Saturday 26 October 2013

OMG! Woman goes into labour in her sleep, wakes up to see baby’s head hanging out

A new father was forced to deliver his baby son at home when his
partner woke to discover she had gone into abour in her sleep.
Sarah Pearson woke at the couple's home in Barnsley on October 13,
telling partner Graeme Smith she 'felt something weird'.
But by the time the 25-year-old realised what was happening baby
Charlie was ready to make his appearance in the world.
Surprise arrival: Sarah Pearson woke up to find she was in the final
stages of labour leaving partner Graeme Smith to deliver their new son
Charlie at the couple's home
The couple had visited Barnsley Hospital just hours earlier when
Sarah's waters broke.
But midwives, having checked her over, told them to return in 24 hours.
In anticipation of the arrival of their firstborn, the couple headed
home to get some sleep.
But their nap was cut short when Sarah, an art student, woke to find
she was already in labour and her baby's head was crowning.
False alarm: Miss Pearson and Mr Smith went to Barnsley Hospital the
day before Charlie arrived, after Miss Pearson's waters broke.
Midwives told the couple to return in 24 hours Checking to see what
the 'weird feeling' Sarah was experiencing was, Mr Smith, 22,
discovered he could see his son's head.
The DJ said: 'We had a couple of hours sleep and then Sarah woke me
saying "what's that? It feels weird" and
when I looked there was a head sticking out.
'I phoned the midwife who told us to ring for an
ambulance and while we were waiting a woman on the
phone was talking me through everything, what to do and to get towels
and things.
'She was saying "are you sure it's a head?". I said yes I'm sure, it's
got hair on it.
'We kept wondering where the ambulance was and the woman on the phone
said we had plenty of time and they would be here soon. The next thing
we knew Charlie was
out.'
When paramedics arrived they found little Charlie, who weighed 6lbs
15oz, curled up in his mother's arms.
Mr Smith said praised Miss Pearson for her bravery in giving birth
without any pain relief. He said despite his initial fears, the birth
which took about half-an-hour, went
well.
He said: 'I was a little bit scared but your instincts kick in, I
didn't actually do a lot, Sarah did all the work I just cleaned him up
when he came out made sure the cord was
okay.
'Sarah did really well and I'm very proud of her for doing it without
pain relief or anything like that.'

Via: Daily Mail

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