Hexum was forced to react quickly when his wife went into labor sooner than she planned
Nick Hexum, the lead vocalist of 311, delivered his wife’s second child without medical supervision last month when she went into labor sooner than expected.
The couple intended on having a home birth, but their plans were altered when the musician’s wife, Nikki, went into sudden labor before the midwife arrived.
Hexum was forced to react quickly and cope with frightening complications that surfaced when their daughter, Maxine, became lodged in the birth canal.
“After Max’s head popped out, the delivery stalled for the next couple of contractions,” he told People. “The baby’s head was blue and the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck. I was worried the cord was choking her, keeping blood from getting to her brain.”
Having paid close attention to the birth of the couple’s first daughter, Echo, 21 months, Hexum knew to reach in, feel the shoulders, and rotate the baby back and forth.
“I jiggled her around until I heard a ‘wahhh!’ It was an amazing moment,” he recalled. “Everything was fine! We never went to the hospital. We just sat in bed laughing and crying tears of joy about what a crazy experience it was.”
311’s 10th studio album, Universal Pulse, is scheduled to release on July 19.
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