Punters were forced to part with their pints as the pub's pregnant landlady went into labour next to a pool table.
Landlord Andy Lord cleared a section of his Cornwall boozer The Waggoners Arms after his wife Bobbie's waters burst on Monday, January 2, with the games table moved to make way for a birthing pool.
The couple had already opted for a home birth for fourth child, but had to pick out the spot in the main pub area due to their flat upstairs being deemed not safe enough for the pool.
When Bobbie, 30, went into labour in their flat, Andy asked customers to leave pronto so that they could deliver baby Robin.
The 42-year-old dad filled the birthing pool in between pulling pints on his 12-hour shift as the big moment arrived - at one point a customer had to let him know the pool was about to overflow.
"Everyone was so good about it, there wasn't one moan or complain," said Andy, from Camborne, Cornwall.
"The atmosphere was very exciting and full of anticipation.
"When I checked on Bobbie, she was sitting on her gym ball in our bedroom and whispered to me that she was having contractions every five minutes.
"She said she didn't want to make a fuss, so I was alert to the situation and went down to the pub and carried on serving customers.
"I came back and checked on Bobbie again 20 minutes later and she said 'at this rate you're going to miss it' - I said 'no chance, I've got everything ready, don't worry about a thing'.
"I went back down to the pub and got the pool out, I moved the pool table out the way and proceeded to blow up the birthing pool in place of the pool table.
"I warned people that at any moment they might be asked to leave so Bobbie could give birth in the pub."
Baby Robin was born at 12.30am in the early hours of Tuesday, joining siblings Carwyn, 12, Aoife, 8, and Eden, 2.
Proud parents Andy and Bobbie, who took over the pub in October, said the birth had been such a community event that punters had even put together a pot with winnings for the customer who correctly guessed the birth date.
"Everyone has been so excited and asking me every day 'have you had the baby yet?'," said mum of four, Bobbie.
"It's been a real community thing.
"Everyone is talking about it and people find it fascinating, knowing so many locals would have something joyful to talk about for many years to come is something special.
"For us, I just didn't want to go to hospital, I wanted to give birth in my home."
She added: "I was really proud of myself - I was using the cup to pour water over my belly and saying things to myself in my mind like 'remember when you were holding your last baby and what that felt like'.
"I was just trying to distract my brain and help myself through without pain relief - the warm water around the womb is the best pain relief you can have."
