I was on the Disneyland trip of lifetime when I gave birth to a baby girl I had no idea I was carrying – now we’re stuck in a disaster zone not allowed to bring her home to Australia

An Australian mother who gave birth to a surprise child during a deadly hurricane has made a desperate plea after being told she would have to wait months before she could return home.

Dayna Sly gave birth to a baby girl, Audrey, who she had no idea she was carrying just before the massive deadly Hurricane Milton hit Florida last Wednesday night.

Ms Sly said she had problems when she stopped taking the contraceptive pill, but doctors were ‘convinced’ she had polycystic ovary syndrome.

With no noticeable baby bump or morning sickness, she was convinced she wasn’t pregnant until she suddenly went into labor as the storm devastated the state.

Paramedics were able to reach her quickly but were unable to get her to a hospital before little Audrey was born in the middle of a power outage in a hotel bathroom.

While Mrs. Sly, her fiancé Tony O’Keefe and their infant daughter survived the hurricane unscathed, they are now trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare as Audrey is a US citizen.

The Australian couple from Raymond Terrace in the NSW Hunter region must apply for Audrey’s Australian citizenship, which could extend their original holiday to Waly Disney World Resort by up to seven months.

While their travel insurance covers their medical bills, they would not be able to stay in the country pending her citizenship approval.

Dayna Sly and Terry O’Keefe have made a desperate plea to the Australian government

Mr O’Keefe said the Australian government had “failed to guarantee her citizenship” and had reached a stalemate, causing their savings to dry up.

“They just asked us to pay $360 and they will ‘contact us’ when they can if they grant her citizenship,” he said. Weekend today.

“We are Australian citizens, we don’t have that kind of balance or money to live here for almost a year.

‘We are Australian, we would like to go back to Australia.’

Mrs Sly added: ‘I have to go home and we don’t know if they will let us go home or if we will even be able to go home in the near future.

“We have travel insurance, thank goodness, but the biggest worry is trying to get back to Australia.”

“She technically has a US birth certificate and at this time we have been trying to contact Australian authorities and yesterday we jumped through a number of hoops to get help.”

On Sunday afternoon, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the government was helping the couple.

“The Australian government is providing support to two Australians in the United States,” the spokeswoman said.

‘Due to our privacy obligations, we are unable to comment further.’

She and her fiancé Tony O’Keefe must wait seven months before Audrey (both pictured) gets Australian citizenship

The couple were in Orlando on holiday at the Walt Disney World Resort (pictured) when Hurricane Milton devastated Florida earlier this week

Despite the uncertainty, the new mom said Audrey was doing “really well,” despite the lack of prenatal care or preparation.

“I can’t believe how well she’s doing considering all the things mom did, like going for drives and getting on planes when she was 41 weeks pregnant,” Ms Sly said.

Her fiancé Tony was asleep when Audrey arrived.

“When I first woke up, I thought, this is the weirdest dream ever,” he said.

“Good morning, you are father.”

At least 17 people have died as floods inundated large parts of the low-lying state.

More than 2.2 million homes and businesses have lost power, many of which are still without electricity days later.

The hurricane moved through Florida toward Orlando, about 110 miles (180 km) northeast of its landfall.

The county in which Orlando is located dodged widespread power outages, with about 5 percent of connections down.

Two-thirds of homes and businesses lost power when the hurricane made landfall, and 20 percent of neighboring Orlando counties lost power.