Help at hand
Meanwhile, Auckland Transport customer representative and student nurse Ashley Lang was busy selling fare concession cards when her friend and co-worker Vivi Tiavolo rushed to her booth.
‘‘She said someone was screaming and giving birth in the bathroom and could I come and assist,’’ Lang said.
The baby was most of the way out when Lang entered the bathroom stall, she said.
‘‘I let her do her thing for a minute, then I introduced myself and we got busy delivering the placenta.’’
Lang, who was eight months pregnant herself, had delivered fake babies while studying midwifery, but had never done the real thing before, she said.
‘‘I was really shocked, I think adrenaline kicked in and I was glad she was as easy of a birth as it could be, nothing tragic happened.’’
This was the fastest birth Lang had seen, as labour usually took between five to seven hours for women giving birth for the second time, she said.
Lang said she was worried while delivering the baby that hers would get the same idea.
‘‘Maybe Emma will show up to my birth and help me deliver.’’
Emma’s husband, Martin Wackrow, said the situation was very intense and a lot happened really quickly.
Auckland Transport spokesman Mark Hannan said this was the first baby to be born inside the station.
The Wackrow family would be receiving a fare concession card with $100 on it to thank them for their support for public transport, he said.