28-year-old Emily Rumney was forced to give birth in a garden center as they couldn’t make it to the hospital in time.
She shared how her partner, 38-year-old James Perry, immediately acted as a midwife to deliver their baby.
They were on their way to the hospital when Emily felt their child coming out. James pulled over into a local garden center as they were still a couple of miles into their 12-mile travel to the hospital.
Around 5 am on May 4 at the Secret Garden in South Wales, their daughter, Leah, was born weighing 3lb 13oz.
Speaking about their scary but wonderful journey, James said: “It was about 1.30am when Emily started having contractions. I rang the hospital and they said she should have two paracetamol, a hot bath, and go back to bed.
“At 2.30am she had the two paracetamol and tried to go back to sleep. But by 4.30am it was clear we had to head for the hospital, so we got everything together and set off.”
But on their way to the hospital, Emily felt the baby trying to enter the world.
He continued: “I pulled into the Secret Garden car park. It was 5am by now, and I could see that I would have to deliver her.”
“I put her on Emily’s chest and was then told I had to take a lace out of one of my trainers and tie that around the umbilical cord,” he explained. I got a towel to clean the baby, and blankets to cover her and Emily up to keep them warm, put the heater on, and waited for the ambulance.
“Emily couldn’t go into hospital until it was an active labour, but we didn’t expect things to go so quickly.
“It was a totally unexpected adventure, but Emily and the baby are fine – and I’ll be keeping the lace out of that trainer.”
25 minutes later, ambulances arrived and the mother and baby were taken to hospital. They were discharged that same day.
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