Baby Delivered in Storm, With Help of 911 Operator

STAFFORD, VA — When a baby boy is ready to arrive, he doesn’t check the weather. Just ask a new Stafford couple celebrating the birth of their healthy baby boy, with the help of a 911 dispatcher in the middle of the 2016 blizzard.

The family had planned to have a midwife assist with the birth, but on Saturday afternoon, the labor began with more than a foot of snow outside and no way for the midwife to make it in time.

The new dad called 911 and a dispatcher walked him through the birth while Stafford County Fire and Rescue were dispatched.

“Dispatcher Roy walked the father through the delivery, which progressed very quickly,” according to 1st Sgt. Eric Quinn with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office.

The father delivered his son at 1:46 pm. Mother, baby and father are all doing well, according to Quinn.

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