Emmerdale star Charley Webb has opened up about the birth of her new son, revealing that there was a terrifying moment when the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby's neck.
Charley gave birth to her third child with husband Matthew Wolfenden, Ace, last month, and in a new interview recalled a moment of panic when the baby wasn't breathing.
"The umbilical cord was wrapped around Ace's neck when he was born," the actress told OK!. "It came off and he was passed to me but I could tell something was wrong.
"Ace wasn't breathing at first – so the midwife had to press the panic button."
Matthew added: "She said he'd cough and splutter, but he didn't, so she had Ace on his front and was rubbing his back. Eventually – and it felt like an hour but it was probably just seconds – he coughed and was fine.
"By the time someone had come through the door from the panic button being pressed, Ace was breathing again, so it couldn't have been long. Although it felt like a lifetime."
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Charley further recalled: "I felt weirdly calm as I'd only just pushed him out and was a bit zoned out from the gas and air, although I was together enough to see that he wasn't breathing."
However, Matthew was more on edge, admitting that he "nearly threw up" at one point from the stress of the situation.
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