A Schoharie County 911 dispatcher guided an expectant father, Rudy de Vries, through the first steps of delivering a baby at home on Wednesday, August 20, after his wife, Amber, went into labor too quickly to make it to the hospital.
911 dispatcher Becky Brisley took the call, according to a press release from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office.
She "talked to the caller in an attempt to calm him and gave instructions as to what he should do for the expectant mother," the press release states.
When paramedics and first responders from the Gallupville Fire Department, the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office, and the Scho-Wright Volunteer Ambulance Squad arrived on the scene, a residence on Route 443, they decided that the delivery of a baby girl was imminent and that there was no time to make it to the hospital.
Everything went well, and the child, named Ava, was born at 12:51 a.m. on Wednesday. She is 8 lbs. 2 oz. and 19” long.
The mother and baby were checked out at Bellevue Hospital in Niskayuna by Scho-Wright Ambulance, and are both doing well, according to the press release.
