Mackay paramedics reunite with baby Coby after emergency delivery

Rob and Amara Walker reunite with paramedics Hannah Jarratt and Josh Kearney, who helped birth their son Coby.  (ABC Tropical North: Tobi Loftus)

Expectant Mackay mum Amara Walker was at her local supermarket on March 15 when she started feeling contractions.

That morning, despite being 40 weeks pregnant, Ms Walker enjoyed time with her toddler Logan at his swimming lessons.

"It was a normal, quick, easy day," she said.

She rushed home, where her mother was waiting for her.

Six weeks after his hasty arrival, Coby is doing well and sleeping through all the fuss. (ABC Tropical North: Tobi Loftus)

"I rang [my husband] Rob as he works two hours away and I told him to come home that night," Ms Walker said.

"And then the next hour I said, 'Come home now, it's happening.'"

She called an ambulance and advanced care paramedic Hannah Jarratt and critical care paramedic Josh Kearney rushed to the Walkers' home.

Soon after loading Ms Walker into the ambulance, baby Coby made his entrance into the world.

"It was quite quick and calm," Ms Jarratt said.

Now six weeks old, Coby was the centre of attention again as his parents reunited him with Ms Jarratt and Mr Kearney.   

Paramedics Josh Kearney and Hannah Jarratt enjoy cuddles with Coby.  (ABC Tropical North: Tobi Loftus)

Mr Kearney said it was a privilege to be welcomed in by the family during such a special moment for them.

"It's a simple process when you have good paramedics like Hannah assisting at the coal face," he said.

'I didn't get to see their faces'

Six weeks on, Ms Walker was thrilled to be reunited with the paramedics when she and Rob, along with big brother Logan, took Coby to the Mackay Ambulance Station to meet Ms Jarratt and Mr Kearney properly.

"I didn't get to see their faces until we arrived at the hospital," Ms Walker said.

"It's nice to see them in a much calmer situation. "

For Mr Kearney and Ms Jarratt, the feelings were mutual.

"To be able to sit here and talk and have a nice conversation, and see the progression of the family as one now — outside of that emergent, changing situation — is really nice," Ms Jarratt said.

Ms Walker said she and her friends had always joked about a dramatic location birth.

"I gave birth to Logan quite quickly, so we joked my next one would be a driveway baby," she said.

"I never thought he'd be an ambulance baby.

She said she was now making plans for what she would do if she was to have a third child.

"I might have to stay at the hospital the week before, or have a midwife stay with me," she said.