Is there anything more dramatic than a sudden birth? Following last week’s New York story Arlene Harris looks at ‘precipitous birth’ and talks to a woman who had a swift labour.

The good Samaritan who gave the coat, and more, off her back, to a baby born on a bustling New York street corner has been reunited with the child’s parents

A woman gave birth in the street in New York city after a taxi she waved down to take her to hospital was swiped by a passer-by.