Little Kai Taafe made his grand entrance in the
back of a Volkswagen Golf outside a hospital in
Ireland. His mum - 26-year-old Elaine - gave birth
to the 7lb baby as maternity staff raced toward
the make shift deliver room last Wednesday
morning, reports the Irish Mirror .
Elaine’s father Harry, who is from O’Hanlon Park
in the town said: “Elaine lives around the corner
and came over to us in pain after 6am.
“She told my wife Maria her labour pains
were coming quickly so I jumped out of bed
and put Elaine in the car, put the hazard
lights on and drove in the wind and rain to
Drogheda at 6.30am.
“Just outside Monasterboice, I saw an
ambulance in front and flashed my lights at
it but it was probably carrying another
passenger and didn’t know what was going
on.
“I overtook it and then felt more
comfortable knowing there was an
ambulance crew behind me, if need be. “I
didn’t even wait for the man at the hospital
gates to put up the barrier, I just drove
around it and parked up.
"The baby’s head was just out at the time
so I just ran in to get help.
“Elaine had three massive labour pains on
the way up in the car and on the fourth,
she gave birth just as the medical staff
arrived at 6.55am. “Elaine was giving birth
in the car with the two doors wide open
and the wind howling and the rain lashing
around us.
“People were asking was she going to call
the baby Frank on account of him being
born in the middle of it.
“I have to commend the staff because as
soon as they knew what was happening,
they were straight out and knew exactly
what to do.”
Ironically, it’s not the first quick delivery Harry
has experienced.
He added:
“My daughter Orla nearly gave birth in the
lift at the hospital last year and 21 years
ago, my son Shane was born quickly.
"We left home at 6.20am and just made it
to the Louth County Hospital where he was
born just 20 minutes later.”
Elaine and Kai are back home in Dundalk now
where Kai’s big brother Reece, four, is proving a
huge help to his mum.
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