United States: Woman gives birth on plane when she didn't know she was pregnant

While traveling on a plane from Utah to Hawaii on April 28, an American arrived at her family vacation spot with an unexpected guest.

After a few hours of flight, Lavinia Mounga began to experience stomach cramps, she then moved to the toilet, and realized that she was giving birth, reports the

.

A childbirth all the more surprising as she did not know she was pregnant.

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Luckily, a doctor and three nurses were on the plane.

In the bathroom, the mother "

" says Dr. Glenn.

At birth, the prematurely born baby weighed only 1.4 kilograms.

The nurses on the plane work in the Missouri Neonatal Care Unit and are used to caring for premature babies, but they had never done so on a plane before.

A connected watch, laces and a sock

After giving birth, the passengers were a 3-hour flight from their destination of arrival and the baby's condition worried the doctor. “

”he told the

. The nursing staff then used the equipment available to keep the baby safe: shoe laces to cut the umbilical cord, a connected watch to monitor the heart rate, first aid tape to make a small oxygen mask, or a passenger's sock to cover the top of the baby's head and keep him warm.

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" so he could "

", explains the doctor. “

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On landing, a medical team transported the newborn baby named Raymond to the hospital where he will stay for a few weeks. Lavinia Mounga acknowledged how lucky she was to have a medical team on board. “

” she says. For his part, the doctor said jokingly that in the future he would take "

" on his travels.