Westminster- Icy roads and extreme temperatures delayed paramedics on the way to help a woman in labor late Saturday night, but they made it in time to help deliver the baby at the mother’s home.
Westminster firefighters received a call at 10:14 p.m. that a woman in the 10700 block of Moore Circle was in labor. They arrived six minutes later, and the baby was already on its way. There was no time to get to a hospital.
The paramedics set up for the birth in a bedroom. Initial delivery was tense becauase the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby’s neck, but the paramedics managed to untangle the child.
The baby was born at 10:28 p.m.
The child’s arrival was a surprise because the family’s obstetrician had originally set a Jan. 12 due date for the baby, but later delayed the expected date for two weeks.
