“I call 15, I take gloves and a towel”: the car breaks down on the way to the maternity ward, she gives birth in a garden

The divine child was born as Tino Rossi sang… These young parents from Gironde experienced an unforgettable night for the birth of their fourth child. As reported The Republicanon November 9, around 2 a.m. Julie's water broke. This mother and her partner, residents of Bazas in Gironde, then contacted the babysitter to look after their three children aged 7, 6 and 3 years old. But when the latter did not respond, the couple took the road to go to friends who live in the neighboring town.

“After a few km, a light came on”

In the meantime, the babysitter called back and when the family changed their route, the car started acting up: “After a few kilometers, a light came on. The engine had a problem. Robin told me asks: 'What do we do?' We decided to call, once again, Nicolas and Laura, this time to ask them to lend us their car,” the mother confided to our colleagues; They manage to reach their parents' homes and leave with their vehicle. “When I got out of the car, I felt severe pain. I managed as best I could to change vehicles. But, at one point, I understood that we were not going to start” , remembers Julie. She says she stood up next to the car. “The trigger came when she told me: ‘It’s growing’. I decided to call 15,” confides her friend Laura, who is a nurse. “I come home, I take gloves, a towel. The doctor tells me that I have to look.”

“I was afraid it would slip out of my hands”

The two couples understand that Julie will have to give birth on site and on the phone, the Samu doctor gives the instructions. No one panicked and the birth went perfectly. Even though Laura admitted to having had some moments of stress: “I was afraid it would slip out of my hands.” Little Charlotte was finally born at 3:19 a.m. If the godmother had already been chosen, the parents had no choice but to ask Laura to be Charlotte's godmother.