Polk County firefighters reunite with baby they helped deliver

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County firefighters reunited with the family whose baby they helped deliver earlier this month.

On Aug. 20, Polk County Fire Rescue Station 28’s crew responded to a home on Southgrove Place in Highland City, where a woman was about to give birth.

Recounting the day, the new mother said that the couple had been planning on a homebirth, but, not realizing she had already gone into labor, she didn’t call the midwife until 30 minutes before giving birth…

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