Pregnant N.L. woman due 'any day' flees Fort McMurray

Stacey Greeley, who's "ready to give birth any day," evacuated Fort McMurray on Tuesday in a truck with her husband and her cat.

Greeley, 38 weeks pregnant with their first child Deegan, was just two days away from being on maternity leave when the fire forced them to evacuate.

"I definitely didn't expect to be leaving everything behind in a ball of flames," Greeley told CBC News. 

The expecting family spent Tuesday night at a camp in northern Alberta, worried that she might give birth. 

"(We're) trying to get to the nearest hospital as possible just in case anything happens," said Greeley. "We need to be as close as possible."

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"Luckily [the] little man wasn't born at camp last night,' said her husband Derrick Greeley in a Facebook post.

'It was pretty surreal'

Stacey Greeley, who is from Queen's Cove, Trinity Bay, said Tuesday night was chaotic.

"We only had a half an hour to pack up our bags and get as much paperwork and stuff as we could," she said.

"We just finished the nursery not too long ago. Just had my baby shower. We had all the clothes and things ready to go and all we did was grab our diaper bag because we're probably going to be out of town for more than 10 days or so," said Greeley. 

Along the way they could see "buildings that still had flickering of flames in it, it was pretty surreal."

They have no idea what happened to their home.

"The only thing that's keeping me calm really is my husband," said Greeley. "We don't know what's true. We don't know if our house is standing. We have no idea."

Now in Cold Lake with her husband's family, she feels exhausted, but said "unreal" help is being offered by strangers.

"I've been offered so much in the last few hours," said Greeley. "Even just lending out homes."

She said she's trying to stay positive but realized how dire the situation is while walking through Wal-Mart to pick up diapers.

So far a number of babies have been born in camps to families forced to evacute Fort McMurray

"Luckily one of those weren't mine," said Greeley. 

"I'll probably end up giving birth in Cold Lake."

Greeley took a moment to post an update on her Facebook account late Wednesday night to let family know she was safe. 

"I have the most important things in life inside this truck," Greeley said in her post.