A quick-thinking dad saved his wife and safely delivered his newborn baby at home after he used a SHOELACE to clamp the umbilical cord.

Dan Sparrow, 38, leaped into action when wife Vicki, 28, went into labour early in their living room, and gave birth before paramedics arrived.

She had been booked in for a c-section due to a suspected placenta infection, and call handlers warned Dan on the phone he had to act quickly following the birth.

After unravelling the cord which was TWICE wrapped around baby Kayden's neck, he lay the newborn on his mum's tummy, and ran into the hallway in search of a tool.

A quick-thinking dad saved his wife and safely delivered his newborn baby at home after he used a SHOELACE to clamp the umbilical cord.

Dan Sparrow, 38, leaped into action when wife Vicki, 28, went into labour early in their living room, and gave birth before paramedics arrived.

She had been booked in for a c-section due to a suspected placenta infection, and call handlers warned Dan on the phone he had to act quickly following the birth.

After unravelling the cord which was TWICE wrapped around baby Kayden's neck, he lay the newborn on his mum's tummy, and ran into the hallway in search of a tool.