A couple were forced to deliver their baby by the roadside after being told that ambulances couldn't come to help them for ‘six or seven hours’.
Luke Rawlings will never forget the moment he realised his partner was about to give birth miles from a hospital.
Sonny is the couple’s fourth child. The others – Ruby, seven, Rosie, four, and Eliza, two – were all born in hospital around the due date, but Sonny was three days late. When Gemma’s mum arrived, she was in the living room and was struggling to get up and to the door. So Luke helped her make it to the car.
The operator also advised Luke to tie a shoelace around the umbilical cord to prevent infection from the placenta. Luke then wrapped the placenta in a towel.
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