CALIFORNIA – A baby boy came into the world in the most unusual way.
Kevin Rayman Francis was born inside a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight bound for San Francisco.
The baby's mother, 41-year-old Aida Alamillo, was supposed to give birth on September 28.
Her doctor, as well as the medical personnel from PAL, gave her the go-signal to take the flight.
But on board, she felt the baby coming.
“Nakaupo ako, parang nag-harden ang tiyan ko. Sumakit ang tiyan ko bigla. Two hours na lang, magla-land na kami sa San Francisco,” said Alamillo.
The mother of four told her 13-year-old son who was traveling with her to alert flight attendants that she was experiencing stomach pains.
Alamillo was led to a private area near the business class cabin.
“Ang sabi ko, Diyos ko, panginoon, kayo na po bahala sa akin. Kung ano man ito, it's your will na mangyari ito,” she prayed.
A flight attendant and three nurses on board helped her in her delivery, which only took 15 minutes.
Baby Kevin was born at 3:25 in the afternoon, weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces.
People clapped and cheered upon baby Kevin's arrival.
“Nawala ang sakit na naramdaman ko. Napaiyak ako,” she said.
Alamillo’s husband and other children are still in the Philippines.
Her eldest child, Kenji, says, he's overwhelmed with the newest addition to the family.
“Napaluha din ako kasi sobrang tuwa nung makita ko yung kapatid ko na lumabas sa tiyan,” he said.
Mother and son were immediately rushed to the hospital upon landing.
Doctors at Mills Peninsula say both are healthy.
Alamillo just received her green card, through a petition by her mother, and this is her first time in America where she plans to raise her children.
After they are released from the hospital, Alamillo and her newborn son will fly to Boston to be with the rest of their family and to begin their life as new immigrants in America.
by Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
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