Babies are rarely born mid-air, thanks to the protracted nature of labor and doctors’ precautions in not allowing women to fly during certain stages of their pregnancies.
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Tell that to a now-formally 36-week pregnant woman who delivered a boy on board a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to Dallas-Fort Worth last week.
Shortly after the plane took off from FLL, Cristina Penton, who was traveling with her two other children ages 11 and 12, started to feel ill:
“Within 10 to 15 minutes of takeoff, I began to feel like something was not fine,” Penton said during a press conference recorded by the New Orleans Advocate.
Things progressed rather quickly from there, but, thankfully, a pediatrician and a nurse were on the plane, both of whom helped to deliver little Christoph Lezcano.
Passengers broke into applause upon hearing the healthy 7-pound baby’s cries.
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The plane was then diverted to New Orleans.
Penton and her three children plan to drive the rest of the way to their final destination–their home in Phoenix.
Congrats, Momma!