Baby Unexpectedly Born In McDonalds 👶 | Ambulance - BBC

Shocked mum gives birth in McDonald's, not knowing she was pregnant. 👶
Life and death decisions on the frontline. From control rooms to the crews on the street, meet the people making sure every second counts.
It's a busy start to the shift as the North West Ambulance Service answer one new 999 call every 16 seconds. Four hours into the shift, and an emergency call is received for a patient who didn’t know she was pregnant and is giving birth in McDonald's. The crew on scene request back-up to help care for mum and baby. Crewmates Jodie and Tom are immediately dispatched.Life and death decisions on the frontline. From control rooms to the crews on the street, meet the people making sure every second counts.
It's a busy start to the shift as the North West Ambulance Service answer one new 999 call every 16 seconds. Four hours into the shift, and an emergency call is received for a patient who didn’t know she was pregnant and is giving birth in McDonald's. The crew on scene request back-up to help care for mum and baby. Crewmates Jodie and Tom are immediately dispatched.
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[@debbymcgerty7299]

Such an amazing crew and mum... I love that this clip showed the strength, humanity and calmness and the best of humans

[@TheYolkafresh]

McD delivery 😊

[@anthtan]

Was looking for a comment like this...!

[@bambiesdoomsdayblue]

💀

[@erinboyle2889]

Here early enough for video title to say McDondald’s

[@abigailvance413]

9 hours later, still says McDondalds...

[@Whiteman2.0]

Same 14 hours later

[@AheadMatthewawsome]

Not anymore!

[@belindahart468]

Beautiful video

[@rey6253]

Meanwhile the passport: Birthplace - MacDonalds 😮

[@Leojw10]

Baby will get free Macdonalds food for life.

[@jtcarper7033]

BEAUTIFUL!!! That is what humanity's LOVE for ALL is about!!! We are to LOVE.

[@winterlighthome]

Cute little nugget!

[@dm3606]

They're all so calm, amazing

[@lindsaydrewe8219]

That was the loveliest clip, thank you. Well done to all concerned

[@alexia3729]

that baby needs to get a free meal at mcdonalds for their birthday

[@melbdg]

Aww! So heartwarming ☺ glad all worked out well.

[@WriterusAeternus]

I’d like a McBaby with those fries.

[@CrazyMacjrsPlayground]

I have questions. However, I'm only interested in knowing 1 thing. How does someone not know they're pregnant? I'm not trying to be funny, I actually need to know this.... to sleep.

[@1969Kismet]

It happens. Some women don't have regular period or the baby logdes itself quite high, has a tiny weight or the issue might be to do with mental health. Not all women have a classic pregnancy, whatever that is.

[@teresayeates3437]

​@@1969KismetThat is not a tiny baby.

[@1969Kismet]

@@teresayeates3437 Alright Sherlock, you have a lot of other options to chose from.

[@sen.m7832]

@@1969Kismet Would you not feel the baby moving around though?

[@1969Kismet]

@@sen.m7832 As AellaMaud just wrote, those movements can be attributed to a number of things particularly if it's your first pregnancy.

[@flamefox8989]

I hope mum & baby are doing well. Congratulations 👩‍👧💕

[@Atom-56]

That family has had quite a shock, 😵 Wishing them all the best going forward, with adorable little Ivy 🥰

[@teresayeates3437]

So what happens now, do they shut down the location for a proper clean. Food places are super strict.

[@teresayeates3437]

@AellaMaud It is food service, they are strict. I seriously doubt there was stuff sprayed everywhere like you say, however particles in a food service are are enough to get a place shut down until it is properly cleaned. There are protocals. Things like simply taking an old cup through a takeaway window to through away for a customer is not allowed due to germs.

[@Aoocci791]

Do you won't fries with that?

[@tomlee631]

Congratulations 🥳 ❤😊

[@melanytodd2929]

Free Macdonald's for life? 😂

[@unidentified4737]

Does the baby get infinite free food?

[@ahappyhippy]

Sweet

[@lizsa3145]

How on earth do you not know your pregnant? You grow for a start ,hormones all over the place....list goes on 😮

[@rachal4685]

not really, when a woman i knew was pregnant she had a flat stomach even when she was full term and she did know she was pregnant

[@rustyfelongco5990]

They lovin' it.

[@hennersss]

Wah wah wah wah wah.

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

The ambulance is only rushing for the drive through

[@tienshinhan8189]

Can someone please answer me a question: If someone does not know they're pregnant, isn't that very risky for the baby? e.g. if you didn't know you were pregnant, and you drink alcohol on occasion, wouldn't that be very harmful to the baby?

[@apebass2215]

An occasional drink isn't particularly harmful, let alone "very harmful". A healthy woman's kidneys are very capable of filtering the bloodstream.

[@Lioness99a]

A lot of the restrictions placed on expectant mothers are purely there because it's not ethical for scientists to do the research to learn otherwise, so they just have to go based on anecdotal evidence from mothers like this, who may have had a drink while pregnant (because they didn't know, or didn't care). However, not all those mothers will report truthfully when asked (for fear of the consequences if they admit to it) so it's better to be safe and just tell mothers not to do certain things. There's also the old saying of "give them an inch and they'll take a mile" - if you say mothers can do something "in moderation" each person will interpret that in a different way and could very well overdo it

[@tienshinhan8189]

@@apebass2215 What about medicines like paracetamol?

[@lydia19b]

Yes it certainly is dangerous/risky to the baby if the mother doesn’t know she’s pregnant and can’t take any precautions / follow medical advice during pregnancy. That will be one of the biggest concerns once baby is born, to check the health

[@MrsBrit1]

McDelivery of a McBaby McNugget by a McMother

[@YourLocalAviator]

McBaby

[@767wattsy]

Cue a flood of happy tears.

[@EyesWideOpen61]

Better name him Mac

[@thomasplouffe1363]

look at all that ginger hair!

[@maryhamilton6582]

❤❤❤

[@virginiana3783]

What is Mcdondalds? Some British restaurant?

[@greteukulele4561]

😂

[@GabroPlayz]

"Mcdondalds"💀 If you really don't know, McDonald's is a fast food restaurant that is pretty much everywhere around the world, established somewhere in the 1940s-50s in the USA.

[@RuthBrown-ze1ty]

@@GabroPlayzthank you for telling them

[@grantwilson498]

McDonDald's 🤦‍♂

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

Baby conceived in MacDonald's. Baby born in MacDonald's. Baby work in MacDonald's.

[@dijoyjoe]

Seems you know more than the rest of us

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

@@dijoyjoe Baby Daddy, manager at MacDonald's.

[@dijoyjoe]

@@outlawbillionairez9780 😂😂

[@MissJools11]

How do you know? Were you there when the baby was conceived?

[@stopallscamsonroblox]

Third