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pat CE og TPA 2- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 28, 1996 "Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" Joyce Eull, of Scugog Island, was elated and surprised when her d ughter £ went into labor earlier this month and she found herself delivering her grandson before the scheduled midwives could arrive. Joyce is pictured Mom to the rescue Island woman overjoyed as she helps deliver daughter's child ed By Kelly Lown Beth to her bed and by the Griffen Antonic entered Port Perry Star time she was lying down the world at 12:06 a.m. | Joyce Eull is a regis- She was fully dialated and with a smooth delivery. | tered nurse, but she never- crowning, Mrs. Eull said. He did have the cord tied expected to use her medi- Although a call was put around his neck, but Mrs. cal knowledge to deliver into the midwives, Mrs. Eull said she simply | her grandson. Eullknew they weren'tgo- slipped it over his head The Scugog Island wom- ing to arrive in time and andhecriedrightaway. ! an delivered her eight pound, two ounce grand- son last week after her daughter went into labor at her Toronto home. Beth and Lex Antonic were planning on having a home birth, but not quite the way it happened. The couple had planned to have two midwives present, but her labor hap- pened so quickly Beth's she was going to be deliv- ering her grandchild. As a certified mental health nurse, Mrs. Eull does not spend time in a delivery room, but said in her first years working she did assist in several births in a small town hos- pital. The last time she helped deliver a baby was some 25 years ago, but she re- She credits her daugh- ter and son-in-law for re- maining calm throughout the delivery. "My daughter did great, she didn't panic. She was alarmed of course at the start, but she remained calm, as did her husband." By the time the mid- wives arrived all that was left to do was weigh and clean the baby. According with her husband Bill and their new healthy grandson Griffin Antonic. Please mother had to take charge mained calm and focused to Mrs Eull, the midwives see story for more details. of the situation. as she eased her daughter were shocked the baby Mrs. Eull said her through a 20-minute de- Was already born and dis- daughter had been having livery. appointed at the same RRA ARLELARIALRBRARARIRBY w * 4} Sy ©. 7 AN ANA RNA RDP NS ARURABRRR Capital, Foe | : AA AARAIRILALIBALRALRAIARAARLARRAARILRRRY Pu in Port Perry for making their | opening such a success! No pains throughout the day on May 15, but the con- tractions were very far apart and the family de- cided to get a good night's sleep, expecting the deliv- ery to happen the follow- ingday. - "I was taking my con- tacts out when Lex called to me to come downstairs," she said. Together they moved PATIENS "All of this training I have had, I realized at that moment what it was all for. It was for that mo- ment when I was to deliv- er my grandchild," she said. "It was an intense and emotional moment, but at the same time I was over- joyed to be delivering my own grandson," Mrs. Eull said. Whether it's the PETUNIAS * Bedding Plants * Hanging Baskets time that they missed the occasion. Mrs. Eull admitted she was a bit skeptical when her daughter first told her of their plans for a home delivery, but her attitude has changed. "If you can do a natural delivery I'd recommend it," she said. If anything Mrs. Eull said she came out of the experience with a lot of re- spect for her daughter and the way she does things. The entire family was in- volved in the birth, includ- Captain George would like to 00 the ao ing the Antanic three thank all the businesses and residents find your best who helped to cut her new brother's umbilical cord. 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