Drama as baby is born by roundabout
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Couple's baby drama
Published Date:
09 July 2008
A MOTHER whose baby was delivered on a roundabout has condemned inadequate maternity provision.
Mannings Heath mum Keeli Judge, aged 31, told how her husband Ian, 41, nearly had to deliver the baby himself on the back seat of their car after being forced to stop on Cuckfield roundabout on the A272.
Their baby Samuel was born as the couple rushed from their Church Road home to Crowborough Birthing Centre in the small hours of Wednesday July 2.
Keeli had been worried about the trip to the hospital after having her first baby, Merrilise, two years ago at Worthing Hospital, she said.
She said: "A&E and maternity are the two things we need to get to in a rush and they are life or death.
"And with maternity it's two for the price of one because if there had been any complications we could both have died."
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Last Updated:
10 July 2008 10:18 AM
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