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Parents thank medics for delivering baby

The ambulance arrived just in the nick of time, with the mother giving birth in the bathtub

Canberra Times

AUSTRALIA — Delivering a baby is something some paramedics may never experience in their career, but for Erin Gilliland, a paramedicine student at the Australian Catholic University, it happened two weeks ago on her second practical placement.

Meryn and Chris Weenink’s second baby arrived a lot faster than they were expecting after a three-day labour the first time around.

Mrs. Weenink, 30, said she started feeling faint contractions at 2.30 a.m., but it wasn’t until around 9.30am that she became uncomfortable.

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