Grimsby woman delivers own grandchild on kitchen floor on Mother's Day

IT was a case of grandma to the rescue as a bouncing baby boy was born on the kitchen floor of a young couple's home.

Super gran Cindy Oldham, 39, had a Mother's Day weekend to remember, when her daughter Kelly went into early labour on Saturday – leaving her to act as an impromptu midwife.

Cindy Oldham gives a kiss to her grandson Dion Mulhall after she delivered him on the kitchen floor of her daughter's home.
mum's the word: Pictured with their Mother's Day bundles of joy are, from left, Dawn Wressell with her as yet unnamed baby girl, Simone Webb and her baby boy Jackson and Karen Aisthorpe with her baby girl Emily.
story - Simon Faulkner Picture by Michelle Adamson Sunday 14th March 2010 **MOTHER'S DAY BABIES** Simone Webb and her baby boy, Jackson, who was born on Mother's Day at Diana Princess of Wales hospital, Grimsby.
story - Simon Faulkner Picture by Michelle Adamson Sunday 14th March 2010 **MOTHER'S DAY BABIES** Simone Webb and her baby boy, JacksonKaren Aisthorpe with her baby girl Emily, who was born on Mother's Day at Diana Princess of Wales hospital, Grimsby.

Kelly, 19, had been due to give birth on Mother's Day, but as Saturday evening came around, she began having back pains and asked her mum to pop round to her new home on Laceby Road.

However, as Kelly's fiance Lee waited outside for the ambulance to arrive, baby Dion decided he was coming – whether they were ready or not.

Cindy said: "Kelly was complaining of back pains and when I popped round her contractions had already started. This was at around 6.20pm and in twenty minutes the baby had been born, it was incredible."

To find out more – and meet a whole host of Mother's Day arrivals – see today's Grimsby Telegraph.

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