She made it with ‘minutes to spare’

A new mum has thanked the ‘absolutely amazing’ midwives who kept her calm at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary as she tried desperately to avoid giving birth in a hospital lift.

Marnie Buckham, 21, said she arrived into the birthing room ‘less than two minutes’ before baby Evie was born on March 4.

Midwives had tried to rush Ms Buckham up to the floor of the birthing room from the triage area below after realising she was dilated to 8cm and the baby’s hair was already showing.

But there was only one lift big enough to take a bed, and despite midwives calling it several times, it did not come.

When the lift eventually arrived after 10 minutes, Ms Buckham said she did all she could to prevent the baby being born inside it.

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