The Brief
- A Pinellas Park teen helped deliver his daughter at home when she was unexpectedly born seven weeks early.
- A 9-1-1 dispatcher guided him, before paramedics transported the baby and her mother to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.
- The newborn girl is doing well in the NICU and expected to go home in March.
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – A 19-year-old father from Pinellas Park helped deliver his newborn daughter at home last week with guidance of a 9-1-1 dispatcher. The baby arrived seven weeks before her due date in March.
Jamie Wilson described the chaotic moments inside his grandfather’s home after his pregnant girlfriend, Keiasia Ford, suddenly went into labor on the morning of Feb. 11.
What they’re saying:
He said everything happened faster than anyone expected.…