| «…Fire, what’s your emergency?»
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| «Oh, she’s havin' a baby…»
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| «Hello? |
| Hello? |
| Hello?»
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| «Ayo, man, just sit calm, she havin' a baby.»
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| «Ok— I need somebody to talk to me.»
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| «Okay, okay, I’m sorry. |
| I’m…»
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| «Come over to the phone, I can barely hear you, man. |
| You gotta take me off
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| speaker phone.»
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| «Okay, I’m sorry, it’s my…»
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| «That's okay, that’s okay, I understand, but I’ve gotta get an address.»
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| «It's my daughter. |
| I have my daughter in my hands.»
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| «What's your address? |
| Okay.
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| Alright, listen. |
| I’m gonna ask you a couple real quick questions, okay?
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| How, how old’s your wife?»
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| «Um, she’s twenty-five.»
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| «Twenty-five? |
| Okay, she awake right now?
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| Is she breathing?»
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| «She's breathing…
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| «Alright, is the baby breathing?»
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| «Yes…»
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| «If the baby is breathing…»
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| «Yes…»
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| «Okay, how’s the mother? |
| Is the mother breathing?»
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| «She's fine.»
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| «Okay, alright. |
| Hold on the line. |
| Do not hang up, alright?»
|
| «…the umbilical cord. |
| What do I do? |
| What do I do?»
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| «I'm gonna tell you exactly what to do in just a second
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| Just stay on the line with me, okay?
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| How many months pregnant was she?»
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| «Can you say it again?»
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| «How many months pregnant was she? |
| Was it a full term baby?»
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| «Eight, eight months, she was eight months.»
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| «Eight months? |
| So it is full term.
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| Okay, listen. |
| The baby is breathing, correct?»
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| «Yes.»
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| «Okay, I want you to gently wipe off the baby’s mouth and its nose— clean towel.
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| And then, I want you to wrap the baby in a clean, dry towel.
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| Okay? |
| Have you got one of those?»
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| «Yes.»
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| «Alright. |
| Cover the baby’s head, but not its face.»
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| «Okay.»
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| «Okay, without pulling the cord tight
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| Put the baby in the mother’s arms or on her belly.
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| Alright? |
| Be sure the cord is not wrapped around the baby’s neck.»
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| «Yes, sir.»
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| «Alright, be sure to keep the baby and the, and the mother, uh, warm, okay?»
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| «Yes, sir.»
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| «Okay, you got that? |
| You got the towel?»
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| «I'm grabbin' it now, hold on.»
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| «Okay. |
| Good, you’re doin' good. |
| You’re doin' a good job.
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| Is it a boy or a girl, sir?»
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| «It's a little girl.»
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| «It's a girl? |
| Congratulations.» |