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Australian Baby Saved by Kangaroo Cuddle

by Kathy Jones on September 02, 2010 at 9:28 PM Lifestyle News

The skin-to-skin "kangaroo" cuddle they gave their newborn baby saved the infant's life after their doctor had given him up for dead, an Australian couple has said.

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Speaking to Australian television, Kate and David Ogg said medical staff told them that tiny Jamie -- delivered prematurely at just 27 weeks and weighing only one kilogram (2.2 pounds) -- could not be saved.

They said their doctor, who was not named in the Channel Seven report, spent 20 minutes trying to resuscitate the child before giving them the bad news.

"He turned to look at me while his hands were still on the bed and said, 'Have you chosen a name for your son?' And we said his name was going to be Jamie. He turned around and said, 'We've lost Jamie. Jamie didn't make it.'"

Given the tiny baby to hold, Kate gently placed him on her bare chest and cuddled him in what is known as the "kangaroo" care method, named after the hopping Australian marsupial which carries its young in a pouch.

In this position, Jamie would have been able to hear his mother's heartbeat and feel the warmth of her skin.

"He started gasping more and more regularly and I'm like, 'Oh my God what is going on? Then a short time later he opened his eyes," Kate said of the two-hour experience, which Channel Seven said was backed by hospital reports.

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