The remarkable moment a nurse delivered her own baby girl – while in hospital for a C-section – has been caught on camera in a series of snaps.
Rather than leave it to doctors, Carley Valikoula, 36, reached down, put her arms around her unborn daughter Leilani and literally pulled the infant from her own womb.
Carley, of Karratha, WA, needed emergency caesareans for her other two children, Thomas, now 8, and Jacob, now 5, so she opted for what is known as a maternal assisted caesarean section.
“I would 100 per cent do it again,” the mum reveals after her surprising experience.
Following a textbook pregnancy with Thomas, Carley and her husband, John, 44, a supervisor at an engineering company, were shocked when her waters broke at just 36…