{"id":83663,"date":"2015-03-17T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/83663\/baby-born-in-bathroom\/"},"modified":"2015-03-17T09:20:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T07:20:04","slug":"baby-born-in-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/03\/17\/baby-born-in-bathroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby born in bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

The day Zandrie Vasagie arrived changed the life of her mother, Magda Bouwer, forever; however, the day did not go according to plan.<\/p>\n

Zandrie was born on March 4, but, instead of being born in a hospital\u2019s delivery room, she was born in the bathroom of her mother\u2019s Elsburg flat, with the help of Bettie Zulu, the domestic working on the property.<\/p>

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The day started like any other, until 4.30pm, when Magda felt a sharp pain.<\/p>\n

Her water hadn’t broken, so she was taken completely by surprise when she went into labour in her own bathroom.<\/p>

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She screamed for help and was joined in the bathroom by Bettie, who heard her shouts.<\/p>\n

Magda caught Zandrie and with Bettie\u2019s help the women cut the baby\u2019s umbilical cord.<\/p>\n

It was then the pair realised that the baby wasn\u2019t breathing.<\/p>\n

Bettie took the baby out of the bathroom and tried desperately to get her to breathe.<\/p>\n

The ambulance, which had been called by police who were at the property, then arrived.<\/p>\n

Paramedics took the baby from Bettie and within moments had her breathing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were told that there was amniotic fluid in her throat,\u201d explained Magda.<\/p>\n

Mother and baby were transported to the Bertha Gxowa Hospital, in Germiston, where doctors examined Zandrie, to confirm no damage had been caused during her abnormal birth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe doctors were impressed that everything had gone so smoothly, given the circumstances,\u201d Magda said.<\/p>\n

Magda told the GCN that the whole ordeal seemed to take a lifetime.<\/p>\n

The two were discharged from hospital on Thursday, March 5, and are settling into their everyday routine, which includes visits from Bettie.<\/p>\n

\u201cBettie was amazing,\u201d Magda said.<\/p>\n

Zandrie is now two weeks old and doing well.<\/p>\n