Alyssa Mesa made headlines this week when she helped to deliver her baby sister and then unwrapped the umbilical cord wrapped around the child’s neck.
The 9-year-old revealed that she had watched a programme before where a mother was giving birth in similar circumstances and this is how she knew what to do.
‘She said she felt the baby coming out and I told her to pushed the baby out and I’ll catch the baby. She got scared. And I catched the baby, grabbed the towel and wrapped her around,’ said Alyssa.
‘The umbilical cord was actually around the baby. It was like two around. So I had to unwrap it a little and I ran next door to grab my neighbor because the baby was a little purple,” she added.
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Alyssa’s aunt arrived after the delivery and was incredulous that her niece had delivered baby Aaliyah.
‘The firefighters, they said ‘Your niece delivered the baby.’ I was like ‘No, she didn’t,’ said Samantha Meza.
‘I expected it from her, but as much maturity that she has shown me, at her age, very mature,’ said Alyssa’s mother Monique to ABC Chicago.
‘I know she has a bright future ahead of her and I am very, very proud of her.’
