A baby boy has been born in a coastguard helicopter over the English Channel. Jennifer Trevithick, herself a coastguard rescue officer, went into labour on December 4, and was flown from the Isles of Scilly to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.
She started having contractions around 9pm and went to the island's birth centre with partner Hayden. However, the midwife discovered a complication when the patient's waters broke, escalating the events to an emergency and triggering help from the coastguard.
The rescue helicopter from Newquay was scrambled and, despite only being a 25-minute journey, Ms Trevithick already knew that the baby would be born during the flight. Around half way through the journey the baby began to show and while hovering 15 feet over the helipad at the hospital, Ms Trevithick gave birth to her baby boy Ebbyn, just after 2am.
