London: A pair of first-time parents had to deal with an odd situation when their newborn arrived suddenly at their home in Lime Grove, Ruislip, according to reports in UK Mirror.
Daniel Hardinges and his wife Sue safely delivered a baby girl in the bathroom sink of their home. Despite having no knowledge of gynaecology, dad Daniel successfully delivered his newborn after his wife’s waters broke.
When the couple woke up in the morning, Sue began feeling the contractions. Daniel immediately rang the Queen Charlotte's Hospital in Acton in which Sue was due to give birth.
The couple was told to wait for a few hours by the hospital staff. Daniel explained to them that the contractions were only a few minutes apart from the time they woke up.
Daniel said, “About 15 minutes later, I decided we should go to the hospital- this definitely wasn't normal. My wife said she could feel something between her legs, so I had a look and couldn't really see anything at the time.”
When Sue complained about something stuck between her legs for the second time, Daniel, upon examining, saw something, but did not realise that it was a part of the baby’s head.
As the couple got ready to leave for the hospital, Sue had another contraction and complained of something being trapped in between her legs.
Danied pulled out her trousers to see what went wrong when he was shocked to see his newborn’s head popping out of Sue.
“I pulled her trousers down and there was a baby's face looking at me up to her nose,” said Daniel.
He quickly dialled 999, but by the time the couple could figure out what was happening, their newborn was completely out. Daniel rushed Sue to the bathroom where she gave birth to their newborn daughter.
The couple had to wait in the awkward position till the medical team arrived as Sue’s umbical cord was attached to the baby.
The entire process took around 20 minutes, although it was not a painful one, says Sue.
Daniel and Sue named their daughter Sophie.
