Police officers deliver baby girl on east London street

Emergency: the officers stepped in to help the family
Metropolitan Police
Hannah Al-Othman15 April 2016

A woman who went into labour on an east London street gave birth to a healthy baby girl with the help of two passing police officers.

The two PCs were on patrol in Tower Hamlets Borough in the early hours of this morning, when they noticed a woman who was clearly in distress leaning against a bollard in West Ferry Road.

The two police officers stopped to help, and discovered the woman was heavily pregnant.

She and her husband had been trying to get help from a nearby medical centre after she had gone into labour.

The officers could see the baby's head was crowning and quickly realised the mum-to-be was in the final stages of labour, and safely delivered the infant girl on the street at about 4am this morning.

The youngster was wrapped a Metropolitan Police jacket to keep warm, while medical staff were summoned to help.

Specialists from the nearby Barkantine Medical Birthing Centre on West Ferry Road soon came and helped the proud new parents into the centre, where the mother and baby were given the once over.

Both are said to be doing well following the dramatic birth.

PC Steve Parmenter said: "I feel overwhelmed and extremely proud for someone so young in the job to have helped in this way, and wish the parents and the baby well, it was a great end to a very difficult week."

His colleague PC Rob Ruston, added: "I was so pleased I could offer my help and assisted in delivering a beautiful baby girl, just doing my job and service to the community of London."

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