Lavinia “Lavi” Mounga was flying from Salt Lake City to Honolulu on Wednesday when she unexpectedly gave birth to her son Raymond at just 29 weeks, according to anews release from Hawaii Pacific Health.
“Our sister did not know she was pregnant so she was just as shocked as the rest of us when our nephew was born!” the new mom’s sisters wrote on aGoFundMe pagethat has raised nearly $6,000.
Lavi Mounga and Dr. Dale Glenn.Hawaii Pacific Health
Hawaii Pacific Health
“I don’t know how a patient gets so lucky as to have three neonatal intensive care nurses onboard the same flight when she is in emergency labor, but that was the situation we were in. The great thing about this was the teamwork,” Mounga said in the release. “Everybody jumped in together and everyone helped out.”
When he got to Mounga, Bamfield, Beeding and Ho — who are specially trained to treat premature births — were already there.
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Lavinia “Lavi” Mounga with Lani Bamfield, Mimi Ho and Amanda Beeding.Hawaii Pacific Health
Mounga, who lives in Orem, Utah and was traveling to Hawaii on vacation with family, received a special visit from the group in the hospital two days later.
Lavinia “Lavi” Mounga and Dr. Dale Glenn.Hawaii Pacific Health
“We all just teared up,” Ho said in the release. “She called us family and said we’re all his aunties, and it was so great to see them.”
The new mom has since been discharged, though little Raymond will remain in the NICU until he is ready to go home.
A spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told theWashington Postthat if a birth occurs somewhere in a “moving conveyance,” such as an airplane, the child’s place of birth will be listed as the place where they were first removed from the conveyance.
source: people.com
