CAMBRIDGE — Live News Becky Smithson, from Thrapston in Northamptonshire, found herself having to phone...

Published: 6:47 am October 10, 2023
Updated: 10:39 am October 8, 2025
When A Pregnant Mother Suddenly Started Experiencing Rapid Contractions With Just Her Two-year-old At Home, Ambulance Crews Arrived In Minutes To Discover A Serious Birth Concern

Becky Smithson, from Thrapston in Northamptonshire, found herself having to phone 999 just 30 minutes after her waters broke, realising her daughter would likely be born before her husband, Callum, could make it home from Cambridge.

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Labour started at 2.15pm, with contractions coming every two minutes. Having phoned for an ambulance 30 minutes later, Becky managed to make it downstairs to open the door before her husband arrived at the same time as Tahlia Feasey and Josh Miller from East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), shortly followed by Sarah-Jayne Parsons and Jon Channon from East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST).

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