Mother assists in Caesarean delivery of her baby in one of the first such procedures in UK

Credit: NHS Lanarkshire/Leila El Alt

By Nick Forbes, PA and Claudia Tanner

It was a very unusual request for the obstetrics team at University Hospital Wishaw in North Lanarkshire.

Pregnant with her third child, Leila El Alti told medics that she wanted to be very hands on and help deliver her child during her Caesarean.