Woman who went into labour on flight has baby at Dublin's Rotunda hospital

A woman who went into labour prematurely, forcing her flight to America to be diverted to Dublin, had her baby four minutes after arriving at hospital.

Woman who went into labour on flight has baby at Dublin's Rotunda hospital

A woman who went into labour prematurely, forcing her flight to America to be diverted to Dublin, had her baby four minutes after arriving at hospital.

Jenny Drake from Kentucky had her little girl on Saturday, at 25 weeks.

She weighed less than 2 pounds.

The baby has been named Zoe Ireland and is expected to remain in intensive care at Dublin's Rotunda maternity hospital for the next few months.

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