A newborn baby girl came into the world and into the hands of a surprised deputy sheriff in a Santa Clarita Valley car wash parking lot Wednesday morning. The excited father stood side by side with the deputy as his daughter made her unexpected arrival.
A motorist urgently shouted “Baby! Baby!” at Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Roger Bertola as he followed the car into a Canyon Country parking lot on Soledad Canyon Road Wednesday morning. The deputy soon learned there was a woman in the car in labor when he saw the woman in distress and heard the father-to-be say “she is having her baby now!”
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Deputy Bertola immediately radioed for Los Angeles County firefighters and assured the couple the paramedics were on their way. Bertola soon found out the baby girl was in a big hurry.
While still encased in its amniotic sac, the baby began to crown. Bertola tenderly guided the baby as it was pushed out and the sac broke. Bertola gently tapped the baby girl on the back, and helped clear her airway. He said the baby took a deep breath and started crying at about 7:17 a.m.
While Deputy Bertola is a proud parent of three of his own children, he said this is the first baby he has delivered.
Deputy Bertola said, “At first, I was trying to help the mother get comfortable but she made it very clear she didn’t want me to recline the front seat, and I certainly wasn’t about to debate anything with her.” He added that once the baby was born, “The parents were so excited and happy. The father was jumping up and down and overjoyed.”
Because this was an “en-caul” birth, the mother’s water did not break, so there was less warning for mother and father alike.
Shortly after the arrival of the baby, the firefighters and an ambulance arrived at the scene. The ecstatic new mom and baby were transported to a local hospital, where they are both reportedly to be in good health.
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79 Comments
Bravo!!
Ray Smith
Thank you deputy!!!
Justin Scott why were no rigs washing jk
Because it’s not C shift ?
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Katie Cowell
Doctor cop yaaaaa
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Great job Deputy Bertola
Nevaeh Love I wonder who lol ????????????
Love stories like this! God bless our deputies!
AWSOME DEPUTY…CONGRATS TO PARENTS..
this is great!
Awesome!
Such a beautiful picture!
Well done sir
Welcome !!!!!!!
Wonderful! Welcome beautiful baby!
Congrats!!
Way to go! Good job!
Great Job!!!
Mando Valles
Jacquelene Phillips
Nice catch! Lol ?? God bless this little cutie pie!
Well done…great job
Nice
Greatness!
Very cool
Good things really do happen!
Sara Adcock does this count as terrible and sad things to put in Facebook?
Probably Hahahaha<3
Great story!
The baby’s face tho ??
Congrats! To all!
Great job deputy
What a great pic!!! Yay Roger!!
❤Congratulations to all 4 of you.. that’s awesome!!
So you did midwife, congratulation.!!!!
Congratulations!
Wow!!
Well something nice has happened for once
Great job!
I like the last3 letters in is name God bless the man!
Cute picture! Good job Deputy Bertola!
My niece ahah lol
I passed by this early this morning. Thank goodness they didn’t pull in to the driveway right before this one…
Great job Deputy ! Beautiful baby girl?
Stacy Holzer at least baby William isn’t a car wash babe.
Congrats on a perfect baby!
Good job Officer Bertola! What a great POSITIVE story about our police for a channge. Congrats and god bless this new little addition to our world:-)
Congrats!! 13 years ago I delivered my son at home on my bathroom floor (not planned) and the police officer that delivered my son, it was his 1st delivery as well.
Awwww Thanks for all you do! You are appreciated more than you know!
Great job Roger!!
I love this!
That is a big baby!
My nice lol
What a DUDE! Sweet angel baby!
Only in Gods Country.
Nevaeh Love lol your niece
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Katy Sully…. When I saw this I immediately thought of you … Take care stay safe, when your close to due date always have someone with you
Good job deputy your awesome
Awesome!!
?????????? Beautiful pic thou ??????
She does not look happy!
It’s so nice to see a positive news article involving police officers. Awesome job!
Well done, Dep. Bertola! Oh and momma too! ?
Very good. .
I’m confused Bethany Nicole Andriuzzo Rogers did you have your baby at the car wash? Lol
???? I wish! Pretty cool story to tell!!!
What a wonderful man! Beautiful baby!
My baby niece… I can’t get enough of her… She is beautiful no matter what….. I can’t wait to see her again today….
Awesome! Love our deputies!!
Proud of you Roger.
Congrats Stephanie ZelayaRuiz and thank you to the officer that help!
We’re thankful!!!! God bless!
My girl saw this happen while she was on the way to school
All lives matter???
That child doesn’t look happy!
This is such a great story! Santa Clarita’s Sherrifs ROCK! A car wash no less! Yikes! Welcome to the world little one. ???