BEN Knight was crouched on the kitchen floor of his Glenbrook home, hands outstretched. His heart was thumping.
Leaning on a wall above him, his wife Rebecca was about to give birth to their first child.
It was too late to go to hospital - the baby's head was already showing. Ben would have to deliver it himself.
"I was half panicking, not knowing what to do," Ben said.
"In the back of my head I thought, 'Should I boil some water?'. That's what they always do in the movies."
Family friend Cara McDonald had called 000 and was passing on instructions. Ben was poised, ready to catch the baby as it emerged.
"I was a bit worried about how to catch it," Ben said.
"I had a towel at first, but Cara said I should use my hands.
"But I thought it would be OK - I'm a pretty good catcher."
Rebecca had been in labour for seven hours, using hypno-birthing techniques to help control the pain.

Glenbrook couple Rebecca and Ben Knight with Melody who was born on the floor of their kitchen. Picture: DARREN EDWARDS