According to a report by Daily Mail, a pregnant
woman who popped out to do a bit of shopping in a busy city centre was
forced to give birth outside Primark after going into a very short-lived
labour.
Crowds
gathered around the woman, who was believed to be alone, as she went
into labour on the pavement outside the clothing store in Birmingham's
New Street.
The crowd cheered when someone helping the new mother placed the baby on her chest, before she was helped into an ambulance.
It’s believed kind-hearted Primark staff brought out towels from the shop to help.
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shop keeper nearby said the woman was giving birth for about ten
minutes before paramedics arrived and held sheets around the woman.
She was then placed on a trolley in the busy shopping street and her and the baby taken into the ambulance.
One onlooker said: 'We were just walking out of Primark when I saw a crowd of people.
'We thought it was a street performance act. It was only when I walked out that I realised it was a woman giving birth.'
They
added: 'She seemed to be by herself and there were no medics there. She
can’t have been there very long as I didn’t see her when we went in.
'It
must have literally just whooshed out because someone had just placed
it on her chest and everyone cheered. The placenta hadn’t even come out
yet.'
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West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said: 'A call came into us
at 13.56pm to say there was a woman in labour on New Street.
'Thankfully an off-duty doctor happened to be there at the time who stepped into help.
'We
sent two ambulances and a rapid response vehicle. It’s a baby girl and
it is doing OK and both ambulances handed mother and baby over to City
Hospital.'
Crowds mill around after the excitement.
Luckily, a doctor was passing when the woman went into labour and was
able to assist before paramedics arrived
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