A woman who had no idea she was pregnant gave birth while in flight.
Tamara the woman was on a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines trip from Ecuador to Madrid, Spain.
When the plane took off and a few hours before landing in the Netherlands, Tamara reportedly abruptly began experiencing abdominal pains.
Giving birth after two contractions
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As a result of the pain, Tamara checked into the toilet to possibly ease herself and she ended up having a baby.
According to Daily Star, Tamara gave birth after two contractions:
“A few hours before landing in the Netherlands, her stomach hurt and she decided to go to the toilet. To her great surprise, after two contractions, she suddenly had a baby in her hands,” a spokesperson for the Spaarne Gasthuis Haarlem Zuid hospital told NL Times.
Mum, son doing well
The airline spokesperson said that two doctors and a nurse from Austria were on the plane and helped the unexpected mother following her surprise delivery New York Post reports.
The baby is named Maximiliano after a stranger who stayed by the mum’s side throughout the period.
Once they had landed in the Netherlands safely, Tamara and her new baby were taken by ambulance to the Spaarne Gasthuis Haarlem South hospital.
The hospital confirmed the mother and her new bundle of joy were doing well.