Dad Catches Pokemon Go Pidgey While His Wife is in Labour

Pregnant woman playing Pokémon GO in hospital during labour.

A dad who played the latest mobile game craze, Pok�mon Go, has spotted a pidgey while his wife gave birth and shared the photo�to the rest of the world.

Jonathan Theriot told BuzzFeed he was playing the augmented reality game which�allows players to capture virtual Pok�mon in the real world when he and his wife were waiting for her C-section to start. He took a photo of them when suddenly, a Pidgey appeared in his phone, so he immediately caught it and got a screenshot of it.

Pregnant woman in hospital with Pokémon Go Pidgey overlay.

“As soon as it popped up, I was like, oh my gosh, there’s a Pidgey sitting on your bed!” he said. “So, I screenshotted it, then caught it and showed it to her.”

Jonathan posted it on�Imgur�where it immediately went viral with more than 1.7 million views.

Some people criticised Jonathan for “playing a stupid game” while his wife is in labour, but he said, his wife “wasn’t mad at all.”

“She just kind of laughed at it,” he said. “It was primarily an eyeroll once she realized what I was doing.”

Dad's Photo of Pidgey While His Wife is in Labour Goes Viral | Stay at Home Mum

Some people on social media suggested they name their new daughter, Pidgey, but�Jonathan and Jessica didn’t heed to their suggestion and named their third daughter,�Ireland Sage Theriot, who�was born Thursday morning.

Source;�Buzzfeed.com

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