PCSO turns midwife in Inxworth
Friday, 12 September, 2008
A Suffolk Police Community Support Officer has turned midwife, after helping to deliver a baby on the back seat of a car in Ixworth on Wednesday afternoon.
David and Sarah Fitt, from East Harling in Norfolk, were on their way to the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds as Sarah had started to go into labour. As they reached Ixworth, Sarah felt she couldn't go any further so David pulled into Ixworth High Street hoping to find a police officer who could take or escort them to hospital.
They found PCSO Jonathan Burke of the St Edmundsbury Rural North Safer Neighbourhood Team on a call in the village cafe. He made calls to get the escort arranged, but at that point the baby started coming.
An ambulance was called, and PCSO Burke helped David deliver his daughter on the back seat of his car. Baby Genevieve was born, weighing 6 lb 6 oz.
