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London - A British man successfully brought his son into the world by following instructions for child delivery on a YouTube video, it was reported on Friday.

Marc Stephens, a Royal Navy engineer from Redruth, in Cornwall, said he watched the video as a precaution when his wife Jo started to feel some discomfort.

He jumped into action several hours later as an ambulance failed to arrive at the house on time and the regular midwife was busy on another birth.

"I googled how to deliver a baby, watched a few videos and basically swotted up," Stephens told the BBC.

"The videos gave me peace of mind. I think I would have coped, but watching videos made things much easier."

"I was still on the phone to the midwife and told her that 'this is it'," added Stephens.

The happy mother had planned a home birth, "but not quite in this manner," she said after giving birth to Gabriel, the couple's fourth child. - Sapa-dpa

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