10-year-old girl named Miracle bravely helps DELIVER her baby sister at home
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A 10-year-old girl named Miracle has been hailed as a hero after bravely helping her pregnant mother deliver her baby sister at home.
When Viola Fair, 30, of Jennings, Missouri, went into labor three weeks early on Oct. 23, her daughter Miracle Moore sprang into action. The fourth grader called 911 and connected with dispatcher Scott Stranghoener.
“Hello, I think my mother is in labor,” she said at the beginning of the recorded conversation, which was played back on the Today show Thursday as part of Hoda Kotb’s ‘Morning Boost’ segment.
Miracle Moore, 10, of Jennings, Missouri, helped her pregnant mom, Viola Fair, deliver her baby sister after giving birth at home
Fair was three weeks away from her due date when her waters broke on October 23
Miracle opened the front door for emergency responders and stayed on the phone with Stranghoener for nearly 11 minutes as she waited for the ambulance to arrive.
She calmly followed his instructions and explained to her mother that she need to lie on her back in the middle of a bed or on the floor.
Stranghoener advised the little girl to get towels or blankets and put them under her mother’s body because she was having trouble lying down.
In the background, Fair could be heard screaming in pain, as Miracle balanced to comfort her and carry out the dispatcher’s directions.
Miracle called 911 and was connected to dispatcher Scott Stranghoener (pictured), who helped her care for her mother while she waited for the paramedics to arrive
Miracle calmly followed his instructions, comforting her mother as she screamed in pain in the background
‘She comes! she comes!’ Miracle yelled as she helped free Jayla. ‘She’s here! She sticks out’
“It’s okay, mommy, it’s okay!” Miracle assured her mother before telling Stranghoener, “I think her waters have broken…”
‘She comes! she comes!’ she screamed, urging her mother to lie down. ‘She’s here! She sticks her mouth out.’
Miracle was initially surprised when Stranghoener told her that he would help her give birth over the phone.
‘Hey?’ she asked, but remained calm.
‘She is gone!’ cried wonder. “She’s breathing and she’s crying now.”
Miracle checked that Jayla was breathing and wrapped her in a clean towel
Speaking to NBC affiliate KSDK, Fair opened up about how proud she is of her oldest daughter — a miracle that helped deliver another miracle
“We have a set of protocols that we follow, and she followed all my instructions to a ‘T’ and did a great job,” Stranghoener said of Miracle
Stranghoener advised her to gently wipe the newborn’s mouth and nose.
“Be very careful,” he said. “Don’t drop the baby, okay?”
Miracle also made sure the umbilical cord was not wrapped around her little sister’s neck before wrapping her in a clean towel and covering her head as instructed by the dispatcher.
When the first responders arrived, she directed them to her mother’s room.
“You did very well,” Stranghoener told her.
In conversation with NBC news affiliate KSDK after giving birth, Stranghoener shared how impressed he was with Miracle.
Miracle received two awards for her brave help in giving birth to her little sister
The fourth grader is already considering a future career in the medical field
For now, though, she’s happy just being a big sister to her younger siblings Taylor and Jayla
‘She’s really cute. She doesn’t cry much and I get to hold her often,” she said of her newborn sister
“I learned pretty quickly that we had a serious situation,” he explained. “We have a set of protocols that we follow, and she followed all my instructions to perfection and did a great job.”
Fair, who named her baby daughter Jayla, also shared how proud she is of her eldest daughter – a miracle that helped deliver another miracle.
“It was definitely a miracle because once I had the baby she came out, I couldn’t really grab her and pick her up and then Miracle came and she wrapped her in a towel,” the mom recalls. She wiped her hair and rubbed her back a little so she could cry. So she was very helpful. I am very grateful.’
Miracle received two awards for her actions that day and she is already considering a future career in the medical field. But for now, she’s happy just being a big sister to her younger siblings Taylor and Jayla.
‘She’s really cute. She doesn’t cry much and I get to hold her often,” she said of her newborn sister.