Expectations vastly exceeded

Neighbour midwife was on her weekend off, when I was paged by one of her clients about 3 hours before she was to go back on call.

The client was having her second baby, but her first labour went so long that she ended up having a cesearean section. I went to her home, and at 16:15 she was 7cm, right at the point where she had failed to progress beyond last time. The cervix didn't feel very well applied to the head, and I thought - "another section, here we come". We headed in through a snowstorm (deva vu!), and got her admitted at 17:00. She sat on the toilet for about 20 minutes, then it was to the bed where I put on the monitors (which we don't do for a normal birth, but because she was higher risk having a scar on her uterus, we monitor more vigilantly), and attempted to draw her blood when she started pushing! Checked her, and sure enough - completely dilated, with the baby's head at +1 station! I called for Neighbour midwife to come (as she was going back on call within the half hour anyway), but she didn't make it! A baby girl, 8#4oz just minutes before Neighbour midwife got there!