A woman named as a heroine while nine months pregnant, gave birth to a boy baby yesterday - Mother's Day.
Thitima Yurawan, 33, who helped police arrest car thieves on August 5 - despite being nine months into her pregnancy - gave birth by Caesarian section to the boy yesterday morning at Phya Thai 3 Hospital in Phasicharoen district of Bangkok.
Her husband Somchart Wichitrakanlikhit, 36, said Thitima's mother named the baby, Sirawit Wichitrakanlikhit, and his wife would call her son "Hero" as his nickname.
Her family and the stolen car's owner Angkhana Boonyong, 54, and media members went to the hospital yesterday to give her moral support.
Hero is the couple's second child.
Earlier, Her Majesty the Queen praised Thitima's courage in her traditional birthday address to the nation on Wednesday evening.
"Our family is really delighted that HM the Queen praised my wife as a good role model for society. We appreciate that she blessed our son to be a healthy, brave and good person in society," Somchart said.
The hospital rewarded Thitima by offering the freeofcharge operation and also offered her son baby vaccinations free of charge.
Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra led Bangkok people in offering alms to 279 monks to celebrate the Queen's Birthday at the Sanam Luang area.
Magnificent exhibitions to honour HM the Queen were organised at the Royal Plaza and meritmaking activities were held countrywide to celebrate the occasion as well.
Meanwhile, Phitsanulok Provincial Statistical Office head Kitisak Phosri said the province had the highest number of people who wrote online messages extending their best wishes to HM the Queen. They totalled 30,300, equivalent to 25 per cent of all the people who wrote messages nationwide. Bangkok was ranked second.
Kitisak said people could post online messages to send their best wishes to HM the Queen until August 31.
Later, the online channel would be available for people to send their best wishes to HM the King to celebrate Father's Day which falls on December 5.