Kate ogg 29 was anxious as she waited in her brisbane obstetrician’s office her twins conceived via in vitro fertilization weren’t due for another 14 weeks but she’d been feeling painful contractions after a hurried exam her obstetrician gave her the news she had to go to the hospital immediately og lay quietly in a hospital bed in
Hopes of stopping her labor it didn’t work after a week her contraction started to intensify again there was no holding these babies back the doctors told her accompanied by her husband david she was wheeled into the delivery room where a team of 14 doctors nurses midwives and neonatologists waited for her along with two resuscitation carts as her first baby a little boy was born ogg caught a glimpse of a floppy white
Body was that what a preemie should look like she had no idea as the team rushed to insert a tube into his lungs ogg delivered her second baby whom they would name emily the little girl let out a cry and for the first time ogg realized something might be wrong with a silent boy they’d plan to call jamie immediately the maternity wards monitoring system started sending
Warning sounds as jamie lay silent and motionless the doctors knew something was wrong and everyone gathered around little jamie mom kate felt that something was very very wrong with her son doctors worked for 20 minutes to save jaime but they finally had to face the fact that the boy was dead the boy’s parents were devastated of course and asked to hold him for a moment to say goodbye
I saw him gasp but the doctor said it was no use i took jamie off the doctor asked everyone to leave he was cold and i just wanted him to be warm kate told the daily mail kate asked her husband to take off his shirt and crawl into bed with her so they could both warm their jamie with their skin kate kept jamie on her chest for two hours she hugged him and patted him
And she told him that jamie’s sister emily was doing well and that they wanted him to wake up and come home with them jamie continued to gasp for breath now and then but the doctors told kate that the gasps were just reflexes and that they shouldn’t hope for much the couple had been trying to have children for years and they couldn’t stand the thought of losing jaime but their son hadn’t given up yet
After having skin-to-skin contact with his mother for two hours jamie suddenly began breathing regularly at first kate didn’t think it could be true and the doctors were shocked when they realized that jamie had actually lived quickly the doctor listened to the baby’s chest by now jamie’s lungs were inflated he was breathing unaided and he had regained full color the medical team rushed jamie to intensive care
Ogg had stumbled onto a practice encouraged in many maternity hospitals around the world placing newborn babies on their mother’s skin especially if they are premature is called kangaroo mother care just like a kangaroo pouch provides a nurturing environment for a just born joey it’s thought that a mother’s chest provides the closest approximation to the environment of the womb it helps baby’s chance of survival
Kate’s husband david said luckily i’ve got a very strong very smart wife she instinctively did what she did if she hadn’t done that jaime probably wouldn’t be here the event was a true miracle and thanks to kate and david both of the children survived after a while in the hospital the miracle baby was finally able to go home it’s been six years since jamie and emily were born and both kids are doing well today and they’ve even got a little
Brother kate and david worried that jamie would have brain damage as a result of his miraculous birth but he hasn’t shown any signs of it in fact he’s just like any other six year old i’m so happy to see how jaime has grown up if his mom hadn’t been so stubborn and held on to him jaime probably wouldn’t be alive today that’s it for today Thanks for reading.