Cuddling brings premature baby back to life

[TheMorningStar]

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It was a final chance to say goodbye for grieving mother Kate Ogg after doctors gave up hope of saving her premature baby.
She tearfully told her lifeless son - born at 27 weeks weighing 2lb - how much she loved him and cuddled him tightly, not wanting to let him go.
Although little Jamie's twin sister Emily had been delivered successfully, doctors had given Mrs Ogg the news all mothers dread - that after 20 minutes of battling to get her son to breathe, they had declared him dead.



Having given up on a miracle, Mrs Ogg unwrapped the baby from his blanket and held him against her skin. And then an extraordinary thing happened.
After two hours of being hugged, touched and spoken to by his mother, the little boy began showing signs of life.
At first, it was just a gasp for air that was dismissed by doctors as a reflex action.
But then the startled mother fed him a little breast milk on her finger and he started breathing normally.
'I thought, "Oh my God, what's going on",' said Mrs Ogg.
'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".'


More!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1306283/Miracle-premature-baby-declared-dead-doctors-revived-mothers-touch.html

[cubby]

That is such an inspirational story!!!

[Valasca]

Miracle, or love?
I think love.
THIS is a mom. Let's never ever ever see her name on this forum again, unless it's an update about how well the babe is doing.

[Alf]

Wow.

[gee]

Wow! What a great story. Nice break from the norm around here

[Silvahalo]

LOVE this story, it is much like the one I posted in PW (http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38478), very, very similar....never take for granted the power of skin-to-skin contact with a newborn!

Truly a miracle, love the part where he grabs his mama's finger, sweetest thing ever! Be happy and healthy baby Jamie.
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[Sister Iroz]

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A mother in Australia whose premature newborn was pronounced dead said she stirred him back to life by using a method known as "kangaroo care."

Kate Ogg was told her son, Jamie, had died after efforts to resuscitate him failed shortly after his birth. But when doctors placed the baby across his mother's bare chest so his parents could say goodbye, Kate Ogg and her husband, David, said he began showing signs of life.

After five minutes, Jamie began displaying short, startled movements. As his parents looked on, the baby's movements became more pronounced.

Doctors maintained the movements were purely reflex, but two hours later, Jamie opened his eyes.

“We thought, ‘What a blessing, we get to see his eyes before he passes away,’ ” Kate Ogg said Friday on NBC's "Today" show. “But they stayed open.”

The couple was practicing what Australians call “kangaroo care," in which an infant is held skin-to-skin to their mother or father, generating heat for the newborn much like a baby kangaroo receives in its mother’s pouch.

Jamie continued to come around as he lay across Kate’s chest, grabbing at his parents' fingers. And when Kate Ogg put a dab of breast milk on her finger, Jamie eagerly accepted it.

“We thought, ‘He’s getting stronger -- he’s not dead,’ ” Kate Ogg said.

The skeptical doctor wouldn't return to their bedside until they asked him to explain the death further.

Kate Ogg told the London Daily Mail the doctor was in disbelief when he arrived back at the bedside.

“He got a stethoscope, listened to Jamie’s chest and just kept shaking his head," she said. "He said, ‘I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it.’”

Jamie and his twin sister, Emily, are now healthy 5-month-olds.

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Totally awesome, they are blessed.

[Obsolete]

It irritates me a bit that the dr was so reluctant to listen to the parents when they told him the baby was showing signs of life. I understand that he probably thought they were grasping at straws and didn't want to encourage false hope but they at least deserved his attention.

[totallytoddler]

Awww...all he needed was a lil warming up..and mamma's love!!! :love:
Sweet and refreshing story. Warm Fuzzies for me. :hug: