A Liverpool dad was escorted from the city's Women's Hospital by armed police on the night his daughter was born there.
In scenes he filmed on his camera phone, John Sheen was led out of the hospital by six officers as partner Kelly Shaw nursed their newborn baby Sadé inside.
A row broke out over John's access to the birth, which he said was obstructed by some staff members.
The hospital today said they had acted in line with their behaviour policy, while Merseyside Police said they had been called to a report of a man "behaving aggressively."
John said he did not think he had done anything wrong, and that his behaviour in the video reflected his behaviour throughout the night.
Police did not explain why armed officers were sent, though an officer in John's video can be heard saying they are "normal police officers."
The ECHO understands they may simply have been in the area when the call was received from police, and therefore the closest to respond.
The issue arose when new dad John, from Wavertree, said he had been told he could be with Kelly during the emergency birth, which was carried out in a surgical suite.
But he said he was initially denied access to the room - and feared the worst.
John, 33, said: "They'd told me I could be there, but all I saw as I got there was a midwife with her hands around Kelly as if to console her.
"I thought we'd lost the baby and then I had this other nurse come out and tell me I couldn't go in."
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Eventually John was given scrubs and allowed in to surgery, but said: "I was met with mixed emotions. Some were saying I could be in there, some were saying I couldn't but the man who said I could be in there just said 'come here mate and sit down' so I sat down and held Kelly's hand."
After the surgery 34-year-old Kelly was taken to recovery but after three days in labour was desperately hungry.
She said she asked John to get her some food - and John said staff on the ward told him he could leave and come back again.
But when the dad returned he found he was followed in by armed police.
John, who suffers PTSD after a gunshot injury seven years ago, said: "I thought there needed to be some kind of imminent threat for armed police to show up."
He added: "I was in fear for my life. After being shot in the head in 2012, anything like this is automatic fight or flight for me, but I couldn't run and I couldn't fight."
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Merseyside Police said: "Police were called to a disturbance at Liverpool Women's Hospital in the early hours of the 12th of April to a man behaving aggressively."
They could not offer an explanation as to why armed police attended the scene.
Kelly had previously been told she would never have children - so the birth of Sadé should have been extra special for her and John.
She said: "I feel like I've been through such a traumatic time that I'm trying to just deal with it each day and just enjoy the baby."
A spokesperson for Liverpool Women's Hospital said: "The Trust has a duty of care to provide a safe and secure environment for patients, staff, and visitors across the whole Trust including Maternity.
"We understand that pregnancy and labour can be an extremely anxious period however, failure to comply with the required standard of behaviour could result in the offending individual(s) being removed from the Trust.”
They declined to comment further on John and Kelly's experience.
18 hours after the birth, Kelly decided to discharge herself from the hospital, returning home with John and baby Sadé.
Kelly said: "I would hate for any woman to experience what I have gone through. Having a baby is supposed to be an amazing experience, but I got a nightmare.
"I got a beautiful blessing, but a nightmare of an experience."
