Lewisville Dispatcher Coaches Man Whose Wife Goes Into Labor

LEWISVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) - A dramatic 911 call Thursday captured a dispatcher helping a Lewisville man during the most stressful moment of his life.

Mohamed Bojang says he didn't have time to take his pregnant wife to the hospital Thursday morning when she started having contractions.

Dispatcher: "How many minutes apart are the contractions?"

Caller: "The baby is coming out now."

"I saw the baby's head and I'm like, 'oh my God this baby's coming,'" Bojang said.

The 31-year-old's small Lewisville apartment suddenly became a makeshift delivery room and Bojang found himself playing doctor with a lot of help from 911 dispatcher Angela Sherrod.

"He was pretty stressed out," Sherrod said.

The 10-minute call included instructions from the dispatcher to the nervous new father.

Dispatcher: "Apply firm but gentle pressure to keep the baby's head from delivering too fast and tearing her."

Dispatcher: "Is the baby completely out now?"

Caller: "The head is out."

Dispatcher: "Hold the hips and legs firmly remember the baby will be slippery don't drop him."

Caller: "The baby's coming out completely."

Dispatcher: "OK, tell her to grab her knees and pull them to her chest and push hard."

Emergency dispatch call takers don't have to be experts to help deliver a baby. They have instruction manuals to coach people through everything from childbirth to heart attacks and traumatic injuries.

"Everything that she told me did help," Bojang said. "She did a fantastic job."

The result of the call was a healthy newborn girl who is now with her mother at Lewisville Medical Center. Both are in good condition.

Bojang said he would like to meet the dispatcher who guided him all the way through his daughter's birth.

"I'm like, 'I can't believe I'm delivering my own baby,'" Bojang said. "But it s a wonderful experience."