Mother gave birth outside Primark in Birmingham - PHOTO

Crowds gathered around the woman, who was believed to be alone, as she went into labour on the pavement outside the clothing store in Birmingham's New Street.The crowd cheered when someone helping the new mother placed the baby on her chest, before she was helped into an ambulance.It’s believed kind-hearted Primark staff brought out towels from the shop to help.A shop keeper nearby said the woman was giving birth for about ten minutes before paramedics arrived and held sheets around the woman.She was then placed on a trolley in the busy shopping street and her and the baby taken into the ambulance.They added: 'She seemed to be by herself and there were no medics there. She can’t have been there very long as I didn’t see her when we went in.'It must have literally just whooshed out because someone had just placed it on her chest and everyone cheered. The placenta hadn’t even come out yet.'A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said: 'A call came into us at 13.56pm to say there was a woman in labour on New Street.'Thankfully an off-duty doctor happened to be there at the time who stepped into help.'We sent two ambulances and a rapid response vehicle.  It’s a baby girl and it is doing OK and both ambulances handed mother and baby over to City Hospital.'(dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.az