EEAST paramedics meet baby they delivered in a car park

Cecilia was born in the car park of Chelmsford Ambulance Station on Chelmer Valley Road in November

A baby born in an ambulance station car park has been reunited with the paramedics who helped her arrival.

Staff assisted with Cecilia's "dramatic" birth at Chelmsford Ambulance Station in November 2022, said the ambulance services.

Parents Alex and Tim Rowson from the city had 10 minutes left of their journey to Broomfield Hospital.

However, it was clear the baby was not going to wait until they got there so they had to make an emergency stop.

"I said to Tim, you'll have to pull into the ambulance station," recalled Alex.

"He went to the door and rang the bell to see if someone could come and help."

Paramedics from East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) came outside and the baby was born in the car in early hours of the morning.

Alex continued: "I pushed, and one of them caught the baby.

"They took her inside because it was cold."

'Scariest time'

After giving birth in the car, the mother and baby were taken to Broomfield by ambulance.

"That was the scariest time, because although we had heard Cecilia cry and we had great help from the paramedics, we realised that we weren't at hospital with all the resources a maternity ward would have," said mum.

"However, Cecilia had done really well on the tests they carry out on newborns, and that she was just a bit cold from being born in the footwell."

After Cecilia's first birthday, Alex and Tim decided they would like to thank the crew and a meeting was arranged.

Mike Sage, one of the paramedics who delivered the baby, said: "Crews at the station were delighted to meet Alex and Tim again and see how well Cecilia is doing.

"They've adopted her as a kind of mascot as her birth certificate states her official place of birth as 'Chelmsford Ambulance Station'."