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A new mum has praised the quick-thinking actions of her husband who delivered their baby when she unexpectedly went into labour at their Renton home.

Jade McGourlay says hubby Jamie bravely took control of the situation when their baby boy decided it was time to make a dramatic arrival into the world.

While acting on telephone guidance from an NHS midwife in a 999 call, Jamie quickly got towels and prepared to cut the umbilical cord.

However, the drama intensified when Jamie realised the cord was round the baby's neck.

In the nick of time, three paramadics arrived to provide crucial assistance and the baby - also called Jamie - was born unharmed.

This week, Jade, 27, a self-employed beauty therapist, told how the drama had unfolded at the couple's home in the late evening of March 12.

She said: "Jamie was nine days late and I was getting bored because I had been off work for ten days.

"So I decided to go into work that afternoon at Clips Hair Salon in Renton.

"I had been having mild contractions since early morning but thought it was nothing and hadn't told anyone.

"However, they started getting stronger and a colleague saw the expression on my face and said 'you don't look right'.

"At that stage I didn't realise it was the real thing."

However, the drama began in earnest that night when Jade's contractions intensified.

Believing that the Vale of Leven Hospital midwifery department would shut for the night, the couple contacted the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, where a midwife told them it was just the early stages of labour and Jade should take a hot bath.

Jade said: "The contractions were killing me and I realised I couldn't cope like that for the rest of the night.

"So Jamie phoned the on-duty midwife at Vale of Leven Hospital to ask what we should do.

"The midwife heard me screaming in pain and said call 999 for an ambulance night away."

Jamie, 26, told the Reporter: "I was obviously scared and the adrenaline kicked in but the lady on the other end of the 999 call was great.

"I discovered the umbilical chord was round the baby's neck and she was telling me what to do.

"Just then the paramedics - two women and a man - rushed in and took over, fixing the umbilical cord.

"Three pushes later and he was out."

Jamie, who weighed in at a bouncing 7lb 9oz, and Jade were then checked over at Vale of Leven Hospital and given the all clear.

The couple - along with their new arrival - were back home four hours after the drama had unfolded.

Jade said Jamie, a greenkeeper at the Carrick Golf Course on Loch Lomondside, had done an amazing job.

She added: "He brought him into the world and that's why we have called him Jamie junior."