffin were driving to San Antonio's University Hospital, when Falon told her husband she desperately needed to use a bathroom. The family pulled into the Stone Ridge Chick-fil-A off Highway 281 and Evans. They had no idea this bathroom break would change their lives. "Chick-fil-A was closed, it was way past 10," Robert said. "We were able to bang on the door, because she kept saying she kept saying she had to go to the bathroom." "And I was very insistent," added Falon with a laugh. Even though employees were off the clock, they let the 38-week pregnant mother inside. Falon's bathroom pit-stop quickly turned serious. "I couldn't hold anything in," Falon said. "I can see just the top of Gracelyn's head, just barely crowning, but I knew we couldn't go anywhere. So I told her, 'Sweetie, we're gonna do something great, and we're gonna do it right here and we're gonna do it right now,'" Robert said. The Chick-fil-A employees, who the Griffins guess couldn't have been more than 25 years old, were quick to act under pressure. "I hear high pitched screaming and I was like, okay - this is serious. This is happening. And I got on the phone with a 9-1-1 dispatcher," Brenda Enriquez said. Brenda is the restaurant's drive-thru director. She's used to delivering orders - but not orders like this. "Assistance to the dispatcher over what color is the baby, is it crying," she said. Meanwhile, Robert handled the delivery of his daughter's birth - which wasn't without some scary obstacles. Gracelyn's umbilical cord was twice wrapped around her neck. Robert was able to unwrap the cord, and his daughter took her first breath of air. "I couldn't control it," Falon said. "I was basically straddled the toilet - I wasn't even sitting down. I was literally standing giving birth, with one hand on the wall and one hand holding her head." The entire process lasted just six minutes, estimates the Griffin family. Robert's Facebook post sharing the story has gone viral - receiving thousands of "likes" and "shares" since Wednesday. The parents are grateful for the Chick-fil-A employees who helped handle the surprise situation. Baby Gracelyn is receiving some special presents to commemorate her birth. Chick-fil-A has gifted her free Chick-fil-A for life, and has guaranteed her a first job when she turns 16.<doc-sep>
A baby born at a Chick-fil-A this week has been offered a job in 14 years at her parents' favorite restaurant chain -- and free food for life. Robert Griffin was rushing Falon "Maggie" Griffin to the hospital after she began having contractions, and the couple attempted a quick pit stop because Falon desperately needed to use the restroom. Although the location at which the Griffins stopped was closed, Falon banged on the doors and was allowed in, the couple told San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT. She began to go into labor inside the bathroom. "Cut the chord while still in the bathroom, kept Gracie stable and mom calm, and it all worked out....not as planned, but everyone's healthy. Her birth certificate reads 'Born in Chick-fil-A,'" Robert wrote in a Facebook post. "The manager said 'she's in the restroom and she's screaming.' So there we were.....my wife and I in a tiny stall in the bathroom, and I could see the top of our little girls head crowning as Maggie was straddling the toilet. I told Maggie, 'sweetie, we are gonna have to do this right here, right now.'" Robert said he asked the manager to call 911 and bring clean towels, unwrapping the umbilical cord from around his newborn daughter's neck as he quickly swaddled her in his T-shirt. Gracelyn Griffin was born on Tuesday, and both mother and baby soon were resting comfortably at a local hospital. "Oh my gosh, we just had a baby in a Chick-fil-A," Falon said, recalling her thoughts while waiting for emergency services to arrive. "I was like, 'This really happened.' How is this my life right now?"