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| Talk About Being Airborne: Woman Gives Birth On Airflight To LA by manuelrukky(m): 7:07pm On Oct 18, 2015 |
A Taiwanese woman has prematurely delivered a baby on China Airlines flight to Los Angeles at 9,000 meters in the sky. А doctor who happened to be on board helped deliver the baby girl 30 minutes before an emergency landing. The woman who was in the 32nd week of her pregnancy appealed to the flight staff for medical help, saying that her waters had broken, China Airlines (CAL), the nation’s largest carrier told the China Post. Full pregnancy term is normally about 40 weeks. China Airlines’ website states that “Healthy expectant mothers who are less than 32 weeks of pregnancy or more than 8 weeks from the estimated delivery date may travel and be accepted by China Airlines as normal passengers.” This would put the new mom just under the acceptance threshold. The incident happened six hours after the plane took off from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Luckily there was a doctor on board - Dr. Angelica Zen, a UCLA resident physician who, however, had never previously assisted during a delivery. "My training is in internal medicine pediatrics so we do adults and kids, but really no pregnant women at all, so since my training we haven't done much OBGYN [obstetrics/gynecology]," Zen told ABC 7. "I was a little bit nervous." The plane captain decided to make an emergency landing in the nearest airport in Alaska. However, the woman gave birth to the baby girl 30 minutes before the plane landed at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Both mother and the newborn are in good health, CAL added. One of the passengers, Amira Rajput, managed to record a video of flight staff holding a baby to the applause of other passengers. She told ABC News that the mother was "tough as nails," she bit down on blankets to keep from screaming.
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| Re: Talk About Being Airborne: Woman Gives Birth On Airflight To LA by prest(m): 7:30pm On Oct 18, 2015 |
No more American citizenship, lol |
| Re: Talk About Being Airborne: Woman Gives Birth On Airflight To LA by thexzy(m): 7:34pm On Oct 18, 2015 |
Oh Praise ye the Lord.....this is good news. And congrats to the medical personnel on board...it shows no skill is a waste one day one day that redundant skill will surely be put to use. Even though they were nervous a kind of, but with God'§ wisdom they were able to see to the delivery of the baby safely and now both the Baby n the mother are happily strong. 1 Like |
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