Child born on flight over Canada deemed Canadian citizen

[sweet_peach 0]

I'm surprised the airline even let her board the flight.

Exactly. I saw this last week and was scratching my head. Why would you choose to travel at 9 months and why would someone LET you travel at 9 months? Think of the liability of the airline if something had gone with the baby? It just seems really odd to me.

Not to mention, now you have a wacky situation with where the child is born VS citizenship, etc. What a silly thing to do in my opinion.

This happened on NW airlines (which Delta just merged with) I work for Delta and we were told that the woman was a "big girl" and it was hard to even tell she was even pregnant.

Its a rule that if you look like your 8 months pregnant that the airline can deny you from bording. With her it was hard to even tell she was pregnant so no one questioned her.

[Reeena 0]

This is from the article...

"Delta Air Lines, which owns Northwest, does not impose travel restrictions on pregnant women, but it does recommend that women in their final month of pregnancy consult a doctor before flying."

[Tom and Novie 1]

So sad... to be forced to be Canadian..

[Marilyn. 340]

my mom's labours from start to finish were at the most 7 hours or so...

Interesting. I wonder what would motivate her to do that? The flight was only 6 hours old when she went into labour. From my experience with childbirth, that means she would have been well into labour before she even boarded the flight. But, obviously, all child birth experiences are not the same. She could be one one of those Moms who just drops them out in 20 minutes. lol. The other interesting aspect is that she boarded in Amsterdam. If she was looking to have her child born to another citizenship The Netherlands is a pretty good place to be.

Hmmm...On a humourous note: I wonder what would happen if I drove my car and parked it on the Peace Bridge, went into labour there, and our Baby is born there....Our Baby will be Canadian and American then, as the bridge is both Canadian and American...Then again, I could just go the "simple route" and register an American birth to a Canadian parent with the Canadian Consulate instead...rofl....

Your baby will be Canadian and American whether you give birth on the Peace Bridge or not.

On a somewhat humourous/serious note (which I'm kind of freaking out about, help!, anyone have any advice about that here too?): I wonder what would happen if I went into labour and gave birth to our Baby at the local USCIS immigration office. Scary thought really, but it could be a possiblity, as it just so happens that in July 2009 I could be called for an interview at the USCIS office regarding a decision on my I-751 case, and our Baby is due at around the same time (see my signature below). Lol..will they grant me automatic American citizenship in this case (or at least, they better approve my I-751/10yr green card application)...rofl....

Wow. You're really having pregnant mother imagination stretches, aren't you? The chances of this happening are slim-to-none. I'd start finding something else to worry about.

[k34 0]

Yeah, sorry if this comes off as somehow insensitive or ingenuine, but someone from Uganda boarding a plane at 8.5 months pregnant? The only accident was letting her on the plane.

I have no problem with people wanting a better life though, so my only issue with her boarding that plane was any possible risk to the child.

I wonder how bummed out she is that the baby is Canadian instead of US?

Edited January 12, 2009 by k34

[thetreble 19]

This is from the article...

"Delta Air Lines, which owns Northwest, does not impose travel restrictions on pregnant women, but it does recommend that women in their final month of pregnancy consult a doctor before flying."

Wow...there aren't even any rules against someone traveling at that time in the pregnancy. I guess it is up to the individual then.

[Krikit 1,164]

Yeah, sorry if this comes off as somehow insensitive or ingenuine, but someone from Uganda boarding a plane at 8.5 months pregnant? The only accident was letting her on the plane.

I have no problem with people wanting a better life though, so my only issue with her boarding that plane was any possible risk to the child.

I wonder how bummed out she is that the baby is Canadian instead of US?

I'm pretty sure she tried to get a flight to Canada but found out that the only one available was to Boston. From there she would make her way to Canada. When she discovered that she wasn't going to make it in time she looked out the window, saw the Grand Banks, then popped that baby out while she had the chance. I think.

[DeadPoolX 9]

This is from the article...

"Delta Air Lines, which owns Northwest, does not impose travel restrictions on pregnant women, but it does recommend that women in their final month of pregnancy consult a doctor before flying."

Wow...there aren't even any rules against someone traveling at that time in the pregnancy. I guess it is up to the individual then.

Most airline tend to have different rules. More often than not, the FAA won't force rules and regulations on airlines unless it involves certain flight issues or passenger safety. A case like this, involving a pregnant woman at nine months, wouldn't come under that classification since it'd be her choice to board the flight. Even if such a rule was implemented to bar near-term pregnant women, I'm sure some sort of lawsuit would result.

These sorts of issues come up time and time again when consideration pregnant women. If you look carefully at some rides at any amusement park, the warning signs suggest that pregnant women (among those with potential health issues) don't go on the ride. They do not, however, implicitly force the woman to avoid it. The one situation where amusement parks do enforce restrictions on rides is when it comes to a child's age and height. I'm sure that was the result of a major lawsuit many years ago.

[Dr. Obvious 49]

Interesting. I wonder what would motivate her to do that? The flight was only 6 hours old when she went into labour. From my experience with childbirth, that means she would have been well into labour before she even boarded the flight. But, obviously, all child birth experiences are not the same.

Nope, they are not. I was only in labor 4.5 hours with my daughter, two of them, I didn't even believe I was in labor, it was just nonsense on the part of my uterus, as had been occuring for only the past 4 weeks. She was my first. Some people have labor where the kid is out the door in less than an hour from the first thought of contraction.

I think it was idiotic of her to fly so late, regardless of the reason. What if there was a serious complication?

[Sprailenes 47]

Yeah, sorry if this comes off as somehow insensitive or ingenuine, but someone from Uganda boarding a plane at 8.5 months pregnant? The only accident was letting her on the plane.

I have no problem with people wanting a better life though, so my only issue with her boarding that plane was any possible risk to the child.

I wonder how bummed out she is that the baby is Canadian instead of US?

I'm pretty sure she tried to get a flight to Canada but found out that the only one available was to Boston. From there she would make her way to Canada. When she discovered that she wasn't going to make it in time she looked out the window, saw the Grand Banks, then popped that baby out while she had the chance. I think.

You're the bestest!

[Caladan 19]

This is from the article...

"Delta Air Lines, which owns Northwest, does not impose travel restrictions on pregnant women, but it does recommend that women in their final month of pregnancy consult a doctor before flying."

Wow...there aren't even any rules against someone traveling at that time in the pregnancy. I guess it is up to the individual then.

I'm glad, personally; it really should be up to the woman and her doctor, not some airline clerk guessing how far along you are by how much you're showing or a blanket restriction. (Some of my friends have flown in the eighth month but only after having a doctor's checkup to ensure that it's unlikely they'll give birth while on the trip.) It's also not clear whether the baby was early, is it?

That's got to be the weirdest way to get citizenship, ever.