Stormy weather that resulted in brutal driving conditions meant a 45-minute wait for the ambulance to arrive.
Ten minutes later — at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday — MacIntyre’s baby daughter also arrived on the scene.
“It was nerve wracking, for sure,’’ Clifford Perry says of watching the birth of his child in his own living room.
“It was different. The paramedics were real good.’’
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In fact, a paramedic of 10 years noted this was the first baby he had delivered, and he did so with the mother lying on a couch.
The baby was bundled up and, along with mom and dad, was taken by ambulance for a two-and-a-half hour drive to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown.
MacIntyre needs only one word to describe the ride into the hospital, that had two snow plows clear a path to Cherry Valley and a third plow take charge for the rest of the trip.
“Long.’’
The birth itself, she believes, will make for a story she will one day be able to recall with a laugh.
“It’s still surreal,’’ she says. “We are just thankful she’s a healthy, baby girl.’’
The baby, who had yet to be named as of Tuesday afternoon, weighed eight pounds and five ounces at birth.
MacIntyre was hopeful of returning to Montague with her daughter today, back home to where the baby came into the world.
Stormy weather that resulted in brutal driving conditions meant a 45-minute wait for the ambulance to arrive.
Ten minutes later — at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday — MacIntyre’s baby daughter also arrived on the scene.
“It was nerve wracking, for sure,’’ Clifford Perry says of watching the birth of his child in his own living room.
“It was different. The paramedics were real good.’’
RELATED: Ambulance, plow escort Charlottetown woman through storm in time to give birth
In fact, a paramedic of 10 years noted this was the first baby he had delivered, and he did so with the mother lying on a couch.
The baby was bundled up and, along with mom and dad, was taken by ambulance for a two-and-a-half hour drive to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown.
MacIntyre needs only one word to describe the ride into the hospital, that had two snow plows clear a path to Cherry Valley and a third plow take charge for the rest of the trip.
“Long.’’
The birth itself, she believes, will make for a story she will one day be able to recall with a laugh.
“It’s still surreal,’’ she says. “We are just thankful she’s a healthy, baby girl.’’
The baby, who had yet to be named as of Tuesday afternoon, weighed eight pounds and five ounces at birth.
MacIntyre was hopeful of returning to Montague with her daughter today, back home to where the baby came into the world.
