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Anne had a newborn into the studio last week whose parents are from Nigeria, but this little boy, even though he was only two weeks old, already has quite a story to tell.

There is a handyman service in Sydney called “Hire a Hubby.” You can call them up about anything you need attended to around the house, and they will send someone around to fix it.

A couple of weeks ago, this particular family had a Hire a Hubby handyman in their home fixing some doors. The pregnant wife was upstairs and the husband and mother-in-law were downstairs with the handyman.

Unfortunately the wife started to go into labour quite quickly and called out to her husband. By the time he arrived, the baby was well on its way. The father and the mother-in-law were not coping with the situation very well, so the handyman took over proceedings, rang an ambulance, said it was too late to get the woman to hospital, and could they give him some instructions over the phone on how to deliver a baby!

Which is exactly what they did, and he followed them perfectly. When the paramedics arrived it was all done, and the baby was comfortably cradled in his mother’s arms.

The handyman coincidentally lives in the next street, so calls in every couple of days to see how the baby is going. He certainly would feel a certain affinity with this little fellow.

We have heard of cab drivers and other unrelated people who have had to handle unexpected births, but it certainly makes the job title “handyman” very appropriate.

Any other interesting birth stories amongst Anne’s Facebook Fans?