Queasy friend becomes reluctant midwife

A SELF-confessed hypochondriac who says she can’t stand the sight of blood ended up delivering and even reviving her friend’s baby.

Joanne O’Neill, 33, from Wicklow town, took on the role of emergency midwife when close pal, Tracey Murphy, 26, went into labour at home.

A mother-of-one herself, Joanne told yesterday of the dramatic delivery and how she saved baby Dylan’s life by freeing him from the umbilical cord wrapped dangerously around his neck — all while on the floor of Tracey’s living room in Glebemount, Wicklow town.