AFL great Dane Swan and partner Taylor Wilson celebrate ‘surreal’ birth of son

AFL larrikin Dane Swan has revealed the gritty details of the birth of his first child and how partner Taylor Wilson told him to “p*** off”.

AFL great and footy larrikin Dane Swan is a father.

The former Collingwood star revealed on Monday he is celebrating the birth of a son with partner Taylor Wilson after a “wild” labour on Saturday at the Epworth Hospital in Melbourne.

Swan revealed the gritty details of the labour during an interview with KIIS FM — admitting he was told to “p*** off” when trying to be involved in the delivery of their son.

Swan and Wilson announced last year they were expecting, having been in a relationship since 2008 when she first appeared alongside Swan on the Brownlow Medal red carpet.

Swan, 36, admits the 90-minute labour was a “surreal” experience — but was ready to joke about it when speaking on Monday morning.

“He’s good, mum and baby are healthy and happy,’’ he said from the hospital where the young family is recovering.

Taylor Wilson at the 2015 Brownlow Medal.

Dane Swan and pregnant partner Taylor Wilson. Pic: Instagram

“It went really quickly actually, I didn’t get much of a chance to do anything. We had a heap of plans in place and pressure points in place to relieve the stress. I went to touch her once and she told me to p*** off pretty quickly.

“She delivered with just a midwife, she did it all natural without any drugs. She was pretty incredible.

He later said: “It was wild. It was surreal actually thinking that we’d made this little thing. “Especially the way he comes out and cutting the chord. Staring at him in his little bed, thinking we made him and he’s ours, is wild. I’m not sure it’s all sunk in yet”.

He said he was distracted during the birth by some NBA action on Saturday where he had some money invested on the result.

Taylor Wilson and Dane Swan, Instagram.

“It was the last week of my multi so I kind of had one eye on the Lakers and one eye on her.”

The couple have not bestowed a name upon their boy yet. The little cherub is going to need all the help he can get — based on Swan’s introduction to parenting.

“We’ve got his name for the next hopefully 90 years so probably a thing we should get around to talking about. We’ve kind of forgotten,” he said.

After three days in hospital Swan is already light-heartedly talking about looking for an exit.

“It honestly feels like I’m in hotel quarantine. There’s literally nothing to do so we just sit in a room and as the dad I’ve got absolutely nothing to do apart from sit here,” he said.

“I’m going a bit stir crazy and I don’t know how people quarantine for two weeks.

“I’ve been here for two nights and starting to go half mad.”

Originally published as AFL great Dane Swan and partner Taylor Wilson celebrate ‘surreal’ birth of son