A mum who gave delivery to her untimely child in a Fife Airbnb has thanked a Scots NHS name handler who helped save his life.
Alex Clayton, from Yorkshire, was on vacation in a cottage in Ceres, Fife in June 2021 together with her husband Tony and younger son Max, when she went into labour at 34 weeks.
Little Fraser obtained into problem throughout delivery and was unresponsive when he was born.
Alex stated she would not suppose her child boy would have survived if it wasn't for the quick-thinking actions of Scottish Ambulance Service name handler Lorna Milward.
Lorna guided dad Tony by means of the resuscitation course of till he began to breathe.
Tony stated: “Once I realised what was taking place I used to be terrified and felt totally out of my depth.
"Lorna was the very reverse; cool, calm and picked up, she was in a position to discuss me by means of one thing which I might by no means have been in a position to do with out her on the top of the telephone. We will likely be eternally grateful to her.”
The household had been recovering from a bug when Alex woke within the night time feeling unwell.
After going to the lavatory, she realised her waters had damaged, and the infant was half-delivered breech, which meant his head was caught.
Tony known as 999 and Alex talked him by means of each step within the lavatory of the cottage.
Following the arrival of the ambulance crew, Jordan Cooper of Glenrothes Ambulance Station and Lynne Robertson of Leven Ambulance Station, Alex and Fraser have been taken to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, the place Fraser was stored in intensive look after every week till he was effectively sufficient to go residence.
Lorna, who obtained a commendation for her actions, has been a name hander for a yr and half, and this was the primary child she helped to ship.
She was delighted to fulfill the household for the primary time, nearly 9 months after the incident, after they obtained in contact with the Service.
They met at Edinburgh ambulance station, the place Max was additionally given the prospect to view the within of an ambulance.
Lorna says: “I used to be all the time questioning about them, so I used to be happy to get the prospect to have the ability to meet them in actual life.
"As soon as you might be completed with a name you go straight onto the subsequent one, so it was superb to seek out out what occurred, and to fulfill Fraser.
“Alex did so effectively.
"It was the primary time a name like this had come by means of for me, and once I realised it was a breech delivery at residence, that the infant was the flawed method spherical, I knew that it will be difficult. It was a traumatic, life-changing second for each Alex and Tony, so I knew I needed to hold them calm and ship the directions on what to do, till the paramedics arrived.
"Alex and Tony labored effectively collectively which was important within the most secure supply and care of Fraser, given the traumatic circumstances.”
Alex says: “All of it occurred so shortly, however I simply keep in mind how Lorna was so good at giving instructions to us over the telephone.
"If it wasn’t for Lorna, I don’t suppose Fraser would have made it. We hope we will keep in contact and hold her updated with how he’s doing, as she is now a part of our household story.”
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