Woman gives birth at home; mother weak, afterbirth undelivered, Cherokee County AL


Emergency responders were called to a home where a 36-year-old woman gave birth to a baby boy. The newborn was breathing and crying, but the mother was weak. The afterbirth had not yet been delivered, and medical help was on the way.
Audio|Source: Cherokee County Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch
03:55
Transcript:
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Second page for Station 15, can you respond to near Canter Road,
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near Canary Road, Havemedic 43, and we're out with a 20-minute ETA.
00:11
36-year-old female has had a baby at this residence.
00:15
Near Kennerod.
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32 dispatch.
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32.
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32 is that deployed wrong, 31.6, 31.6.
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3.1.6. 10, 4.
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This is about T-843.
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Go ahead.
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Medi-43, I've got someone on the scene giving me instructions or an update. It's going to be a baby boy. He has been born. He's breathing,
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crying.
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The mother is weak, but responding.
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Afterbirth has not delivered.
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Court is not cut.
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43 receipt.
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There's another unit en route with us.
01:14
That's negative. How many get another one?
01:18
Yeah, 10th one.
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31 will be responding. We'll have an extended ETA.
01:31
Ten four thirty one also fire did not acknowledge page see news to try another department ten four we'll have a twenty-five minute d-tegay.
01:54
This site, Station 4, can you respond to near Canary Road?
02:00
Near Kennerode.
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Page Station 15 times 2 with no response.
02:06
Near Kennerode.
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Have a 36-year-old female that has had a baby boy.
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He is breathing.
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The after birth has not been delivered yet.
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The mother is weak and is kind of in and out, but she is responding.
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We have Medic-43 and Medic-31 responding.
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Medic-31 has an extended ETA if you could be en route as well. Near Kennerode.
02:30
Okay,
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I come through just back. I'll be in-right to that location as well.
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From the line.
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10-4[1], you're not to near Kennerode.
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Station for you, do you copy page?
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This section of medic 31.
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Go ahead.
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I've page the next fire department with no answer.
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Do you want me to page the next next?
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Negative.
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Ten for.
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31 to 43.
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Got him.
03:36
Depending on where the patients had prenatal care prior to lift,
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the two closest facilities with L&D is going to be D-CAP or Gagin Regional to that address.
03:55
Ten four.
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10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received)
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Cherokee County, AL
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