Pair thanks paramedics after baby born in kitchen

A couple has thanked emergency services for helping them when their baby was born in the family's kitchen.

Jessica Roberts from Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, gave birth to baby Luca at home on 20 January, after she had visited hospital earlier in the day after experiencing pain and discomfort.

After the birth, the new mum was taken to hospital and paramedics had to work "incredibly hard" after she began to "bleed heavily".

Christian Roberts, said: "All the team were amazing and we are incredibly grateful for the hard work they all did, as the situation could have been very different."

An ambulance arrived eight minutes after the service received the call that Ms Roberts was in labour.

Mr Roberts, said: "The crew arrived and they really looked after us, taking control of the situation and keeping us both calm.

"Within four minutes of the crew arriving, they had delivered the baby."

Ms Roberts said paramedics did a "great job".

"All the team were amazing and we are incredibly grateful for the hard work they all did, as the situation could of been very different."

The family visited crew members who helped deliver the now nearly seven-month-old, at Huntingdon Ambulance Station.

Sarah-Jayne Parsons, the paramedic at the East of England Ambulance Service, said it was great to see the family of three "doing so well".

"Once on the scene, everything happened very fast and the baby came very quickly.

"Then once we had established baby Luca was OK, we had to take care of Jessica."

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