Mum's Miracle Cuddle Brings Baby Back To Life

[SLIGONIAN]

A story to warm the heart, 


Mum's Miracle Cuddle Brings Baby Back To Life

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100827/twl-mum-s-miracle-cuddle-brings-baby-bac-3fd0ae9.html

A mother who nursed her premature baby back from the dead has been describing how she refused to give up even though doctors had told her he would not survive. Skip related content

Kate Ogg gave birth to twins in a hospital in Sydney, Australia.

They were delivered at 27 weeks, weighing just 2lb, and though Mrs Ogg's little girl Emily was healthy, her brother Jamie was not breathing.

After battling to save him for 20 minutes, medical staff told her he had not survived.

"The doctor asked me had we chosen a name for our son," said Mrs Ogg.

"I said 'Jamie' and he turned around with my son already wrapped up and said: 'We've lost Jamie, he didn't make it, sorry'.

"It was the worst feeling I've ever felt. I unwrapped Jamie from his blanket. He was very limp."

Mrs Ogg told Channel 7's Today Tonight programme that she wanted to hold him next to her skin.

"I took my gown off and arranged him on my chest with his head over my arm and just held him.

"He wasn't moving at all and we just started talking to him.

"We told him what his name was and that he had a sister. We told him the things we wanted to do with him throughout his life."

After two hours, he began showing signs of life.

"Jamie occasionally gasped for air, which doctors said was a reflex action," Mrs Ogg explained.

"But then I felt him move as if he were startled, then he started gasping more and more regularly. I gave Jamie some breast milk on my finger, he took it and started regular breathing normally."

"I thought 'Oh my God, what's going on?' A short time later he opened his eyes. It was a miracle.

"Then he held out his hand and grabbed my finger. He opened his eyes and moved his head from side to side. The doctor kept shaking his head saying: 'I don't believe it, I don't believe it'."

It is thought that the warmth of Mrs Ogg's body acted like an incubator to keep the baby warm and stimulated.

It adds weight to the theory of "kangaroo care", named after the way marsupials care for their young in their pouches.

Some experts believe a skin-to-skin approach is more beneficial that taking newborn babies into intensive care incubators.

Jamie is now a healthy five month old.

His father David told the Channel 7 programme: "Luckily I've got a very strong, very smart wife. She instinctively did what she did. If she hadn't done that, Jamie probably wouldn't be here."

[Denn Forever]

Heart warming literally.

[DoYerJob Linesman]

We are constantly bombarded with bad news from every section of the media every day.  A story like this is a breath of fresh air. Fantastic post.

[Agnes Dipesto]

I read a book by a midwife set in the 1950's and there was a similar story to this with the mother being told the child would not survive when she refused to let the baby be incubated. She chose instead to nurse the baby constantly against her chest. The baby also survived. 

I love miracle stories like this, lovely post Sligonian.

[ziggysego]

Thank you for posting this new Sligonian. With all the bad news we keep hearing in the news on a daily basis, this truly does warm the heart.

A wonderful story.

[Celt_Man]

great story... we don't hear enough like them

[Shrewdness]

Yes Sligonian, after all the verbal abuse you gave the Rossies this summer, you have redeemed yourself

Mind you, it does beg the question of how many other babies have been given up on at a much too early stage

[SLIGONIAN]

Yes Sligonian, after all the verbal abuse you gave the Rossies this summer, you have redeemed yourself

Mind you, it does beg the question of how many other babies have been given up on at a much too early stage

So much negativity in the world, but good news and good things happen everyday but they never make the news.

Shrewdness you know deep down i love the rossies and i never said verbal abuse to any of yee. Rossfan, ross4life and tatler jack i get on well with as with all the rossies.

[Myles Na G.]

The doctor sounds a right bollix.

[ross4life]

Yes Sligonian, after all the verbal abuse you gave the Rossies this summer, you have redeemed yourself

Mind you, it does beg the question of how many other babies have been given up on at a much too early stage

He's just a highly confident chap that like's to talk up his own crowd & more often or not he gives a honest assessment, Verbal abuse would be from Mayo fan's over on Hoganstand

P.S nothing like a good news story for once

[Norf Tyrone]

My little wrecker was born 3 months early, not much heavier than this little one, at 2lb 8. That was good fun getting her into the world, and up through the first few months.

This Aussie scamp showed some fight. Happy days.

[CountyGK]

Great post Sligonian, brilliant story

[Shrewdness]

Sligonian, my 'verbal abuse' comment was meant to be a tongue in cheek comment

[Maiden1]

Great story.  Slightly worrying that the doctors pronounced the baby dead though. Surely the baby did not come back to life. If it had been starved of oxygen for 2 hours surely this would have caused brain damage.

[Dinny Breen]

After the day I've had this is a great pick-me-up, somethings are more important...