Aussie dad delivers son on his own in Falmouth, Cornwall home

Adam Kesacoff's wife Sophie was pregnant with their second child when she suddenly went into labour in the early hours of Saturday morning at their home in Boslowick.

Adam, 38, who married Falmouth girl Sophie, 35, after they met in Australia just over ten years ago, had to deliver his son Milo at home with no time for the midwife and no time for paramedics.

Baby Milo Ernest Kesacoff was so eager to finally meet his mum and dad and big brother Jasper, two, that he rushed into the world at 5:32am on Saturday morning, weighing 8lb 2oz.

Baby Milo was born at home

Adam, who runs his own barbecue business The Aussie Smoker, told the Packet that there was no time to do anything else than deliver the baby in bed and it had all gone very smoothly.

"Sophie went into labour 12 days earlier," he said. "We had the midwife over and were planning popping into hospital then the contractions stopped and there was a limbo time. Then on Saturday morning she woke me up saying she had a little bit of cramping, next thing you know 45 minutes later I delivered the baby.

"It was surreal, there wasn't even any time to think about it so we called the midwife and ended up having to call the ambulance straight away and got talked through it all by the paramedic on the phone."

He said he didn't really have time to panic it was all about Sophie and the baby and he just had to get on with it.

"My wife had put a list on the fridge in case she did go into labour," he said. "I probably should have looked at that a bit more."

He said Sophie was doing amazingly well after the birth and so was Milo.

Adam and Sophie with Milo

He told the Packet that his older son Jasper had been born just two weeks into lockdown and nobody had been allowed to see him or touch him and it had been quite a traumatic birth as well.

"This one was the polar opposite," he said. "She was laughing when I went in with a coffee that morning, it was totally different."

Adam runs his own business The Aussie Smoker doing barbecued food all year round from his "shack" under the viaduct in Ponsanooth. In honour of his two sons he has teamed up with Pips Pasties to create the Outback Pasty containing traditional steak which has been marinated overnight in a special barbecue recipe. He'll be selling it from his base in Ponsanooth when it launches at the end of this month and, if it's successful, hopes to sell it in local shops. Find out more about The Aussie Smoker on Facebook or Instagram or at theaussiesmoker.co.uk

Sophie's parents are Lyn and Mike who both live in Falmouth where Mike runs his own driving school. 

For Adam's parents Deborah and Peter, over visiting from Australia, it was a double joy as they had been unable to see their first grandson Jasper when he was born because of pandemic restrictions. But this time they managed to be outside the window when Milo was born.

"I'm still in awe of Adam and Sophie," said Deborah. "They were just amazing. I never ever expected such an incredible thing to happen. That my son would deliver their own child. I'm in awe of both of them."