Baby Born on Side of Road Hits Head After Hospital Told Mum to go Home
November 27, 2022
PHOTO: Sylvie Whinray
first-time mum is traumatised after she was forced to give birth to her baby on the side of a busy road and he hit his head as he came out.
The woman had earlier been sent home from Auckland City Hospital, despite being worried about bleeding and feeling the need to push.
She and her partner were in the car when she could feel the baby’s head crowning. Terrified she would injure the baby’s neck, they pulled over so she could get out.
In a “matter of seconds”, the baby had slipped down her pyjama pants leg and onto the road - hitting the side of his head.
“You never expect to see your baby on the street, covered in dirt, covered in blood,” the man said.