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| Roundabout birth for baby Douglas | Roundabout birth for baby Douglas |
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| A baby was born at a roundabout in a car as his parents tried to get to hospital in time. | A baby was born at a roundabout in a car as his parents tried to get to hospital in time. |
| Oliver and Jill Mowatt were heading to Aberdeen Maternity Hospital when the drama happened at the Blackburn roundabout early on Friday morning. | Oliver and Jill Mowatt were heading to Aberdeen Maternity Hospital when the drama happened at the Blackburn roundabout early on Friday morning. |
| Oliver, 28, who is originally from Orkney, delivered 32-year-old Jill's baby - named Douglas - in the front seat of the car. | Oliver, 28, who is originally from Orkney, delivered 32-year-old Jill's baby - named Douglas - in the front seat of the car. |
| Jill said: "He is fine, he just decided it was time to come." | Jill said: "He is fine, he just decided it was time to come." |
| The BBC Scotland news website can reveal the couple were heading to hospital with daughter Grace - who now shares her brother's birthday as she turned four on Friday - from their Aberdeenshire home. | |
| Dentist Jill told her husband - who also share the same birthday as each other - he would have to stop. | Dentist Jill told her husband - who also share the same birthday as each other - he would have to stop. |
| Jill and Oliver Mowatt could not get to hospital in time | Jill and Oliver Mowatt could not get to hospital in time |
| He phoned for medical help, but she could not hold on and he had to deliver the baby himself - weighing 9lbs 2oz - at about 0400 BST. | |
| Jill said: "We had just left the house and my waters broke. I said 'I need to stop'. The delivery happened much quicker than expected. It was over quite quickly. | |
| "He seems quite content, and has not done much crying. | |
| "And Grace did not seem phased, she just sat there wondering what mum was doing." | |
| Oliver said: "He just had to be delivered in my hands. It's the first and definitely last time." | Oliver said: "He just had to be delivered in my hands. It's the first and definitely last time." |
| He added: "It must be fate that he has the same birthday as our older daughter Grace. We now have four people with just two birthdays." | |
| Plans for Grace's birthday had to be put on hold, but the family, of Kintore, were planning on sharing some birthday cake and recovering. |