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Two parents, a baby, and a nurse who happened to be driving by

Janella and Orion White with baby Keihin, delivered by Michelle Markey ( left), with an assist from midwife Adrian Feldhusen. Craig F. Walker / Boston Globe

MILFORD, N.H. — Michelle Markey sensed that something unusual was going on Friday morning as she drove down Route 101 in Wilton, N.H. “When you’re a nurse, you look at the whole situation,” she said.

And the situation she saw signaled distress. A young man was standing next to his truck, pacing, cellphone pressed to his ear. Markey pulled over.

Crammed in the front seat was a woman in full labor, the baby’s head showing. Markey is a cardiac nurse at Tufts Medical Center. She had never delivered a baby.

Orion and Janella White had wanted a natural birth for their second child, and nature was certainly taking charge.

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