Can you think of anything worse as an expectant mother than being told that your baby has died inside your womb and will be stillborn upon delivery? Hearing those words is nothing short of horrific and devastating for a pregnant woman, as Alex Jones knows all too well.
When she was six months pregnant, Alex was told that her unborn baby boy did not have a heartbeat -- and she was advised to go ahead and make funeral arrangements so that he could be buried immediately after delivery. (Horrible!)
She was forced to give birth to her baby boy (which she did naturally) even though she knew he was going to be stillborn. And then right after his delivery -- something unimaginable happened.
Alex, her own mother, and her midwife all got the biggest shock of their lives when the tiny baby boy started wriggling his toes, and let out a groan indicating that he was breathing -- and very much alive.
And while the baby, named Cohan, was in intensive care at the hospital for five months where he faced numerous obstacles, he did indeed, survive -- and he just celebrated his 1st birthday. He's happy, healthy, and thriving, and he's an incredible miracle to his family and all of the doctors and nurses who witnessed his amazing recovery.
It must have been so surreal for Alex to go from thinking she was going to give birth to her son and then bury him right afterwards to seeing him move and hearing him make noise -- and realizing that the doctors were somehow wrong about his condition. She now believes that his minuscule size is the reason why they were unable to hear his heartbeat, even though he did, indeed, have one.
Stories like hers prove that you can never give up hope for seeing a miracle happen, even when situations in your life seem absolutely impossible.
Have you ever witnessed a miracle?
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Comments 93
Amazing and so happy that the baby was ok and that he is a happy 1 year old now!
I lost my son Noah at 24 weeks. He did not have a heartbeat, and had to deliver him. What a miracle that they were wrong....I would have given anything for them to be wrong with me.
The same thing happened to a friend of mine. Her baby girl came out, looked grey, and suddenly, turned bright pink and cried with her healthy, functioning lungs--loudly! Everyone was speechless and soon enough, cried tears of joy--doc included. =o)
That child continued to be a firecracker, tho very sweet, lol!
I was told at 8 months my baby dident have a heart beat and sais to just wait he might be laying where they couldent hear it.well I did hace a still born and it was very bad at the hospital they put me in a room with another mother who had her baby brought to her while I layed there with out mine ,was not good I told them I wanted to go home this was in 1974 and they dident do things like they do now.very hard to loose a baby Iam o happy for this mother,that she dident have to go through that.