Doctor saves baby ‘who looked like his daughter’ 23 minutes after she had died..!!

A newborn baby who failed to breathe for 23 minutes was saved by a doctor who refused to give up on her because she looked like his own daughter.

Charlotte Richards's baby stopped breathing at birth and after 20 minutes – the usual cut-off point – the distraught mother feared the worst.

But one consultant urged a final effort to save her – because he said she reminded him of his own baby.

And at the last moment tiny Beatrix coughed and her body spluttered back to life.

Mrs Richards, 24, said: 'As I brought her out, I knew something wasn't right.

'After they'd been working on her for 15 minutes, I'd pretty much given up hope. But, after 23 minutes, this one consultant said they should try just once more – and it worked.

'Afterwards, he told me that something about her reminded him of his own daughter and he had decided not to give up. It's a miracle really.'

The condition results in newborns being deprived of oxygen and often causes brain damage or death.

That evening she was transferred to a specialist team at London's St Thomas' Hospital where she was wrapped in a cooling blanket for 72 hours. This brought down her core body temperature, reducing the risk of brain damage.

Four days after she was born, her parents were able to hold her for the first time. Ten weeks on, Beatrix is now home and well in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.

An MRI scan during her traumatic first days showed that she had suffered none of the brain damage feared.

The grateful couple, who also have a healthy three-year-old daughter called Isabella, are now fund-raising for the Harlow hospital to show their thanks.

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