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John Walls>> Amber and Jeremy Engel were about to have a baby
their third, but little Collin it seems
wasn't on anyone else's schedule, and when he decided to come
a little early, the Engels had to hit the road in a hurry.
Amber Engel>> Oh, I woke up at about four forty five with a contraction and
we got ready, my husband got my daughter ready for school and
we just thought we had plenty of time, because labours take a long time, but my uh... as we were
getting in the car about seven thirty my water broke and we only live about twenty
to twenty five minutes from the hospital, but
that wasn't long enough
I just kind of told him to pull over, we were only about five minutes out from the hospital
and i told him to pull over on the shoulder of Brian boulevard, so his middle name is
Brian
Jeremy Engel>> I felt completely unprepared for the situation, just you know, I've never trained
for that, to deliver a baby, and I knew
I needed someone on the phone, someone that was trained in this sort for thing, so
I thought I'm going to grab my phone it was sitting right there
so I just grabbed it
and immediately started calling, even before I got out of the
the door, of the car, I was already dialing 911
Amber>> The operator
I don't think realized how far along we were until, actually, Collins head was out
and Jeremy told him the head was out and he was like, okay let me catch up with you
guys here
and from that point, he was very helpful
and he was born in
two pushes, one for the head, one for the body and at that point the 911 operator was giving
Jeremy a lot of instructions about cleaning the baby's nose and mouth and
covering him up with a towel
I mean it was February
it was 40, or so, degrees outside
babies are not meant to be that cold, I don't believe at first
Jeremy>> It's critical, you know
just to have, to know that help is on the other end of that.
I would have been terrified without having someone on the phone to...
It's just reassurance knowing that someone's there listening
that can get help to you
Can guide you through it if you need it if you need the help.
Amber>> I definitely, wouldn't want to drive anywhere without it
just in case, you know, you never know what's gonna happen
and we certainly,
it would have been a different story had we not had it