Nigerian woman delivers baby on plane to Brazil

A Nigerian woman has delivered a baby while on a flight to Brazil.

The woman, identified as Oyindamola Akinyera, disclosed the news on social media. Oyindamola revealed that she and her partner were on a trip to Brazil for their “honeymoon and babymoon” when she unexpectedly began having contractions mid-air.

Posting on her Instagram page, she wrote: “The pains kept waking me up, and the Qatar Airways hostess (my personal midwives) sprang into action. They set up a whole birthing station for me at the entrance of the plane.

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“They asked if there was any doctor on board, and a doctor called Carolina walked up to us and said, ‘I deliver babies.’ She checks me and tells me I’m fully dilated and the baby is ready to come. At this point, we’re in Brazilian airspace and about 40 minutes from landing.

“Midway, I got tired and told them I couldn’t do it anymore, and my God-sent Qatar Airways crew, aka midwives, prayed over me to keep going.

“Twenty minutes before landing, God blessed us with the most precious baby girl. We landed in Brazil safely and headed straight to the hospital, where our beautiful baby girl and I are doing great,” she wrote.

She added that upon arriving in Brazil, she headed straight to the hospital, “where our beautiful baby girl and I are doing great.” Nigerians have flooded her comment section to congratulate her on her safe delivery.