{"id":9649,"date":"2017-03-09T09:57:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T09:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/woman-who-spoofed-april-the-giraffe-gives-birth-first\/"},"modified":"2017-03-09T09:57:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T09:57:41","slug":"woman-who-spoofed-april-the-giraffe-gives-birth-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/woman-who-spoofed-april-the-giraffe-gives-birth-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman who spoofed April the giraffe gives birth first"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"ErinImage copyright Facebook \/ Erin Dietrich
Image caption Erin Dietrich, as April the giraffe, with her new son, Porter Lane <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The woman behind the April the giraffe spoof viral video has given birth to a baby boy. <\/p>\n

Photographer Erin Dietrich from South Carolina racked up 30 million views earlier this week for her pregnant giraffe impression. <\/p>\n

The real giraffe became an internet sensation after zookeepers put cameras in her pen, in New York state, to broadcast the birth to the world.<\/p>\n

Yet nearly two weeks later, the world is still waiting for the calf. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mrs Dietrich and her husband Scott have welcomed their son, called Porter Lane, who was born on Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n

She also created another live-streamed video in her hospital bed, wearing the mask and waving to the camera while in the early stages of labour. <\/p>\n

The second spoof also garnered millions of views, as her baby became just as eagerly awaited by internet giraffe fans. <\/p>\n

Image copyright Facebook\/Erin Dietrich
Image caption Photographer Erin Dietrich does her impression of April, the internet-famous pregnant giraffe <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tens of thousands of people at a time have been watching the video stream of April at Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, almost 200 miles (321 km) north-west of New York.<\/p>\n

A total of around 20 million people have viewed the park's footage of April the giraffe so far. <\/p>\n

It has been running since 24 February but there have been no signs of April going into labour. <\/p>\n

Image copyright Animal Adventure Park
Image caption April the giraffe doing not very much on her live stream, as usual <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Many welcomed Mrs Dietrich's video as a distraction from the long wait. <\/p>\n

"I did not think this many people would get a kick out of this," said Mrs Dietrich about the original video. <\/p>\n

"All our friends have been making fun of me and my obsession with April so we just thought 'hey, we should order a giraffe mask'."<\/p>\n