Police: Nassau cops, ambulance crews help mom deliver baby in Massapequa

Police officers and medical personnel responding to an early Wednesday 911 call of a woman in labor in Massapequa helped deliver a baby girl -- reviving the newborn after the umbilical cord became wrapped around her neck during birth.

Nassau County police said at least two ambulance crews, as well as a supervisor and officers from the Seventh Precinct, responded to the woman's Hamilton Avenue home at 1:20 a.m.

Police said officers and crews from the Nassau County Police Ambulance Bureau arrived at the scene to find the mother-to-be, 30, collapsed on the floor "in labor."

When personnel arrived, according to a statement from police, "It was determined that childbirth was imminent."

During delivery the umbilical cord was wrapped around the newborn's neck and she "was not breathing and had a weak pulse," police said. Responders then suctioned the little girl's mouth, reviving her.

Soon, police said, she was breathing on her own and "established a healthy color." Additional details were not immediately available.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”