‘Delivered by dad’: man in China calmly follows step-by-step guidance from emergency nurse on phone to help wife deliver baby at home
- A father in China who called emergency to say his wife was giving birth had to deliver the child himself as a nurse gave instructions on the phone
- A recording of the father’s emergency call posted online has had more than 200,000 likes on mainland social media
A man in southern China who calmly helped his wife deliver their child at home with the help of an emergency hotline nurse has trended on mainland social media.
The father, surnamed Kang, called the emergency hotline in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, last month, saying his wife was about to give birth to the couple’s second child, local news site sznews.com reported.
“I have sent out emergency doctors. Don’t hang up. I will tell you what to do next,” nurse Deng Manli told Kang over the phone.
“Don’t impede the birthing process. Ask your wife not to sit on a toilet, but choose the most comfortable position to rest,” she added.
When Kang said his wife was lying in bed, Deng told him to put a pillow under her head.
However, before help could arrive, Kang told the nurse: “The baby is coming out, I can see its head.”
The emergency nurse then told him to hold the infant’s head “gently but tightly” to avoid the baby coming out too quickly.
“You should also firmly hold its buttocks and legs. Its body is slippery. Be careful not to drop it on the floor,” Deng said.
