<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A south-western Sydney family has been reunited with the emergency workers who helped safely deliver their baby girl in their home gym.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Baby Victoria's unexpected birth occurred on March 6, when her parents' family's home gym was transformed into a makeshift birthing suite.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mother Maria had been discharged from hospital about one hour before the birth. However, her labour progressed rapidly, and she and husband Dean had to call triple zero.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bruce-lehrmann-court-no-show-car-stealing-charge/61a8556c-7f18-4d7a-b49d-ec13251548ea"><strong><span>Suspended arrest warrant issued for Lehrmann after court no-show</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Call taker Grace MacWilliams provided guidance to Dean throughout the delivery process, saying, "Ok, so do not try to prevent the birth, tell her not to cross her legs," and "Allow her to resume the most comfortable position and have her take deep breaths between the contractions".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Just after midnight, Victoria was born. Seven months later, the family was reunited with Grace and the paramedics who helped deliver her. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Oh it was like she was next to me, not on the other end of the phone," Dean said of MacWilliams' help. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-family-reunited-emergency-workers/2094b941-ea5b-4fcf-afa6-22f3582feb5e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-dog-attack-man-in-critical-condition-after-being-attacked-by-several-dogs/ed8c3bae-b40a-43aa-bb16-fee621647f80"><strong><span>Man in critical condition after being attacked by several dogs</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Without her, I don't know what would have happened," he said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You made me feel so safe, so it was amazing," Maria added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the triple-zero call-taker downplayed her role.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"No, you were a trooper, you knew what you were doing," MacWilliams said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paramedic Lucinda Peacock said it was "just beautiful" to see the happy family months later.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're not seeing her as a patient anymore, we're seeing her as a being with her mum and her dad and her brothers and it's just beautiful to see," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>

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