Couple deliver baby at roadside before being told they'd face 'seven hour wait for ambulance'
dailyrecord.co.ukA quick-thinking dad had to deliver his newborn baby in a car when his partner gave birth on the way to hospital – before being told they'd face a wait of up to seven hours for an ambulance.
Luke Rawlings, 29, was forced to pull over in the early hours of Friday (January 7) and make his partner Gemma Earle comfortable as they prepared for their son Sonny's shock arrival.
The groundworker from Caldicot, Wales, said: "When something like that happens your head's just racing and you're thinking of the worst."You're thinking, 'What if something's wrong?' Luckily he came out all safe and healthy.
It's a story to tell him when he's older." Sonny is the couple's fourth child, Wales Online reports. Their other youngsters— Ruby, seven, Rosie, four, and Eliza, two — were all born in hospital around the due date, but Sonny was three days late.Gemma was due to be induced at the Grange University Hospital, in Llanfrechfa, on the Sunday but it became clear on the Thursday night that the baby would not wait that long.Luke said: "The missus was at home.
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