Mum-of-six goes into labour at beach after taking children for fun family trip
| Published date | 12 August 2022 |
The mum, from Aberdare, headed to Aberavon Beach in Port Talbot with Logan Angell, 14; Braydan Parfitt, 10; Roxy Parfitt, 9; Kruz Parfitt, 8 and Blake Nott, 4.
When they arrived, the beach was packed due to the hot weather and Kirsty told her children to run into the sea while she set up the towels and beach toys.
As she bent over to put her towel down, Kirsty felt her waters break and instantly panicked, reports the Daily Post.
She said: "I hadn't even put my bum on the sand yet."
Kirsty was terrified and in a lot of pain called her mother and partner Gregory who were both in Aberdare.
Miles away from Aberavon, Kirsty's family called the paramedics on her behalf while strangers on the beach started to gather around to help.
The five children returned from their swim in the sea and watched in shock as their mother had contractions on the sand.
With her sister, step-dad and partner on their way to Port Talbot from Aberdare, Kirsty was faced with the prospect of giving birth on a packed beach with only strangers there to help her.
"I was panicking, there were no familiar faces. I thought he was going to come out on the beach."
Kirsty's previous children had been delivered quickly so she was concerned that this labour would follow the same pattern, but her biggest worry was haemorrhaging whilst far away from a hospital as she had suffered from postpartum haemorrhages with four out of her sixth births.
The paramedics called Kirsty's phone and she handed it to a woman, who she had just met on the beach, as she was in too much pain to listen. Repeating instructions from the paramedics, the woman told Kirsty to lay down and take off all her clothes on her bottom half.
Kirsty was in such shock and discomfort that she had no time to feel embarrassed at stripping off on the beach in front of an audience. "At the time, I didn't care who was seeing what," Kirsty explained.
As the crowds around her started to grow, Port Talbot coastguards arrived and cleared the area, putting up windbreakers around Kirsty to give her some much-needed privacy.
Lifeguards from Swansea RNLI also arrived at the scene. Kirsty's children told her "Don't worry mam, you're going to be okay" as an increasingly concerned team of coastguards and...
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