{"id":279344,"date":"2022-11-10T06:38:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T12:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=279344"},"modified":"2022-11-09T12:08:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:08:27","slug":"baby-born-23-weeks-home-family-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-born-23-weeks-home-family-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby born at 23 weeks heads home with her family: ‘It’s a miracle that she survived’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A baby born at just 23 weeks and weighing 535 grams at birth has finally gone home with her parents.<\/p>\n

When little Isla was born<\/a> on March 4, her parents\u00a0Lauren Ormston and\u00a0Oliver Dewey were told that she had just a 10% chance of survival.<\/p>\n

“I was given the all clear on my 20-week scan, so you can imagine my surprise when I was giving birth just three weeks later,” Lauren said.<\/p>\n

When Lauren realized she was in labor, she headed to the hospital, where medics told her that there was a high likelihood that her baby wouldn’t make it.\u00a0”They suggested getting transferred to a bigger hospital which would increase the chance [of survival] to 30%,” she explained.\u00a0”It was terrifying. But I had to take the chance, and I’m so glad I did.”<\/p>\n

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She made the move to a different hospital, where Isla was born.<\/p>\n

“I could only cuddle Isla for six minutes before she was taken to a ventilator,” Lauren said. “She looked so small and fragile like she would snap at the slightest bit of movement.”<\/p>\n