It's a bit long but I thought I'd cut and paste the whole thing....
A policeman who planned to have a stern word with a driver who had just
overtaken him instead found himself helping to deliver the man's baby daughter.
Pc Dan Wells noticed the baby was turning blue and the quick-thinking constable
moved the umbilical cord which was wrapped around the baby's neck, restoring her
oxygen supply.
Anxious father-to-be Michael Nadel had flagged down the police car in south
west London to ask for help to get to The Portland Hospital, in central London,
as his wife Natalia was in labour.
"He (Mr Nadel) was behind us and overtook then pulled in. I was about to have
words with him about the way he was driving then he said his wife was having a
baby," Pc Wells said.
"I think he was hoping for a blue light escort but instead we decided to call
an ambulance."
Mr Nadel, 39, returned to his wife Natalia, 31, but seconds later came back to
the police to tell them the labour was moving faster than expected.
Pc Wells and his colleague Pc Felicity Cullen saw the baby was on its way when
they went over to the Russian couple's grey BMW which was parked on Fulham
Road.
"The head was out and it was kind of blue. We could see the umbilical cord
wrapped around the baby's neck," Pc Wells said.
"The baby hadn't made a noise at that time so we wondered what we were dealing
with.
"I didn't know what to do but I told the mum to push and out came the baby. I
took the umbilical cord from from its neck and handed it to mum."
Mr Nadel, a banker from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, said he has noticed the cord
and praised Pc Wells for his quick-thinking.
"It was very dangerous," he said. "But she's been checked over by the doctor
and everything is okay."
Nikol weighed 2.95kg (6.4lbs) and is doing well, he said.
"It was very dramatic," he added. "I'd like to say thanks to him. The
policeman really helped us.
"It was fantastic. I'm very, very happy."
The police officers were on their way back to Fulham police station to file
some paperwork when the baby arrived at 3.25am today.
Pc Wells, who has no children of his own and has had no training in delivering
babies, said: "I just did what I thought at the time was right."