Post by acnedriver on Mar 22, 2023 7:17:12 GMT
An impressive mother-of-two was left in the unique position of having to deliver her newborn son while sitting in the front of a moving taxi.
Ebony-Paige Blank, from Barne Barton, welcomed her baby boy, Khai, on 28 February as she travelled in a taxi driven by Bobby Bailey.
Earlier that day, the 23-year-old was in the city centre with her mother when she began experiencing on and off contractions.
Ms Blank's pain soon became so acute that she told her mother she needed to get a taxi and go home, but before they could leave, the expectant mother began bleeding.
She hailed a taxi and soon afterwards her water broke while she was sitting in the front seat of the vehicle.
The mum-of-two said: "I went into town with my mum where I started to experience on and off contractions.
"It got to the point where I told my mum I had to go home, that's when I started bleeding so I rang a taxi.
"I got in the taxi and my water just broke everywhere. We got up to where McDonald's is in Derriford and my son's head popped out.
"Then I had to deliver him all by myself in the taxi. Luckily, I knew what I was doing because I have a two-year-old, so I've been through it before."
www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-03-21/impressive-mum-of-two-delivers-newborn-son-in-a-moving-taxi
Ebony-Paige Blank, from Barne Barton, welcomed her baby boy, Khai, on 28 February as she travelled in a taxi driven by Bobby Bailey.
Earlier that day, the 23-year-old was in the city centre with her mother when she began experiencing on and off contractions.
Ms Blank's pain soon became so acute that she told her mother she needed to get a taxi and go home, but before they could leave, the expectant mother began bleeding.
She hailed a taxi and soon afterwards her water broke while she was sitting in the front seat of the vehicle.
The mum-of-two said: "I went into town with my mum where I started to experience on and off contractions.
"It got to the point where I told my mum I had to go home, that's when I started bleeding so I rang a taxi.
"I got in the taxi and my water just broke everywhere. We got up to where McDonald's is in Derriford and my son's head popped out.
"Then I had to deliver him all by myself in the taxi. Luckily, I knew what I was doing because I have a two-year-old, so I've been through it before."
www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-03-21/impressive-mum-of-two-delivers-newborn-son-in-a-moving-taxi