That all changed Tuesday, when a frantic man came screaming into the parking lot at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster.  He spotted a uniformed Petra, who was on a break after dropping off a patient, and told her that his wife was in the car about to give birth.
“I went into the hospital to let them know what was going on, that a baby was being born in the parking lot and I needed gloves, my first thought was gloves,” Stone said.  “So I got myself a pair of gloves, turned right, and returned to this beautiful family.”
Stone then approached the passenger side of the car where the expectant mother was working.
“I don’t remember touching the door handle of that vehicle, opening the door and saying, ‘Oh my God, I need help,'” Stone said.  “Lots of screaming and very upset, but I had the wonderful privilege of seeing her beautiful baby boy crowned.”
The baby was stuck and it took some maneuvering for Stone to get it out of the birth canal.  And at first, he wasn’t breathing.
“I remembered my training very well and I started to stimulate this beautiful baby and she wasn’t crying, which was amazing for mom, and she started to get her emotions up a little bit,” Stone said.
As soon as the couple’s OB/GYN arrived in the car, baby Matin came to life.
“Even when her doctor came down and came over my shoulder, I got to help clamp the cord and do all these fun things and it was a really great first experience for me,” Stone said.
Her friend Kamil Dabrowski says she couldn’t wait to tell him she delivered her first baby as a paramedic.
“She’s been through some crazy things in her career and it’s nice to have those good stories every now and then because it’s something I’m really proud of her and her parents and her dad,” Dabrowski said.
That pride is personal for Sara’s father, Steve Stone.  He just retired after working for 30 years as a paramedic.
“Oh so proud, so proud.  He is a star.  We’ll call her fearless now,” said Steve, who has helped deliver six babies in his decades on the job.
Sara Stone is excited to receive her first stork pin from BC Ambulance Service and hopes to be reunited with baby Matin and his parents soon.
“I’m so grateful to be a part of this beautiful moment,” she said.  “It was definitely a day I will remember for the rest of my life.”