New Mother Forgets Her Baby

Stevie Caffrey, a twenty-year old mother went into a medically-induced coma, and awoke a month later not knowing that she had a boyfriend, and more importantly, a new-born baby.

Ten days after giving birth, Caffrey’s heart and kidneys began to fail and doctors induced her into a coma, to save her life. The medication that was given to her affected her memory and she forgot everything, even walking.

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When she was told by her nurse about her baby, she denied that she had a child. He boyfriend, Andy Stafford and her father, Lyndon Caffrey tried to get her to remember. It took her some days for her to call to mind details, including giving birth to a baby girl.

For Stafford, her boyfriend, it was a horrendous experience, as she was shifted from hospital to hospital and he watched her swelling up right in front of his eyes.

A police escort accompanied her finally to Wythenshawe Hospital, in Manchester, where she went through a heart surgery. Doctors have given her a portable monitor that measures her heart rhythm and they hope she will remain stable and will not need a heart transplant for some time.

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Right now, she holds her little daughter, Maisie in her arms and says, 'She is my baby - how was I going to feel if she called anyone else Mummy?'

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