Mum gives birth in car on way to hospital after having evening with takeaway
A mum and dad are over the moon after their baby boy was born in a hospital car park in North Wales.
Emma Rowlands was on her way to the hospital with her partner Mike Wright when she gave birth in their car. Their little boy, Louis James Wright, couldn't wait to be born and arrived weighing 7lbs 6ozs at 1.16am on February 10.
Emma, who is already a mum to two daughters, shared the exciting story. She was one day overdue when she went about her normal day with her daughters Rosie, four, and Safina, aged two and a half, and her partner Mike, 39.
She made dinner for the girls and put them to bed before tidying up. After that, she sat down and ordered an Indian takeaway for dinner. Emma said: "At 11.30pm I went to bed. My partner stayed downstairs as he does to watch a bit of TV. But at 11.45pm I heard a 'pop' as my waters broke."
The pain started at midnight and Emma's first contraction came at 12.05am with another one at 12.10am. Emma said: "At 12.14am I texted Mike to say 'I'm uncomfortable and having pains'."
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"I texted because I didn't want to shout in case I woke up the girls! There was another contraction at 12.15am. I managed to walk downstairs by myself to tell my partner I'm having them regularly and that he should call my mam to come over ASAP as she had to watch our girls."
The couple had to rush to hospital and Emma ended up giving birth in the car park there (No credit)
Little Louis James Wright was born to parents Emma Rowlands and Mike Wright in a car in the grounds of Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor (Emma Rowlands)Her mum lives in Bodedern and it can take 40 minutes to drive to Bontnewydd. Mike also called the maternity assessment unit to explain the situation. They said 'Bring me in ASAP!' remembered Emma." remembered Emma.
The contractions continued and they were every three minutes from 12.30am to 12.50am. "Mike went to get the car ready by our house, and my mam arrived! Phew."
At 12.55am Emma said she "just about" managed to walk to the car. "That's when my contractions got worse, they were every 45sec! I felt sudden urge to push.
"I kept having the urges to push all the way on the drive there. To make things worse the bypass was closed off, so Mike had to drive through Felinheli itself. This wasted precious minutes but lucky it was nighttime and no cars on the road." By 1.13am they were at Penrhosgarnedd roundabout.
"It was then I could feel the baby's head crowning! At 1.14am the roundabout to the hospital is where I finally pushed and the baby's head came out!"
"Mike was on the phone with the midwife saying 'The baby's head is out!' They told him to keep driving and get to the entrance. I just remembered it being a big blur and holding onto the baby's head and focusing on getting there safely. At 1.15am we arrived at the roundabout where the hospital entrance is.
"Mike jumped out to press the ward button." Emma said. "The next thing I remember was five or six midwives running down with towels, wheelchairs etc. And a lovely midwife called Sue opened the car door to have one look at the baby's head, and helped me get the baby out. He was born at 1.16am on February 10 in the passenger side of our Nissan Qashqai Car outside the hospital entrance!"
Emma said: "They took me up straight away to the ward with such care and dignity so I could deliver my placenta safely - all this with no medication nor drugs to help with pain. I think I'd gone past that worry of pain haha.
"I was just so happy and relieved that we made it just in time. It was the best labour I had had, just very intense with a hint of excitement that I just gave birth in the car. God knows how Mike drove there and how he kept his cool all that time (I think). But he did and he was amazing.
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"I could not have done it without him, my mum arriving on time, the roads being clear and the midwifes and of course our CAR! A 'drive through' baby indeed."
Emma says the midwives were "amazed" by it all and that she did it by myself without the aid of anything for the pain or even their help. "They kept telling me that I was 'the talk of the wards' that night and the next day. I felt very special and I'm so proud of myself. Our baby boy is here safe. He made sure to come into this world with a bit of drama."
Emma, who studied Forensic Science at Wrexham University, is currently a full-time mum. Mike runs his own business, ROCO Doors, where he makes and fixes garage doors and other fittings in Anglesey and Gwynedd.
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