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| Premature births: Baby born at 22 weeks survives against odds | Premature births: Baby born at 22 weeks survives against odds |
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| Imogen's mother Rachel was 22 weeks and five days pregnant when she gave birth | Imogen's mother Rachel was 22 weeks and five days pregnant when she gave birth |
| A baby given less than a 10% chance of surviving when she was born at 22 weeks has beaten the odds and is thriving, her parents have said. | A baby given less than a 10% chance of surviving when she was born at 22 weeks has beaten the odds and is thriving, her parents have said. |
| Imogen weighed 515g (1lb 1oz) when she was born at Swansea's Singleton Hospital on 6 September. | Imogen weighed 515g (1lb 1oz) when she was born at Swansea's Singleton Hospital on 6 September. |
| Now, after 132 days in hospital, the six-month-old is back home in Bridgend. | Now, after 132 days in hospital, the six-month-old is back home in Bridgend. |
| Her mother Rachel Stonehouse, 28, said: "Imogen has gone through so much and more than we will ever go through in our lifetime and she smashed it." | Her mother Rachel Stonehouse, 28, said: "Imogen has gone through so much and more than we will ever go through in our lifetime and she smashed it." |
| The world's most premature surviving baby is thought to be Curtis Zy-Keith Means from the USA, born at 21 weeks and one day, 11 days earlier than Imogen. | The world's most premature surviving baby is thought to be Curtis Zy-Keith Means from the USA, born at 21 weeks and one day, 11 days earlier than Imogen. |
| Rachel initially went to Bridgend's Princess of Wales Hospital, just days after the gender reveal party for Imogen, with a bleed before her waters broke and she and her partner Corey were taken by ambulance to Singleton Hospital. | Rachel initially went to Bridgend's Princess of Wales Hospital, just days after the gender reveal party for Imogen, with a bleed before her waters broke and she and her partner Corey were taken by ambulance to Singleton Hospital. |
| "It was so scary," she said. | "It was so scary," she said. |
| "The pain was horrendous... I just went into survival mode for me and my baby and tried to just keep breathing through the pain." | "The pain was horrendous... I just went into survival mode for me and my baby and tried to just keep breathing through the pain." |
| Rachel said when Imogen was born she was smaller than her hand | Rachel said when Imogen was born she was smaller than her hand |
| Imogen was delivered just minutes after arriving at the hospital and was immediately placed in a bag in an incubator to mimic the womb. | Imogen was delivered just minutes after arriving at the hospital and was immediately placed in a bag in an incubator to mimic the womb. |
| Premature baby's cuddle 'saved twin brother's life' | Premature baby's cuddle 'saved twin brother's life' |
| Parents of sick and premature babies should get more leave - PM | Parents of sick and premature babies should get more leave - PM |
| Rachel said seeing her new, tiny baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and taking in her extremely fragile and translucent image was "like an out-of-body experience". | Rachel said seeing her new, tiny baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and taking in her extremely fragile and translucent image was "like an out-of-body experience". |
| She said she remembered thinking: "This baby should be in my stomach but she's not. This foetus is now my baby in front of me and I now have to trust all these people around me." | She said she remembered thinking: "This baby should be in my stomach but she's not. This foetus is now my baby in front of me and I now have to trust all these people around me." |
| Rachel and Corey were told their baby had a grade three bleed on the brain. | Rachel and Corey were told their baby had a grade three bleed on the brain. |
| After 98 days in NICU in Swansea, Imogen was moved to the Princess of Wales Hospital | After 98 days in NICU in Swansea, Imogen was moved to the Princess of Wales Hospital |
| Over the 98 days she spent in NICU she overcame countless obstacles, including a heart murmur, a pulmonary haemorrhage, sepsis and numerous blood transfusions. | Over the 98 days she spent in NICU she overcame countless obstacles, including a heart murmur, a pulmonary haemorrhage, sepsis and numerous blood transfusions. |
| "She was poked and prodded all day, every day but I had to remember this was to make her better," said Rachel. | "She was poked and prodded all day, every day but I had to remember this was to make her better," said Rachel. |
| Midwives helped Rachel to express colostrum and with their help she was able provide breast milk for Imogen until it dried up at about 16 weeks. | Midwives helped Rachel to express colostrum and with their help she was able provide breast milk for Imogen until it dried up at about 16 weeks. |
| The hospital housed the couple nearby for 13 weeks to make sure they could be with Imogen as much as possible and offered post-traumatic stress disorder counselling. | The hospital housed the couple nearby for 13 weeks to make sure they could be with Imogen as much as possible and offered post-traumatic stress disorder counselling. |
| On 15 January, Imogen was moved to the special care baby unit at the Princess of Wales Hospital where she spent a further 34 days. | On 15 January, Imogen was moved to the special care baby unit at the Princess of Wales Hospital where she spent a further 34 days. |
| After 132 days in hospital, it was finally home time for the family | After 132 days in hospital, it was finally home time for the family |
| "It was the scariest time of my life but I would never know it because of how amazing the staff has been with me and my family. They always trusted me as a mum and my instincts." | "It was the scariest time of my life but I would never know it because of how amazing the staff has been with me and my family. They always trusted me as a mum and my instincts." |
| Imogen is now home, but still requires oxygen and Rachel said doctors were happy with her organs and she has no sight or hearing problems. | Imogen is now home, but still requires oxygen and Rachel said doctors were happy with her organs and she has no sight or hearing problems. |
| Rachel said the reason she went into premature labour was unclear, but she has been told she has a 40% chance of it happening again. | Rachel said the reason she went into premature labour was unclear, but she has been told she has a 40% chance of it happening again. |
| For now she is loving every minute of being a new mum and said she would be forever grateful to the NHS. | For now she is loving every minute of being a new mum and said she would be forever grateful to the NHS. |
| "When they say these nurses and doctors are superheroes in scrubs they are not lying," she said. | "When they say these nurses and doctors are superheroes in scrubs they are not lying," she said. |
| "We wouldn't have got through everything we have without them all." | "We wouldn't have got through everything we have without them all." |
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