Woman Who Didn't Know She Was Pregnant Becomes New Mum after Giving Birth on Plane
- Tamara who was flying from Ecuador to Spain, Madrid on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines became a mum as she gave birth to a bouncing baby boy
- The young lady started feeling pain in her abdomen which prompted her to go to the hospital where she delivered a son she later named Maximiliano
- According to the woman, she did not realise she was pregnant until the experience that took place mid-flight
No airline allows pregnant women to fly unless they have a letter of recommendation from a doctor or midwife assuring the airline the mum-to-be will not risk any complications.
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A young woman embraced the journey of motherhood in an aeroplane as she boarded an 11-hour flight.
Giving birth after two contractions
The new mum by the name Tamara did not realise that she was pregnant until she gave birth on a mid-flight.
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According to Daily Star, Tamara, who was flying on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines from Ecuador to Madrid, Spain, started experiencing painful stomach cramps.
“A few hours before landing in the Netherlands, her stomach hurt and she decided to go to the toilet. To her great surprise, after two contractions, she suddenly had a baby in her hands,” a spokesperson for the Spaarne Gasthuis Haarlem Zuid hospital told NL Times.
Mum, son doing well
The airline spokesperson said that two doctors and a nurse from Austria were on the plane and helped the unexpected mother following her surprise delivery, “for which we are very grateful to them.” as reported by New York Post.
She named her newborn son after one of the caretakers who stayed by her side to ensure she had a safe delivery, giving him the name Maximiliano.
Once they had landed in the Netherlands safely, Tamara and her new baby were taken by ambulance to the Spaarne Gasthuis Haarlem South hospital.
The hospital confirmed the mother and her new bundle of joy were doing well.
Young lady gives birth mid-flight
In a similar incident, an American Airlines crew helped a 21-year-old woman deliver a baby boy mid-flight at 36,000 feet.
The 21-year-old mother named Kendria Rhoden was travelling to the Dominican Republic when her water broke.
She soon announced to the members of her family who were around that her water had broken and she couldn't hold the baby any longer.
“These carried on and 34 minutes into the flight, my waters broke. The cabin crew were such a big help," she recalled.
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