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Edinburgh Live
National
Elliot Ball & Nicola Croal

Young mum delivers her own baby boy in front seat of moving taxi as waters break

A quick-thinking mum has told how she managed to safely deliver her own baby son when she went into labour in a moving cab.

Staying calm under the most intense pressure, 23-year-old Ebony-Paige Blank welcomed bouncing baby boy, Khai, into the world under trying circumstances. Ebony was on a shopping trip with her mum when she began experiencing contractions on February 28.

At first she thought she needed to go home only for the pain to intensify so she flagged down a taxi. Shortly after hopping in the front seat, her waters broke.

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