Kate Mulford's husband drew a silly face on her pregnant belly, sparking laughter from their family
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But then Mulford unexpectedly went into labor that night, surprising nurses with the drawing still on her stomach
A TikTok video of the moment went viral, garnering over 2 million views and widespread attention
WhenKate Mulford'shusband Taylor drew a silly picture on her pregnant belly, they both assumed they'd have some time for it to rub off.
"I was about 3 weeks from my due date, and my belly was hard to ignore," Mulford tells PEOPLE. "It had become a focal point for my husband and kids — always touching it, talking to it, trying to feel the baby move."
"My husband, being the joker he is, picked up a nearby marker and before I knew what he was doing, drew the MOST ridiculous face on it. Of course, our kids collapsed into fits of giggles. I did as well, it was so funny," she explains.
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"He had never done that before with any other of my previous pregnancies, but I think he had the idea this time because he knew he had an attentive (and easy to humor) audience!"
While the two thought they had weeks to go before Mulford would give birth, they were mistaken. That very night, she went into labor — and surprised all her nurses with her husband's art.
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"When he drew on my belly, neither of us assumed it would still be there by the time the baby came since I was still a few weeks away from my due date and had never gone into labor early before," she explains.
"When my water broke that night, and we were getting our things ready to go, it dawned on us that the drawing would be coming with us and we had a good laugh!" remembers Mulfrod. "It was kind of like, 'Of coooooourse it would happen tonight.'"
"I distinctly remember the nurses laughing when they saw my belly and asking what the story was behind it. I am sure having a patient with a large, crazy blue face on their belly was a first for them."
Mulford shared a video of her husband's drawing on her TikTok, which garnered over 2 million views. "Your husband draws THIS on your belly and you unexpectedly go into labor THAT NIGHT," she wrote over a clip showing off her husband's drawing.
According to Mulford, a few weeks might not have even mattered. She says the marker took a long time to wash off.
"It probably took a good week to come off," she reveals. "I still had a blue hue on my belly for what felt like weeks, even after I tried washing it off."
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