Firemen help deliver baby using skills learned watching One Born Every Minute

Two firefighters have revealed that they used skills learned watching One Born Every Minute to help a woman deliver a healthy baby boy

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by Kayleigh Dray |
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One Born Every Minute is one of our ultimate guilty pleasures, but these firefighters decided to use the knowledge they'd learned watching the show to do something amazing.

"Ross said he knew what to do as his wife is an avid viewer of One Born Every Minute"

Ross McLaren and Richard Hall had been tackling a fire in North London when they were called to help expectant mother Ewelina Zimnicki.

The blaze had caused Ewelina and her husband Jaroslaw to get stuck in a traffic jam around two miles from the hospital - and the baby wasn't planning on waiting around.

A spokesman for London Fire Brigade said: "The car came through cordons asking for help as the woman was in labour.

"Two of the firefighters were called, Ross McLaren and his colleague Richard Hall. They went into the car and they could already see the baby's head at that stage.

"Ross said he knew what to do as his wife is an avid viewer of One Born Every Minute."

Thank goodness the firefighters were there to help this mother through her labour
Thank goodness the firefighters were there to help this mother through her labour

The pair then helped Mrs Zimnicki give birth to Antoni, who weighed 4.16kg (9lb 2oz).

Fireman Ross told The Independent: "We began to give the mum oxygen and to try and reassure her. While Richie [Mr Hall] carried on doing that I ran round to where the baby was and kept telling the lady to push.

“Once he was born we rubbed him down to get his circulation going and when he started crying I knew it was going to be all right.

He added: "It has definitely been one of the highlights of my career and it's not something I ever expected that I would do in my life.

“Someone said to me the other day that as firefighters we usually enter people's lives at their worst moments so being there at such a joyful occasion makes a nice change.”

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