<p>HONOLULU &mdash; Lavinia “Lavi” Mounga had no idea a baby was coming when she went into labor on a flight from her home in Utah to Honolulu last week. </p>
<p>“I just didn’t know I was pregnant, and then this guy just came out of nowhere,” Mounga said during a video interview with Hawaii Pacific Health. </p>
<p>The baby boy, Raymond Mounga, arrived early at just 29 weeks while mom was traveling to Hawaii for vacation with her family.</p>
<p>Dr. Dale Glenn, a Hawaii Pacific Health family medicine physician, along with Lani Bamfield, Amanda Beeding and Mimi Ho — neonatal intensive care unit nurses from North Kansas City Hospital — were also on the plane and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-travel-health-oddities-f3a723af90498b8c16485b750c5d4756">helped</a> the new mother and baby. </p>
<p>“Yeah, just overwhelming and just nice that there was three NICU nurses on the plane and a doctor that were able to help stabilize him and make sure that he was OK," Mounga said. </p>
<p>When deciding on a name, Mounga’s father suggested "Glenn," in honor of the doctor who helped her during the flight. </p>
<p>"Names are pretty important in our culture," said Mounga, who is Tongan. "I didn’t really want to name him Glenn."</p>
<p>Instead she asked Dr. Glenn, who gave his adopted children Hawaiian middle names, for a suggestion. He offered “Kaimana,” which is now one of the boy’s middle names.</p>
<p>The child will have to stay in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit he is full term, about another 10 weeks, Mounga said. </p>
<p>“The aloha spirit is definitely felt here,” she said about the care she has received in Hawaii. </p>
<p>“It’s very different from the mainland," Mounga said. “It just feels comforting, and everyone is willing to help.”</p>