Mum gives birth on her driveway with help from her neighbours who heard her screaming down the street

Some neighbours end up being good friends, and others you can live beside for years and never meet.

She said: ‘We’d had an argument as I’d told Adam to call the ambulance but we live right by the hospital.

‘I am quite dramatic but I got the feeling that I was going to give birth before we got there.

‘He tried to walk me down the drive but before we could make it into the house, I just knew I wouldn’t make it and that I needed to push.

‘The ambulance service asked Adam “can you see the head?” He was about to say no but I stripped off and he was like “Oh my God, yes!”‘

Her contractions had started the day before and by the morning, were just seven minutes apart so her mother, Sylvia Tarver, 70, took her to the hospital.

But there, her contractions became irregular and after four-and-a-half hours of waiting, the doctors sent her home to be with her husband, take a bath and have a paracetamol to try and move things along.

That evening, things quickly changed and she rushed to the car to go back to hospital – but it was too late.

Anne-Marie said: ‘I had a really strong contraction so rang the hospital as it was so painful and had made me bleed.

‘They told me to come back so I tried to get to the car. I got to the car door and screamed as I knew the baby was coming.’

Seeing her drop to the ground, hero neighbour Jane, 66, rushed to help as Adam desperately phoned 999 for help.

Melinda, 51, quickly followed with towels after hearing Anne-Marie’s screams echoing down the street.

Jane said: ‘I was coming home from shopping so I was in the car and I drove past her drive and saw her on the floor.

‘I went running round and saw that Adam had sorted out the towels.

‘I put my hand under the towel to make sure she was warm and Anne-Marie grabbed my hand.

‘I was just trying to keep her calm whilst the baby’s head was born, then thankfully the paramedics arrived as Adam caught the body.

‘It was a shock, I think everybody was in shock, and a nice moment to be part of because it ended well.

‘We are very close neighbours and they are a lovely couple. They bought Jack round to us the next day on the doorstep with a bunch of flowers to say thank you.’

Adam, who is also a teacher, delivered their baby boy Jack at approximately 11:30AM on January 21 after being guided over the phone for about an hour.

Paramedics arrived as he was born and cut his cord, before taking them to hospital to be checked over.

Jack was safe and well, weighing a healthy 7lb 11oz and is now a thriving two-month old.

Anne-Marie and Adam, who are also parents to Theo Duckers, two, had a long journey to becoming parents.

The couple endured four rounds of IVF and suffered a miscarriage before welcoming their two boys, spending a whopping £20,000 on their quest for a family.