A premature baby who was stranded overseas after her mum gave birth on holiday has finally been flown home in an incubator.
Mother Bethany Cleathero, 27, was stuck in Cyprus after she delivered Molly 16 weeks early on June 29.
She went into labour just hours before she was due to fly home to the UK.
Her husband Jan Cleathero, 29, struggled to obtain travel documents for their return trip, leaving Molly stuck in hospital receiving neo-natal care costing £860 a day.
But the couple have now been able to return home to Cullompton, Devon, after they raised £26,748 crowdfunding.
The charity Lucy Air Ambulance for Children also stepped in to fly baby Molly back in an incubator.
Molly, born weighing 750 grams, was flown into Exeter Airport on Tuesday night and is now at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
Mr Cleathero said: "My stomach was going last night, I did not know what to think or what to feel.
"It was all a bit of a dream, but a good dream.
"Molly's journey is going to be difficult going ahead and there could be more complications in the future, but it's such a relief to know that she's here."
Describing his daughter's shock birth, Mr Cleathero previously said: "It was our last day and Bethany went into early labour. We rushed into the first hospital which was private and wasn't very good so we then went to a different hospital.
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"There were complications at the time as the umbilical cord was over her head, so they tried to keep the baby in for a bit longer.
"My wife has already had two C-sections before and they were essentially trying to get her to give birth naturally, I was then petrified that they would both die."
After the stressful birth, Mr Cleathero said mum and baby were separated and kept in different hospitals an hour apart and that he was only allowed by his wife's bedside for 45 minutes before he was 'kicked out' due to Covid restrictions.
The Cleatheros still face raising £10,000, which is the outstanding amount for getting Molly home.
Mrs Cleathero said: "I am so thankful to my friends for finding out about Lucy Air Ambulance.
"We want to work with the charity to repay them because 'thank you' is not enough.
"She's (Molly) a madam and she's cost a lot more money than she should have at her age.
"We'll go back to Cyprus one day to show her where she was born but for now I think we'll be holidaying in the UK."
You can donate to the fundraiser here.
