ABBC presenter gave birth after reading the business news – with the help of another newsreader as her birthing partner.
Victoria Fritz, who presents the business news on BBC Breakfast, found her waters breaking on Tuesday after leaving the studio.
When fellow presenter Sally Nugent discovered that Fritz’s husband was stuck on the motorway, she said she would stay with her at the hospital until he arrived.
But because of heavy traffic on the M6, Fritz’s husband did not get there on time, and Nugent ended up being birthing partner for the arrival of her son.
A BBC spokeswoman said: “When Sally heard that she’d gone into labour she offered to be there until Victoria’s husband got there.
“But her husband never arrived so she found herself at the birth.”
The baby had been due to arrive in early December.
In a tweet, Fritz told of her “heartfelt thanks” to Nugent and hospital medics:Also writing on Twitter, Nugent gave her “huge congrats” to Fritz:
BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker joked that he did not think all viewer suggestions for baby names were appropriate:
And BBC Breakfast shared pictures on Twitter of the new mother and baby in hospital:
Speaking on BBC Breakfast on Wednesday morning, newsreader Naga Munchetty explained why another presenter, Sean Farrington, was reading the business news.
She joked that Fritz had “decided to be even more productive that she is in the workplace”.
Munchetty added: “There she was, you know, just presenting very happily, not an issue in the world. And then she decided to have a bit of an event later on.”
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