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Stoughton Officers Deliver Baby in Car on Christmas Morning

Both patients were reported in good condition at Boston Medical Center-South following the roadside birth.

Overview

  • Police were dispatched at 6:12 a.m. to Glen Echo Boulevard in Stoughton for a woman in active labor inside a vehicle.
  • Sgt. Albert Medeiros and Officer Daisy Guzman arrived first and assisted with the delivery in the backseat.
  • Guzman coached the mother to push while Medeiros helped deliver, and a healthy baby boy was born at 6:17 a.m.
  • After the birth, Medeiros cleared the newborn’s airway and placed him on his mother’s abdomen before the first cry.
  • An ambulance transported mother and baby to Boston Medical Center-South, where they were doing well, and the department praised the officers in a social media post.