Overview
- Helen Green experienced no typical pregnancy symptoms and only realized she was nine months pregnant when she went into spontaneous labour in her hotel bathroom.
- Her husband, Michael, called 911 and emergency crews arrived within ten minutes to take mother and newborn Olivia to Mount Sinai Hospital for medical checks.
- Officials debated whether the delivery counted as a home or hospital birth, prompting the family to obtain signed statements from paramedics and hospital staff.
- Without a birth certificate or passport, the Greens extended their stay until Canadian authorities issued Olivia’s documentation.
- The unexpected birth added about £9,000 in hospital and travel expenses, most of which the family expects to recover through travel insurance.