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A Surprise Home Delivery

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By MARY SHEDDEN, The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 24, 2008

TAMPA - April Singletary started her day Tuesday getting groceries and cleaning house. It ended a bit more dramatically - with the sudden delivery of her daughter at home.

The 24-year-old Ruskin mother of two boys realized her newest baby's due date had arrived but didn't know she was in labor until it was too late.

She's grateful that her fiance, Jason Young, was home and able to call 911. A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office dispatcher talked the nervous father-to-be through the process.

The makeshift baby delivery team brought 7 pound, 7 ounce Aaliyah Young safely into the world about 3 p.m.

"If it weren't for the dispatcher, I don't think we would have made it," she said, holding her daughter Wednesday at Tampa General Hospital.
Singletary said she didn't recognize her labor pains Tuesday because her two previous deliveries had been difficult and premature. In fact, she thought the baby was having problems when the powerful labor pains forced her to climb into bed.

She didn't relax until Aaliyah cried as her father was coached through clearing out her tiny mouth.
Singletary said she's finished having children. "I've had three crazy births," she said. "I don't want to deal with any more."

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