Matty J and Laura Byrne’s baby girl Marlie-Mae is over a year old now, and we’re growing more obsessed with her cute lil’ face every day.
Marlie is the unofficial adopted sibling of everyone in Australia (right up there with the Irwins and Hamish Blake’s bloody adorable kiddos), but her entry into this weird and wacky world wasn’t smooth sailing.
In a recent episode of The Babble podcast, Matty J shared the story of Marlie-Mae’s birth, which is equal parts scary and hilarious.
What do you get when you combine a lady in labour, an obstetrician and some strong AF drugs? This story:
“It was funny, we had the midwife in the room and then just kind of at the last little stage where the head’s about to pop out, and Marlie got stuck,” Matt explained.
“And then all of a sudden we had the midwife in the room, and three doctors in the room, and an obstetrician in the room, and it took quite a while.”
Never fret, Marlie was delivered safe and sound, but it’s what happened between birthing and delivery that is the real clincher.
“The funny thing is the head obstetrician, the godfather of obstetricians came into the room,” Matty J went on, saying how everyone else was shocked that he made an appearance.
“He stood there at the back of the room and he’s maybe about 65 or so, and he looked at Laura and he said, ‘Look, the baby’s a little bit stuck so I need you to push. You can push me away. Push me away.’ And he kept saying that. And what he meant was, if you push I won’t have to step in’.”
Makes sense yeah? Well…
“But Laura, who’s high on drugs at this point was like ‘Push you away?’ So she kind of like leant up from the bed, grabbed him and just pushed him and he flew across the room.
“This 65-year-old man, who was so well respected in the hospital, and he was flat on his back.”
Luckily for Laura, old mate obstetrician didn’t hold it against her and got up and delivered Marlie-Mae like a legend.
Still, we love a good birthing story. Nothing like hours labour and an epidural to really make a mess of things.
You can hear the full story and some killer bants in The Babble’s full Father’s Day chat with Harley Breen and Matt Okine:
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