Kenyan Woman Gives Birth In Heathrow Airport Toilets Moments After Getting Off A Plane From Kenya

 
Heavily pregnant Ragina Hamisi was just arriving back in the UK on a flight from Kenya on New Year's Day only to realize that her baby was about to pop out.  She went into labour in the middle of the arrivals hall but could not wait to be taken to a hospital. Staff at Heathrow Airport were asked to deal with the unexpected arrival last week, she was forced to give birth to her as-yet-unnamed daughter in the nearest toilet as there was no time to transport her from the airport to a hospital.
 Ms Hamisi had not been due to give birth until January 4, but a family emergency forced her to travel to Africa for the Christmas period.
 Ms Hamisi, who already has two children, says she remembers little of the birth other than it taking place in the arrivals hall toilet.
 Speaking of the birth, Ms Hamisi said: 'All that I remember after getting off the plane is a medic and being in the toilet. I delivered my baby right there on the bathroom floor.' The new baby, who was born weighing 6lb 4oz, is a sister for Ms Hamisi's two other children, Melissa, five, and Jayden, who is 18 months. She says she will name the new arrival at some point over the next few days.

 Ms Hamisi said had been allowed to take the flight because she hadn't told Kenya Airways she was pregnant.
Many airlines, including Kenya Airways, discourage expectant mothers from flying after 28 weeks. Kenya Airways say they do not allow passengers to board after 36 weeks for a single pregnancy, or after 32 weeks for a multiple birth. There have been several babies born in airports in recent months.
 In November Emily Ortega, 21, gave birth in the middle of a typhoon-devastated airport in the Philippines. During the birth the destroyed airport was turned into a makeshift medical centre, with her bed a piece of dirty plywood resting amid dirt, broken glass, twisted metal, nails and other debris.
And last February an unnamed woman who didn't realise she was pregnant gave birth in the middle of Edinburgh Airport's departure lounge while hundreds of people were preparing to board flights