Dr. Sij Hemal, 27, a second-year urology resident at Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, helped a 41-year-old Nigerian banker, Toyin Ogundipe, deliver her baby on December, 17, 2017.

Ogundipe, who resides in both the United Kingdom and Nigeria – went into labor about midway into her flight from Paris-to-New York, as the jet skirted the southern coast of Greenland, 35,000 feet below.

An emergency landing would require a two-hour diversion to a U.S. military base in the Azores Islands, so Dr. Hemal – who volunteered to assist Toyin – recommended to the pilot that they continue to JFK International Airport, still four hours away.

“Her contractions were about 10 minutes apart, so a pediatrician (Dr. Stefanie Ortolan, of Senlis, France) and I began to monitor her vital signs and keep her comfortable,” explains Dr. Hemal. 


They also suggested Toyin be moved to the roomier first-class section, which had very few passengers. While the flight’s air hostesses tended to Toyin’s traveling companion, her 4-year-old daughter, Amy, the doctors helped her mom deliver her baby boy.

Toyin recalls being rather composed throughout the delivery, thanks to the calm manner of the two doctors and the professional treatment they provided: “I was relaxed because I knew I was in safe hands. They did everything a doctor or midwife would have done if I was in the labor room in the hospital. Even better, if you ask me.”

After about 30 minutes of pushing, Toyin gave birth to a boy, whom she named Jake. Upon arrival at JFK, Toyin, Jake and Amy were whisked away by ambulance to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. Toyin was released later that day, and is recovering – with her children – at the home of friends in New Jersey.

http://www.looknaija.com/2018/01/nigerian-mom-gives-birth-inside-plane-en-route-new-york/

lalasticlala

I cucuma cut cap for the "Areochild"

Cute baby. Someday in the future, my own baby will be given birth to in good condition

Some women no get sense... Honestly. What if there were no Doctors on that plane...

person go dey in the final month of her pregnancy come still dey travel...

Hmmm

tstx:
Some women no get sense... Honestly. What if there were no Doctors on that plane...

person go dey in the final month of her pregnancy come still dey travel...

Oga it doesn't work that way, What about the ones that went to Hospital and met useless Doctors? The ones that delivered without Doctors?

Things doesn't always work the way we expect it. You don't even know if a Doctor has told her to expect her baby next week.

Suggest name for the child

tstx:
Some women no get sense... Honestly. What if there were no Doctors on that plane...

person go dey in the final month of her pregnancy come still dey travel...

She knows what she's doing . Na US passport she de find for her child.

Netanyahu1:
She knows what she's doing . Na US passport she de find for her child.

As dem born the child for up, which country passport them go give the baby

Netanyahu1:
She knows what she's doing . Na US passport she de find for her child.

She for atleast travel early.. maybe when she dey eight months

mazimee:


As dem born the child for up, which country passport them go give the baby

If na for Us Air space them born the baby then the baby na US citizen

Homeboiy:
Suggest name for the child

Airbender

mazimee:


Oga it doesn't work that way, What about the ones that went to Hospital and met useless Doctors? The ones that delivered without Doctors?

Things doesn't always work the way we expect it. You don't even know if a Doctor has told her to expect her baby next week.

So what she did was right....?

tstx:
So what she did was right....?

There are some things that fate takes care of no matter how careful we think we are.

mazimee:


As dem born the child for up, which country passport them go give the baby

Still getting a US Passport.

Jus soli.

highginus..park to new york.c as d tin sweet.no be like..from uganda to burundi.kikiki

mazimee:


As dem born the child for up, which country passport them go give the baby

Still American passport, those guys a confused , they are trying so hard to be the best country in the world, but China is taking over economically, without much effort.