Miracle Baby's Life Revived by Mother's Touch - Baby Jamie, Australia

August 27, 2010. Miracle mum brings premature baby son back to life with two hours of loving cuddles after doctors pronounce him dead, By Mail Foreign Service.
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".'
The Australian mother spoke publicly for the first time yesterday to highlight the importance of skin-on-skin care for sick babies, which is being used at an increasing number of British hospitals.
'He started gasping more and more regularly. I thought, "Oh my God, what's going on?" A short time later he opened his eyes. It was a miracle'
In most cases, babies are rushed off to intensive care if there is a serious problem during the birth.
But the 'kangaroo care' technique, named after the way kangaroos hold their young in a pouch next to their bodies, allows the mother to act as a human incubator to keep babies warm, stimulated and fed.
Pre-term and low birth-weight babies treated with the skin-to-skin method have also been shown to have lower infection rates, less severe illness, improved sleep patterns and are at reduced risk of hypothermia.
Mrs Ogg and her husband David told how doctors gave up on saving their son after a three-hour labour in a Sydney hospital in March.
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 worse feeling I've ever felt. I unwrapped Jamie from his blanket. He was very limp.
'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.
'Jamie occasionally gasped for air, which doctors said was a reflex action. 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.'
Mrs Ogg held her son, now five months old and fully recovered, as she spoke on the Australian TV show Today Tonight.
Her husband added: '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.'




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Mother of baby who 'came back from the dead' fears her son may suffer brain damage because of doctor's lack of action. 27th August 2010.
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[DK28749]

It must be the worst feeling in the world to lose a child. I just hope it never happens to me. I lost a kitten that was almost as if he was my child i fed him since he was born, and in the night that i saw him dying i cried for hours, it was such a horrible pain, that little creature that i was feeding and taking care of since he was born just dying in front of my eyes. I know it's not the same thing, but it was enough to get an idea of what it must be like, and it's just horrible.

[wildbob49]

It Jesus, not man that did the Miracle.. so Trying to make man or women to do the Miracle, they can pray and Hope, but it god that make thing come to life and miracle to happen..

[michaelsmommy89]

Amazing story <3

[purpezful1]

that's why the doctor is only "practicing" medicine- but God is the GREAT PHYSICIAN! Well done. Kudos to the parents for keeping the faith.

[miisskh]

lol i meant the father

[NoggleBaum .]

uh, he was born that way.

[miisskh]

why is he shirtless...

[OldSerpentOfSin]

That doctor that told her that her baby had died is an asshole.

[leSaratoga]

Truth vvv

Baby is given assisted breathing for 20 minutes. Doctor gives up and declares dead.

Baby is given to mother. Occasionally has gasps the doctor says are reflexive.

Doctor leaves room. Within "minutes" baby's gasps become more regular.

Midwife goes to fetch doctor. Doctor refuses to go back to the room, insisting it must still be reflexive gasps.

After two hours of increasingly regular breathing and activity, doctor finally returns to examine baby that has been alive whole time.

[Molly Mayor]

A mothers love knows no bound.... bless your babies and bless you xoxo

[Maslow Jenkins]

Really? Because 33:59 clearly says,"O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women, that they should cast their outer garments over their persons: that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested."A sizable majority of muslims recently surveyed indicated they're all for nationwide reinstatements of classic sharia law. It sadly bears a striking resemblance to what we have going on here in the US with our bible belt nutjobs.

[Gustavo Martinez]

God did grant those Doctors the capacity to do so, so why not let them be curious. No reason to hate.