THE Anzac centenary will be particularly memorable for a Warren couple who had planned to attend their local dawn service but ended up welcoming their first child in Dubbo Hospital later that morning.
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"I was getting ready to go but my water broke at 3am and it looked like I wasn't going to make it after all," Brea Williams told the Daily Liberal.
She and partner Tom Letton called the midwife then left Warren about 6.30am to drive to Dubbo.
Indianna Grace was born at Dubbo Hospital about 8.14am, weighing 3180g (7lb).
"I was sitting in the back seat in a bit of a daze, and I was a bit frightened I might give birth on the way," Ms Williams said.
"And when we got there, there was no time for pain relief, she just popped out."
Ms Williams said little Indianna Grace had ancestors who had served in various wars so it "felt pretty special" for her to be born on such a significant anniversary.
She is understood to have been Dubbo Hospital's only Anzac Day baby this year.
Ms Williams said while Indianna Grace was new to the world, she had arrived with some of Mum's and some of Dad's features.
"She has her dad's darker skin and hair and my nose, mouth and eyes," she said.
