Woman gives birth on dancefloor of French nightclub
A 19-year-old woman has given birth on a nightclub dance floor in Toulouse, with staff helping to deliver a healthy little boy before emergency services arrived.
The birth happened at 5h30 at the O鈥機lub nightclub on Route d鈥橝gde in the Occitanie city, on Monday November 11. The woman, who knew she was pregnant, had been encouraged to come to the club by a friend, to help 鈥渃heer her up about her personal problems鈥�.
She had not been drinking alcohol, and her baby was born quickly, with both mother and son leaving in good health, staff said.
Co-manager of the club, Marie-H茅l猫ne, told 鈥淚t was 5h30, closing time, and there weren鈥檛 many people left. A staff member came to see me, and said, 鈥業t鈥檚 urgent鈥�. I saw that the woman was in the middle of giving birth.鈥�
Staff called emergency services, but had to act quickly in the meantime.
Marie-H茅l猫ne continued: 鈥淥ne of us was on the telephone with [emergency medics] the Samu, who explained to us what to do first. The young girl wasn鈥檛 panicked, but she was worried. But the baby came out easily. For us, it was an extraordinary closing time.
鈥淥ur team bonded. We cried. What is positive is that we didn鈥檛 panic, and we weren鈥檛 afraid. We understood that the baby was coming, no matter what. I hope that [the mother] will keep us updated.
鈥淚f the baby comes back to Route d鈥橝gde, in a few years, we would love to give him free entry for life.鈥�
