311 frontman, Nick Hexum, was forced to deliver his own daughter, baby girl Maxine Vita Hexum, when his wife Nikki Hexum suddenly went into labor at home without any medical supervision after planning for a midwife-assisted homebirth on May 1.
“When I called the midwife to tell her the contractions were coming fast and hard, I was still calm. So calm that my wife yelled into the phone, ‘Tell her to get here now!’” Nick told Us Weekly.
The 41 year-old had the courage to remain as calm as possible even when he noticed the umbilical cord was wrapped around his baby’s neck. Nick, who had been present at the birth of his first daughter, 21 month-old Echo, knew what he had to do – he reached in and rotated the baby!
“I knew from observing and listening the first time around that sometimes the baby’s shoulder would get caught and they would have to reach in there and break its collar bone to free her,” he says. “I reached my fingers in there and felt the shoulders and rotated the baby back and forth.”
“When Max came out blue and not moving, I was real scared for a moment but then when I heard that first cry, it was a feeling of relief that I’ll never forget,” he said. “Really, it was the thrill of a lifetime. Seeing the miracle of birth first hand by ourselves was a crazy primal experience.”
Ten minutes after Maxine was born, the midwife finally arrived, but the birth was perfect (both baby and mom were okay), and they never actually went to the hospital. The midwife only had to cut the umbilical cord.
“Everything was fine!” Hexum explains. ”We never went to the hospital. We just sat in bed laughing and crying tears of joy about what a crazy experience it was.”
Nick tweeted, “Maxine Vita Hexum was born at 6:30 AM. She came suddenly. We delivered at home alone! Nikki and Max are fine! 8 lbs. So grateful! Resting… The midwife arrived when Baby Max was about 20 minutes old. It was wild. Kicking it old school! The Max Hex is on! Thanks for all the well-wishes and congrats. The Hexums are really happy.”
That has to be an unforgettable moment! Baby Maxine was eager to finally meet her family face to face. Most men would have passed out or freaked out. To Nick, who has been working on 311’s 10th studio album (“Universal Purse”), being a father is “a well of inspiration”.
Congratulations to the Hexum family!
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