We couldn't wait to meet you!

FAMILY GET TOGETHER WITH 999 HEROES WHO STEPPED UP WHEN BABY MAEVE MADE AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL

- HELENA VESTY

A MUM and dad have met the 999 heroes who talked them through the birth of their daughter - over the phone.

Alice Young was left terrified as she was giving birth at their Trafford home 'thinking of all the things that could go wrong! She and partner Alex Langton had a plan to welcome their baby surrounded by midwives and doctors in hospital.

But that meant nothing as baby Maeve 'had other plans, said the family one year on as they reunited with the frontline emergency workers who helped to bring their little girl safely into the world.

Alex, 37, and Alice, 34, were putting their toddler son Harry, now three, to bed on November 17, 2023, when Alice started feeling her contractions suddenly ramping up, a week overdue. Harry, who had also been overdue, had taken many hours to arrive, Alice remembered, and the mum had been told by doctors that her early contractions during her second pregnancy were safe to stay at home with for the time being.

The parents were sticking to the plan of welcoming their child at Wythenshawe Hospital.

That was until Alice's waters broke 'like in a movie! The couple quickly rang the hospital, where staff advised that based on what Alice was experiencing, they needed to call for an ambulance.