The Christchurch quake led to a record number of baby births
at Christchurch Hospital.
Twenty-one babies were delivered, the most ever for a
Saturday.
New Brighton woman Miriam Garcia was in labour when the
earthquake struck at 4.36am on Saturday.
She told The Press that she just arranged to meet her midwife
when the bedroom began shaking.
"I couldn't believe the timing. I had a lot of false labours
in the weeks before and I was thinking, `now it's
happening?'"
Ms Garcia's parents called emergency services for advice and
an ambulance was sent.
"I'm really glad we did that in the end, because we didn't
know what was going to happen next," Ms Garcia said.
The couple was also concerned an ambulance would not be
available, but it arrived within minutes.
Ms Garcia said she was grateful to St John for the "special
attention".
Baby Amelia was born about two hours later, with the midwife
just making it on time.
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