Are there any cases of a woman giving birth in the London underground tube?
A woman unexpectedly went into labour and gave birth on the London Underground, to the astonishment of other passengers. Julia Kowalska was travelling with her sister on a Jubilee line train when her waters broke. She got off the train at Kingsbury Station, north-west London, but could not make it any further and went into labour on the platform. Station supervisor Sebastian Rebello told how he responded to a distress alarm to discover Ms Kowalska about to give birth. He said: ‘I got a call from Wembley Park about a woman with stomach pains, but it was only when I reached the platform that I found out she was expecting. ‘I just kept holding her hand to try to reassure her. I was a bit anxious, I just wanted the ambulance to get there as soon as possible.’ Paramedics arrived at about 9pm on 19 December to find Ms Kowalska was too far into her labour to be taken to hospital. She was taken to the station supervisor’s office where she gave birth to a healthy girl just 35 minutes after call
A WOMAN who unexpectedly went into labour and gave birth on the Tube is only the second person to have a baby on London Underground. Julia Kowalska was travelling with her sister on a Jubilee line train when her waters broke. She got off the train at Kingsbury Station, north-west London, but could not make it any further and went into labour on the platform to the astonishment of other passengers. Station supervisor Sebastian Rebello told how he responded to a distress alarm to discover Ms Kowalska about to give birth. He said: “I got a call from Wembley Park about a woman with stomach pains, but it was only when I reached the platform that I found out she was expecting. “I just kept holding her hand to try to reassure her. I was a bit anxious, I just wanted the ambulance to get there as soon as possible.” Paramedics arrived at about 9pm on 19 December to find Ms Kowalska was too far into her labour to be taken to hospital. Sources:
