Qld: Woman gives birth on bathroom floor

AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-2006
Qld: Woman gives birth on bathroom floor

BRISBANE, Feb 2 AAP - A woman has given birth to a twin on the bathroom floor of her
home in north Queensland, with the second baby born in hospital only 30 minutes later.

Queensland Ambulance Service paramedic David Goodyear today said he was called to a
house in the Townsville suburb of Kelso about 3pm yesterday where a woman had already
given birth.

"She was having a shower and her waters broke," Mr Goodyear said.

"She stepped out of the shower and within a couple of minutes, the baby was born on
the bathroom floor," Mr Goodyear said.

"I've never seen a woman giving birth so cool, calm and collected."

Mr Goodyear said he cut the cord and stabilised the woman, whose contractions were
coming five minutes apart.

She was transferred to an ambulance for the short trip to Townsville Hospital where
she gave birth to a second child 30 minutes later, this time under the care of a doctor
and midwife.

The woman and her twins were reported to be doing well.

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KEYWORD: TWINS

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