Alanna experienced back pain a week before her due date, unaware she had gone into early labour until her waters broke.
She called Tyrone and he arrived home as she was speaking to triple zero operator Vivienne Young who supported the couple through the delivery over the phone while paramedics sped to the home.
Tyrone said Vivienne told him to check if the baby’s head was crowning.
“I could see it so was advised to push down gently on Alanna’s pelvic bone as she was pushing and a few minutes later, the baby popped out, straight into my arms,” he said.
Paramedics arrived shortly after the baby did.
Tyrone said they took mum and bub to Westmead Hospital where she was booked to give birth.
“It was very scary at the time, thinking Alanna was delivering our baby daughter Mahli at home because with with our first baby, two-and-a-half-year-old son Koa’s head got stuck,” he said.
“But I can’t praise Alanna enough, she just pushed through; I’m so proud of her and very grateful to Vivienne and paramedics Sammi, Dori, Sinead, Brandon and James.”
Vivienne said she was happy to help but what made it extra special was being invited by the couple to visit so they could see thank her in person.
“Paramedics get to meet the patients but not so for us telephone operators so to be invited really blew me away, it was so lovely,” she said.
Tyrone said he expected to see Vivienne and the paramedics at every birthday party.
“If it wasn’t for them, Mahli might not be here,” he said, adding that his brother Brendan joked that he was continuing the family tradition as he also had to deliver his baby at his Sefton home about five years ago.
