A woman who didn’t know she was pregnant gave birth to a baby boy mid-flight.
Lavinia “Lavi” Mounga was flying from Salt Lake City to Honolulu on April 28 for a vacation when she gave birth to her son, Raymond.
He was born early at just 29 weeks gestation.
Luckily, a doctor from Hawaii and three neonatal intensive care unit nurses from North Kansas City Hospital were also on board the almost seven-hour Delta flight to help Mounga deliver her baby.
“We were about halfway through the flight, and we heard someone call out for medical help,” North Kansas City Hospital NICU Nurse Lani Bamfield said in a release. “I went to see what was going on and see her there holding a baby in her hands, and it’s little.”
A woman who did not know she was pregnant prematurely gave birth on a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Hawaii last week.
Lavinia “Lavi” Mounga unexpectedly delivered her son, Raymond, on the flight on April 28. Several medical professionals were on board the flight, including Dale Glenn, a family medicine physician with Hawaii Pacific Health, and Lani Bamfield, Amanda Beeding and Mimi Ho, all NICU nurses at North Kansas City Hospital, according to a Sunday statement from Hawaii Pacific Health.
“About halfway through the flight, there was an emergency call, and I ve experienced this before and usually they re pretty clear asking if there is a doctor on board,” Glenn said in the Sunday statement. “This call was not like this and it was fairly urgent. I let the flight attendant know that I’m a physician and she said we have a woman having a baby, so I hurried over to see what I could do.”
Woman lucky after giving birth on flight to Hawaii with help from doctor, nurses on board
4 May, 2021 03:14 AM
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Lavinia Lavi Mounga gave birth on a flight to Hawaii, with help from a doctor and nurses on board. Video / Fox
Lavinia Lavi Mounga gave birth on a flight to Hawaii, with help from a doctor and nurses on board. Video / Fox
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A doctor and a team of neonatal medical professionals were in the right place at the right time - helping a Utah woman deliver her baby on board an hourslong flight to Hawaii.
Lavinia Lavi Mounga was travelling from Salt Lake City to Hawaii on April 28 for a family vacation when she unsuspectedly gave birth to her son, Raymond, after just 29 weeks of gestation.
Baby born on plane flying to Hawaii
“About halfway through the flight, there was an emergency call, and I ve experienced this before and usually they re pretty clear asking if there is a doctor on board. By Istock
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A doctor and three nurses aboard an April 28 flight to Hawaii helped a Utah woman deliver a baby.
The group was able to stabilize the baby, Raymond, for three hours until the flight landed, and the newborn was then transported to Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children.
Glenn and the nursing team were able to visit the woman and the infant on Friday.
Woman who didn t know she was pregnant gives birth on flight to Hawaii
Woman gives birth on airplane to Hawaii
Replay Video UP NEXT On Wednesday, somewhere over the Pacific, a woman who didn t know she was pregnant gave birth to a baby boy. Lavinia Lavi Mounga was flying from Salt Lake City to Honolulu on April 28 for a vacation when she gave birth to her son, Raymond. He arrived early at just 29 weeks gestation. Luckily, a doctor from Hawaii and three neonatal intensive care unit nurses from North Kansas City Hospital were also on board the almost seven-hour Delta flight to help Mounga deliver her baby.