Dads turned midwives: They helped deliver babies at home and in a car by the highway
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- Emergency responders in the Moravian-Silesian region recorded three unplanned births outside hospitals within one week.
- The births took place on a highway, in an apartment in Ostrava and in Havรญลov.
- In each case, fathers helped deliver the babies while operators from emergency line 155 provided remote assistance.
Three babies arrived before emergency crews could reach them during a single week in the Moravian-Silesian region.
One birth took place on a highway, another in an apartment in Ostrava, and a third in Havรญลov. In each case, the baby's arrival could not wait for the ambulance team.
The fathers stepped into the role of midwife and successfully helped deliver their children. Emergency-line operators at 155 guided them remotely throughout the births.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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