YAWN OF NEW AGE: Chris Hutchinson, right, with daughter Olivia and baby Luke. r

Christine Hutchinson ended up delivering her own grandson after he rushed into the world in double-quick time.

And she even kept her cool as the baby emerged purple-faced with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck.

Christine calmly told her daughter Olivia to stop pushing while she quickly untangled the cord.

The drama began when Olivia, 22, of Hardrada Way, Stamford Bridge, rang her mother at 7.15am on Sunday to ask her to come over because she had gone into labour.

The baby had been due to arrive a fortnight or so earlier and was about to be induced when labour started naturally in the night.

Christine, 45, of Skirpenbeck, felt there would be plenty of time to get Olivia into York District Hospital. But when she got there, Olivia was saying: "There's something happening!"

Christine quickly called an ambulance. But Luke wasn't hanging around so helped by instructions over the phone from the ambulance service, Christine, who normally works as a care assistant with the elderly, turned into a midwife for the day. She instructed Olivia to lie down on the bathroom floor and helped Luke into the world by 7.55am, some time before the ambulance got there.

Luke weighed in at 8lbs 7ozs, and later check-ups at hospital showed that both he and mum were doing fine.

Christine said Olivia's partner, Michael Jefferson, was "over the moon."

Olivia was full of praise for her mother.

"She was brilliant. She pretended to be calm," she said.

"When she saw the cord was wrapped around his neck, she told me to stop pushing."

"They were all quite amazed at the hospital. They said it was an extra-fast baby. It was a very easy labour. Luke is absolutely fine."

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