Accidental home birth: call operator helps deliver baby William Leslie Hodge in Kurri

Jessica Brown
Updated June 12 2019 - 3:54pm, first published June 11 2019 - 12:00pm
HOME DELIVERY: Jess and Geoff Hodge got to meet Bec Giddins (middle), the ambulance call taker who walked them through delivering their baby William at home. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
HOME DELIVERY: Jess and Geoff Hodge got to meet Bec Giddins (middle), the ambulance call taker who walked them through delivering their baby William at home. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

JESS Hodge knew the birth of child number two would be a quicker affair than the first one, but she had never planned for a home birth. Yet on May 28 Mrs Hodge and her husband Geoff were left with no other option but to deliver baby William on the bathroom floor of their Kurri Kurri home.

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Jessica Brown

Jessica Brown

Digital Editor

Jessica began her journalism career in 2009 as a cadet at The Port Stephens Examiner before moving to London for a two-year stint working in magazines and digital publishing. The Lake Macquarie local returned to Australia where she took up a reporting role at The Maitland Mercury. She worked across several rounds including local council, police and property before moving into digital journalism and joining the team at The Newcastle Herald in 2017.

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