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Baby Isabelle's speedy
appearance – in dad's car
THERE is never a good time to get stuck in a traffic jam, but the worst must be when you are in the advanced stages of labour.
But that is what happened to Abigail Killick whose dash to Scarborough Hospital ended with her giving birth in the passenger seat of her husband’s car.
As the contractions got stronger Abigail and husband Lindsay got caught up in the school run just a few hundred yards from the maternity ward.
But baby Isabelle Alice could not wait any longer and was born in the white Vauxhall Vectra, as Lindsay was trying to drive through the traffic with his hazard lights flashing.
Abigail, 28, said: “It wasn’t quite like that in the birth plan. I couldn’t give birth in Bridlington because I have asthma so I’m classed as high risk. We had always planned to have the baby at Scarborough Hospital.
“Lindsay was panicking a bit, and I think he was a bit scared, but he tried to keep as calm as he could. He was brilliant.
“Thankfully Isabelle was fine and everything turned out OK.”
The new arrival, who weighed 6lbs 14oz is fine and is back at the family home in Cardigan Road, Bridlington, with her two-year-old brother Alexander.
Isabelle was born six days late, but happy and healthy – and a quick check by doctors at the special care baby unit in Scarborough revealed everything was all right.
Abigail said: “I woke up in the night but the contractions were quite irregular so I thought it was best to get some rest.
“By 7am they were getting more regular so i made plans for my son to go to my mum’s.
“We left Bridlington just after 8am and the contractions were six minutes apart. When we got to Cayton bay they were getting really strong and I told my husband to keep driving.
“But when we got to Scalby Road I screamed at him ‘it’s on its way’.
“She was born at 8.40am and we arrived at the hospital seven minutes later.
“We pulled up at reception and my husband ran in and said ‘my wife’s having a baby’, but I think they thought he was just over-reacting.
“A paramedic came out, we cut the cord in the car, and she said it was best to go straight to A&E.
“When we got there, there was a massive welcoming party – the staff were brilliant there.”
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