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In Wisconsin recently, a veteran Calumet County police officer delivered a baby boy in a car at the side of the road. As the result of the officer's assistance, both the mother and child are doing fine. "I'm feeling pretty good and he's just chilling, sleeping, no idea what happened," the baby's mother Andrea Jost told reporters from the Post Crescent newspaper.
Aiden Nicholas Jost weighed in at a healthy 7 pounds, 13 ounces.
Jost awoke about 5:30 a.m. with labor pains that got a lot worse in a hurry.
She called her husband at work and asked a family member to watch her son, Jackson, just one year-old, before heading to the hospital with her mother.
They were traveling on State 151 when the expectant mother became extremely uncomfortable. Weinreis pulled the van over to the side of the road and called 911.
Lt. Kelly Sippel was in the communications center when dispatchers received the call. Realizing he was probably the closest officer on duty and raced to the scene.
If you're having a baby in less than ideal conditions, you just can't do much better than having Lt. Sippel on the scene. He's been involved in three emergency births over his nearly 30 years on the police force.
Jost said Sippel stayed calm and helped her through the delivery with a calm voice. "When he got there, I said, 'I've got to push.' And he said 'OK.' Then he was born in two pushes on the side of the road."
Jost said she didn't know Sippel's name at first or the last name of a first responder, Karen, who happened to be driving past and stopped to help.
"She sent me flowers and a balloon," signed only by Karen, first responder," Jost said.
Lt. Sippel says helping a citizen in distress is always rewarding emotionally. Helping a parent bring their child safely into the world is even more special.
"It's one of the better things in a career," he said.
"It's always a bonus to be able to bring a new life in versus watching a life go."
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