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Pregnant Woman Saves Husband's Life Hours Before Giving Birth

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A quick-thinking mother-to-be ended up saving her husband's life, just hours before she was due to give birth.

Ashley Goette called 911 after she noticed her husband, Andrew Goette, gasping for air.

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A dispatcher talked her through performing CPR until medics arrived.

Andrew Goette had gone into cardiac arrest. A day later, Ashley Goette went into labor.

"I was just so excited just to be able to see him be born," said Andrew Goette.

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Doctors delayed a heart procedure on him so he could watch the birth over Facetime from his hospital room.

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