JAKE'S THE DADDY OF DELIVERING BABIES Father who feared he'd be too squeamish to attend birth ends up bringing son into world

As one of [Nicole Booth]'s friends was planning to be her birthing partner, firsttime dad [Jake Anderson] hadn't even attended any ante-natal classes during the pregnancy. "I was on to the 999 operator and Nicole was making a lot of noise in the background and I said to them that the...

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Published inManchester Evening News
Main Author Weir, Kate
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Glasgow (UK) MGN Ltd 10.07.2014
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Anderson, Jake
Booth, Nicole
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Summary:As one of [Nicole Booth]'s friends was planning to be her birthing partner, firsttime dad [Jake Anderson] hadn't even attended any ante-natal classes during the pregnancy. "I was on to the 999 operator and Nicole was making a lot of noise in the background and I said to them that the ambulance needed to hurry up. Then her waters broke. We looked at each other, swore, and about 30 seconds later [Corey] was here!" Jake, of Holland Street, added: "With hindsight it was special, but it was also terrifying." She'd always wanted to see a baby being born, but after this I'm not having any more!" An ambulance arrived shortly after Corey's birth, followed by a midwife.