“We were using Facebook Messenger to communicate with her parents and coached them through the delivery, so I watched her being delivered on my cellphone," Blackburn told NBC News.
Davon Thomas with his wife, Erica Thomas, and their newborn, Devynn Brielle Thomas.
Erica and Davon Thomas were trapped in their house by snow when Erica suddenly went into labor, Blackburn said.
She had also instructed him to help his wife take a hot shower to ease her pain and help her move around “to get the gravity going,” Blackburn said.
Moments later, Erica squatted down and when the baby came out, Davon Thomas was there to receive his daughter with towels in his arms.