Frantic father delivers his own baby while on the phone to Triple Zero after his pregnant wife’s water broke unexpectedly at home
- Frantic soon-to-be father delivered his baby at home after wife’s waters broke
- Queensland man Ravideep Singh told ambulance officer he could see ‘the hairs’
- Operator said she gave instructions on the delivery and tried to calm him down
A frantic father has delivered his own baby with only the instructions of a Triple Zero operator after his wife unexpectedly went into labour.
Ravideep Singh from Ipswich, Queensland, received a call from his heavily pregnant wife, Navjot Kaur, around 6am on May 5 to tell him her waters had broken.
The soon-to-be father pleaded with his wife to try and hold off the labour and told her not to push, but soon realised his daughter was already being born.
Ravideeep Singth (left) received a call from his pregnant wife Navjot Kaur (right)
‘I told him I’m not pushing, the baby is coming by itself, I can’t hold the baby inside. Ravideep was so scared’, Ms Kaur told 9News.
Rushing back to their Augustine Heights home, a Mr Singh called Triple Zero and was connected with emergency medical dispatcher Allie Roser.
In the nail-biting call, Ms Roser asks the Queensland father if he can see part of the baby to which he responds ‘Exactly, I can see the hairs’.
As their daughter was crowning, the ambulance officer instructed Mr Singh to put his hand on the baby’s head.
Allie Roser (pictured) said she immediately began to give Mr Singh instructions on how to deliver the baby, as well as try to calm the worried father down
‘Yeah the baby’s coming out, I can see the head’, the worried father said.
‘The head’s out? Fantastic you’re doing a great job!’, Ms Roser replied.
The early morning phone call had been the officer’s first of the day.
After sending an ambulance, Ms Roser began to give the Queensland father instructions to deliver the baby, as well as try to calm him down.
Paramedics Samantha Bedford and Bradley Lavers were soon on the scene to provide Mr Singh with some much-welcome back-up.
The healthy baby girl was reunited with the first responders less than a week after her birth
‘We literally walked through the bedroom door and there she was, and we just went straight into action,’ Ms Bedford said.
Minutes later the baby girl was safely delivered, with her relieved father there to cut the umbilical cord.
Ms Kaur and her baby girl were safely transferred to Ipswich Hospital and returned home later that day.
Less than a week later, the first responders were reunited with the couple’s healthy baby girl to wish her well.
‘Thanks are not enough,’ Ms Kaur said.