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Miracle 1lb baby makes recovery
By Sophie Westnedge on 01/06/2012 16:43:31
Premature baby beats the odds and heads home
days we were taken to one side by the doctors and told to prepare for the worst,” said Abbi Weston, Archie’s mum.But after four months of visiting their son in hospital, his parents have been told they can take him home.“Overnight he turned a corner
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Baby survives after doctors predict stillbirth
By Sophie Westnedge on 04/07/2012 10:20:02
Mum was told he had died in the womb
A baby doctors said would be stillborn is doing well after spending time in intensive care.Alex Jones, 21, was six months pregnant when her waters suddenly broke at home, reports the Mirror.“I was only 24 weeks pregnant and kept thinking, ‘My baby can’t be born yet’”, said Alex.“...
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Mum-to-be told not to move for FIVE months
By Sophie Westnedge on 01/06/2012 16:50:52
Pregnant woman advised not to stand or move to save her twins
bed or stand up.Doctors told Lisa, who had undergone three cycles of IVF before falling pregnant, that her cervix was thin and she was at risk of miscarrying.“I went for a routine scan in August and didn’t leave the hospital until December,” she said
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Mum saves premature baby with kiss of life
By Sophie Westnedge on 29/05/2012 16:11:57
Pippa Reed saved her son’s life after he was born 12 weeks premature
was born 12 weeks early, at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, weighing just 2lb 10.5oz and was given only a three percent chance of survival. Jacob has since been transferred to Burton’s Queen’s Hospital. Despite an umbilical hernia and liver problems, he
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Woman gives birth in a coma
By Sophie Westnedge on 04/07/2012 11:08:19
New mum wakes up to find she has a baby daughter
A mum has given birth naturally while unconscious in hospital, reports the Daily Mail.Emma Mynors, from Essex, fell into a coma after developing pneumonia and, while unconscious, gave birth to her daughter Amy. Emma went into labour prematurely
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Pregnant woman survives falling ten feet then gives birth
By Sophie Westnedge on 12/06/2012 15:12:15
Jo Tointon survived falling through her bathroom floor and gave birth just hours later
A pregnant woman went into labour after falling 10 feet through her bathroom floor into her kitchen below, reports the Daily Mail.Jo Tointon from Nottingham, who was 35 weeks pregnant, was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre hospital and her baby son
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Tiny 1lb10oz baby survives against all odds
By Sophie Westnedge on 21/05/2012 18:06:59
Baby born four months premature is making a surprising recovery
been visiting Faith in the Neonatal ward at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital where she is being cared for in an incubator.“We were told that the first couple of days would be a honeymoon period and that everything would go well, and it did. The first two days
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Mum gives birth to twins in two different countries
By Sophie Westnedge on 11/07/2012 09:55:26
New mum has an English son and Scottish daughter
.Donna Keenan, 28, went into labour prematurely at home in Northumberland and gave birth to Dylan, who weighed 5lb 13oz, at home. She said it all happened so fast the paramedics had to deliver her first baby on the living room floor.“I called the hospital
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Myleene Klass - "My ovaries hurt"
By Sophie Westnedge on 04/05/2012 17:15:46
Myleene reveals she's broody while shadowing midwives for new Save The Children appeal
Myleene Klass revealed her broody side after shadowing a team of midwives at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital to launch Save The Children’s Build it for Babies appeal.The TV presenter and mum-of-two, who gave birth to her second daughter Hero 13
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Nurse invents special ‘butterfly’ pillow to aid premature babies
By Sophie Westnedge on 18/04/2012 09:50:15
Pillow designed by nurse from Liverpool is to be used throughout Europe in the care of premature babies
for premature babies. The mum-of-two, who works at Liverpool’s Women’s Hospital, used her wealth of knowledge and experience with premature babies to help her to design the prototype for the pillow.The pillow, which is shaped like butterfly wings, is designed
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