TV presenter goes into labour on live TV

Newsreader Victoria Fritz had just finished her segment on the morning news on BBC Breakfast when her waters broke and she had to be rushed to hospital after going into early labour.

Sports newsreader Sally Nugent, who went with Victoria to the hospital then had to step in as her birthing partner after Victoria’s husband was stuck in traffic.

Ms Fritz who was due to in early December gave birth to a baby boy, and the new mum tweeted that the delivery was a “BBC Breakfast team effort”.

My heartfelt thanks to @sallynugent & St Mary’s drs&midwives who helped me deliver my little boy yesterday. A @BBCBreakfast team effort! ????????

— Victoria Fritz (@VFritzNews) November 16, 2016

Congratulations @VFritzNews! Victoria should have been our biz presenter today – but instead has some more exciting news to deliver! pic.twitter.com/LBv75ucony

— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) November 16, 2016

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Image credit: BBC Breakfast Twitter

19 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 29 Jan 2022
    10:20 am
Wish the video was still available.
My 2nd child came 2 weeks early and started with my waters breaking as I stood looking in the fridge and trying to decide what to cook for dinner that night.
My eldest was horrified and said “Mummy, dont pee on the floor”…LOL

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 30 Nov 2016
    10:34 pm
Wow sounds like a scene out of a movie – hubby getting stuck in traffic etc.

- - tuiman said
  - 26 Nov 2016
    11:28 pm
So cute congratulations

- - mom101628 said
  - 25 Nov 2016
    10:55 pm
Interesting story.

- - ella12 said
  - 22 Nov 2016
    3:30 pm
Well here is another interesting birth story. Congrats! (-:

- - rovermum said
  - 21 Nov 2016
    9:18 am
Well, this is a story for the 21st. With visual evidence to go with it!!

- - mom172741 said
  - 20 Nov 2016
    10:19 am
Dedicated to the job up until the last minute ???? Shame that the dad wasn’t able to get there in time, must be disappointing for him.

- - june11 said
  - 19 Nov 2016
    11:38 pm
Congratulations. Pity the Dad was stuck in traffic and not present for the birth of their baby son. She is lucky her waters didn’t break while she was on air. That would have been embarrassing. I’m a bit surprised she was still working when she only had 3 weeks before her due date. I wonder how much the baby weighs.

- - mom101628 said
  - 18 Nov 2016
    10:27 pm
That’s one thing that is very hard to plan for – babies will come when they want, not when you want!

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 18 Nov 2016
    11:28 am
Wow! Babies certainly do come when they are ready!

- - nealsq said
  - 18 Nov 2016
    9:38 am
Love a good birth story!

- - mom134803 said
  - 18 Nov 2016
    2:27 am
Congrats, how exciting !! What a gorgeous boy !
And a day she & her colleagues never will forget 🙂

- - Amanda Holland said
  - 17 Nov 2016
    8:51 pm
Aww he’s just way too cute! Congrats to her

- - aquamum said
  - 17 Nov 2016
    8:47 pm
Congratulations! This will be a great story to tell your little on in the future.

- - mom70876 said
  - 17 Nov 2016
    8:30 pm
Well that’s one labour and delivery to remember.

- - mom64356 said
  - 17 Nov 2016
    8:15 pm
What a beautiful boy, well done Victoria!

- - mom112217 said
  - 17 Nov 2016
    5:39 pm
Congratulations Victoria,a beautiful baby boy!

- - mom90758 said
  - 17 Nov 2016
    3:54 pm
Oh! What an experience! 3 weeks earlier. I’m glad everything went fine. Even if it’s a pity that the husband couldn’t make it in time.

I broke my water when I was already in hospital. I had already a dilation of around 2 cm and they told me just to stay. I was thus in my room with my husband when my water broke.

- - taynik46 said
  - 17 Nov 2016
    12:09 pm
oh wow what an exciting start to life this bub has had and what a beautiful moment for the sports presenter – a great bond they will have for life now