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Twelve-year-old Gaelan Edwards holds his baby brother, Kaynan, as he sits beside his proud mother, Danielle. Gaelan delivered Kaynan on this bed at about 2:15 a.m. this past Saturday when Danielle woke suddenly in advanced labour.
Twelve-year-old Gaelan Edwards delivered his baby brother all by himself this past weekend. Danielle Edwards woke up with labour pains at about 2:15 a.m. at her home in Quinsam Heights Mobile Home Park in Campbell River on Sat. Aug. 20. She rolled over onto her back and realized the baby was crowning, so she called for her eldest son, Gaelan, to come and help her. Gaelan proceeded to deliver the baby based on knowledge gained from watching informational television shows. “Just do it like on the doctor shows,” said Gaelan when asked what was going on his mind in the 15 to 30 minutes it took to deliver his baby brother Kaynan. “You wiggle the baby out, put the baby down, you clamp the cord, you cut the cord, you bring the blanket, and you wrap the baby up and give the baby to mom,” said Gaelan matter-of-factly. Kaynan is Danielle’s fifth child and she was two days overdue when she went into labour. Although she has a good relationship with the baby’s father, Ken Strong – who now shares three children with Danielle, and moved to Campbell River when Danielle did about two months ago to be close by – they are not romantically involved and live separately. She was home alone with her four children when she woke up with labour pains. Telling Gaelan to grab the baby Continued on A5
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