'I gave birth at Toby Carvery - so much blood police thought it was crime scene'
A woman who gave birth in her car at a Toby Carvery said she shocked police officers with the amount of blood, with one commenting it looked like a "crime scene".
Emily Kathleen, 29, lost a whopping three litres of blood after delivering her baby on the side of the road.
The mum-of-two was on her way to Gloucester Hospital with her partner, Jake, 32, when they were forced to stop near a housing estate on the A48 due to her "intense contractions".
Leaping into action, Jake phoned the hospital and with the assistance of midwives delivered their daughter at 1.35am on September 7, 2023.
The couple then drove to a nearby Toby Carvery carpark, where they were supposed to meet with an ambulance when Emily suddenly haemorrhaged.
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Piper, who weighed 7lb 14oz, was lovingly nicknamed ‘Landie’ after the car she was born in (Emily Elizabeth / SWNS)
Midwives had a plan in place for Emily's second baby after she found out she was expecting a second child in January 2023. Pictured: Emily, Dad Jake, son Roman and baby Piper beside their Landrover (Emily Elizabeth / SWNS)They were forced to abandon their blood-soaked Land Rover as paramedics rushed her to the hospital for a blood transfusion. But when the police, who found the car, became concerned that a "serious crime" had taken place in the vehicle, the new parents had to explain the situation.
Emily, owner of High Society Models, from Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, said: “We didn’t even think about the car – we had to leave in a hurry. “It must have looked like a murder had taken place when the police found. The car was covered in so much blood, god knows what they thought at first.
"The police came to hospital to check out our story and make sure it was actually because I'd just had a baby and nothing awful. It's was scary at the time but funny looking back - and she's so perfect."
Baby Piper, who weighed 7lb 14oz, was lovingly nicknamed ‘Landie’ after the car she was born in. Despite Emily already having gone through labour before with her son Roman, six, she too had lost a lot of bod then due to unknown reasons.
Following the birth, the couple had arranged to meet an ambulance at a local Toby Carvery restaurant (Emily Elizabeth / SWNS)However, midwives had a plan in place for her second baby after she found out she was expecting a second child in January 2023. Midwives had planned to give the 29-year-old injections called a PPH bundle before and after the birth, to try and reduce chance of blood loss.
But at just 39 weeks along, Emily started experiencing contractions in the early hours of 6 September 2023. And so, Jake drove the pair to the hospital, but the contractions stopped by 9am and so the couple were sent home.
At around 1am the following morning, on 7 September, Emily’s waters broke, and she knew the baby was on the way. She said: “We live about 50 mins from the hospital, so we knew it was always a risk getting there in time with the distance.
“She was baby number two so they always arrive quickly – I didn’t think it would be that quick. We made it about 20 minutes up the road and I knew she was coming. I told Jake to pull over near because I needed to push. I think he thought I was having him on.
“We had to pull over in the pitch black, in the middle of nowhere, and call the midwives. They talked us through everything and Jake was amazing. I’ve got a panoramic sun roof so I could see her being born which was an experience I never thought I’d have. I had no pain relief, so it was horrific – but she came out in a matter of minutes.”
Their daughter Piper arrived safely, and she was wrapped up Jake's top. Following the birth, the couple had arranged to meet an ambulance at a local Toby Carvery restaurant, in Over, on outskirts of Gloucester.
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After losing a lot of blood during the labour and then walking across the car park, Emily took a “funny turn”, and the paramedics instantly knew that she had haemorrhaged and rushed her to Gloucester Hospital for emergency treatment.
Despite Emily already having gone through labour before with her son Roman, six, she too had lost a lot of bod then due to unknown reasons (Emily Elizabeth / SWNS)Emily recalled the moment saying: “Jake remembers watching my heartbeat go down drastically on the monitor in the back of the ambulance. He held baby Piper to keep her warm. It was really scary but the crew were so calm and reassuring.
“I went to theatre straight away because my placenta was stuck, and they needed to pull it out. Altogether I lost three litres of blood, I was awake throughout on gas and air. I was terrified when they said 'code red' and thought I might die."
While in theatre, police arrived to speak with the couple about their abandoned vehicle in the carpark, and Jake's mum spoke with the officers to help clear-up any concerns about what had happened. Emily said that because the pair were in such a hurry to get to the hospital, they forgot about the car, adding that she couldn't "imagine" what the police had found.
She continued: “Jake’s mum spoke with them and explained what had happened while I was in theatre. They also found my purse with my ID on the dashboard which must have looked really dodgy, adding: "The car park was quite bad too, they had to hose it down all the blood the following day.”
Dad Jake leapt into action and with the help of midwives on the phone, he delivered their daughter (Emily Elizabeth / SWNS)Emily spent two nights in Gloucester Hospital on the high dependency ward, before she was able to go home, adding that the "ambulance crew and doctors were all amazing."
She also said: ''We're grateful to the police for being so thorough too, despite it not being a horrific crime they might have assumed. Although it wasn’t the birthing experience I hoped for, they kept us so calm and reassured.
"We were actually looking at buying of the new build houses near on the estate where she was born, the area is called The Sevens. She was 7lb, born 7th September near Sevens – it felt like fate. We’re glad she arrived safely and now we have such a unique story to tell when she’s older.”
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