Sunday, May 17, 2009

Man Delivers Baby with help from Youtube

I always say "you can find anything on the internet". Marc Stephens of Cornwall, England proved just that when he decided to Google information on how to deliver a baby and watched a couple of midwife videos on Youtube. His new knowledge came in handy just a few hours later when his wife, Jo, went into labor.

They called the hospital but were told that there were no midwives available and they should call an ambulance. But there was no time for that. Jo Stephens started to give birth before Marc was even off the phone.

Marc delivered his 5lb 5oz son, Daniel, with his two year old daughter watching. Jo said he was very calm and of her four pregnancies, this was her easiest birth.

The most helpful video Marc watched was posted on Youtube by an American midwife, Laurie Fremgen, of the Austin Midwifery Service, in Austin, Texas.

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