Miracle baby survives early birth

A woman who unexpectedly gave birth on a cruise ship months before her due date says she wrapped towels around the 680g baby boy and, against all odds, she and medical staff managed to keep him alive until they reached port.

Emily Morgan, of Ogden, Utah, said doctors did not expect tiny Haiden to live, but thanks to strong lungs, a makeshift incubator and an early arrival in Puerto Rico, he made it. He’s now receiving care at a neonatal intensive care unit in Miami.

Morgan, 28, said the baby was due in December, but contractions began on August 31 during a seven-day cruise around the eastern Caribbean that her doctor approved to celebrate her daughter’s third birthday.