Doctors gave my 20oz baby up for dead … but I saved her life with this cuddle | the Daily Mail

A wonderful true story of how a mother’s love saved her baby. Doctors gave my 20oz baby up for dead … but I saved her life with this cuddle | the Daily Mail

The doctor just took one look at her and said no,” said Miss Isbister.

“They didn’t even try to help her with her breathing as they said it would just prolong her dying. Everyone just gave up on her.”

Ian Laing, a consultant neonatologist at the hospital, said: “All the signs were that the little one was not going to make it and we took the decision to let mum have a cuddle as it was all we could do.

“Two hours later the wee thing was crying. This is indeed a miracle baby and I have seen nothing like it in my 27 years of practice. I have not the slightest doubt that mother’s love saved her daughter.”

Rachael was moved on to a ventilator where she continued to make steady progress.

Miss Isbister said: “The doctors said that she had proved she was a fighter and that she now deserved some intensive care as there was some hope.

“She had done it all on her own – without any medical intervention or drugs.

“She had clung on to life – and it was all because of that cuddle. It had warmed up her body enough for her to start fighting.” Because Rachel had suffered from a lack of oxygen doctors said there was a high risk of damage to her brain. But a scan showed no evidence of any problems.

As the days passed, Rachael began to gain in strength and put on weight. She had laser treatment to save her sight because the blood vessels had not had a chance to develop properly in the womb. And she also had six blood transfusions.

“We couldn’t believe that she was doing so well,” her mother said.

“Her heart rate and breathing would suddenly sometimes drop without warning, but she just got stronger and stronger.”

After five weeks she was taken off a ventilator and Miss Isbister was able to breastfeed her.

Doctors are not always right.
Some precious time spent with a baby with a poor prognosis is better than no time spent.
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