A worker who helped deliver a baby in a 7-Eleven gas station parking lot has been reunited with the boy and his family.
Sharyn Daley was working at discount store Cheap as Chips in Logan, Brisbane, on Friday when a man burst in and shouted “that a lady is about to have a baby”.
The assistant store manager grabbed a towel from a shelf and ran outside to help the woman who was parked in her car in the neighboring 7-Eleven servo.
The baby’s head was already crowning and the birth was over within seconds of the quick-thinking Mrs Daley arriving on the scene.
Fortunately, the baby, named Winston, is now healthy and doing well after arriving 11 days early.
On Tuesday, Mrs Daley met with mother Sonia and the rest of the family.
Sharyn Daley, who helped deliver baby Winston in a 7-Eleven gas station parking lot, has been reunited with the boy and his family (pictured together)
Mother Sonia went into labor eleven days earlier in the parking lot of the neighboring 7-Eleven (photo)
‘I have a hug. I got to kiss him on the forehead, hug mom and dad, they are so happy,” she said A current issue.
“He’s precious, he looks like he’s already grinning, every time you touch his little cheek he’s absolutely perfect.”
It is understood that shortly after Mrs Daley arrived on the scene, Winston’s head crowned and there was no time to get to a hospital.
“(All I could think of was) just survive. Someone needed help. So just hurry and do what you can and your instincts will take over,” Ms Daley said 7News.
She said the boy did not look well when he was born.
“He was discolored so I had to stimulate him, massage him and pat his back,” Ms Daley said. The courier post.
Mrs Daley (pictured) took action on Friday, grabbing a towel from the shelf along the way to help
‘A few minutes passed and he started moving better and squeezed my finger hard and his color came back.’
After returning the baby to its mother, Mrs. Daley took off her right shoe and tied the shoelace around the umbilical cord.
She then took off her sock and placed the placenta inside, close to the baby.
An ambulance arrived and took the family to hospital before Mrs Daley had a chance to ask for their names.