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Math teacher Shannen Krahn was just a week from her due date when she gave birth to her daughter in the bathroom of her Wisconsin home

Although her husband didn't make it home in time, their son, now 2, was there — and offered her plenty of support

"Focusing on him kept my brain away from the pain," she tells PEOPLE

When a middle school teacher unexpectedly delivered her baby girl in the bathroom of her Wisconsin home last month, her toddler was by her side, offering sweet encouragement.

“At one point, when I was looking down, he put his little hand under my chin and lifted my face up to look him in the eye,” mom Shannen Krahn, 31, tells PEOPLE of her son Max.

“Focusing on him kept my brain away from the pain,” says Krahn, though she hopes the experience doesn’t have a n

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