Katie Amos, 30, and her fiancée Lee Johnston, 29, were not prepared for their son Dax to be born at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan during a Christmas trip to the city. The couple had planned the trip as a last holiday before their baby arrived.

The couple had been walking through Central Park when Amos suddenly went into labor on December 28. Dax was born weighing just 3 pounds. Doctors told the couple they could not fly back to their UK home in Burgh-le-Marsh, Lincolnshire, until March 10.

It is unclear whether their travel insurance will cover the cost of medical treatment – which is estimated to be more than £130,000.

Friends and family have set up a fundraising campaign "Dax's Tale of New York" to help them through the next three months in New York, which has so far raised £6,248.

The online appeal, which is written from the perspective of baby Dax, reads: “We need your help as Mummy and Daddy have no money, no clothes, no friends or family or a familiar face to just say hello to!”

Ronald McDonald House, a charity that provides a “home-away-from-home” for families whose children have been hospitalized, have provided accommodation for the parents.