A new mum has thanked bus passengers for coming to her aid when she went into labour.
Kayley Wroe was on her way in to Loughborough town centre when she began to feel unwell.
She said: "I wasn't feeling well. I knew something wasn't right."
Kayley, who was 37 weeks pregnant, was taking her two-year-old son Oliver to a play area on the 154 Centrebus service.
"I told the other passengers that I wasn't feeling great and then the next thing I knew, I had collapsed," she said.
She said the driver stopped the bus and her fellow passengers made sure she was okay.
"I think the bus driver was in shock more than anything," said Kayley.
"I was worrying about Oliver because he's at that 'terrible twos' stage.
"He's quiet when he's got food and I think one of the passengers clocked on to that because they kept on giving him chocolate biscuits.
"People were looking after me, making sure I was comfy and still breathing."
One of the passengers rang the ambulance service, which arrived soon after.
Kayley said: "When the ambulance arrived, they told me that I was in labour and I needed to go to hospital."
Another of the passengers phoned Kayley's husband, Gary, to let him know what had happened.
Kayley was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary. She gave birth the following day – June 21 – to a bouncing 7lb 5oz boy, whom they have named Thomas.
"It's all a bit of a blur, to be honest, because it happened so quickly," said Kayley.
"People were just so nice and friendly – some of them went above and beyond what they needed to do and you don't expect that these days.
"I can't thank them all enough for what they did that day."
Gary, 27, who works in an Army bomb disposal unit based in Nottingham, took to Facebook immediately to thank bus passengers.
He wrote on the Spotted Loughborough page: "My wife collapsed on a bus heading in to Loughborough town centre.
"I would like to say a huge thank-you to the bus driver and passengers who helped ensure she remained in safe hands until the paramedic arrived."
Gary said: "The whole situation was quite surreal.
"I was at work and a lady rang me to tell me Kayley had collapsed.
"I didn't really panic but I rushed out of work straight away.
"It could have been a totally different story if she hadn't been on that bus."
