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A premature baby weighing just 1 lb 10 oz defied the odds of celebrating her first birthday – despite her small size upon arrival, she was kept alive in a FREEZER BAG.
Miracle baby Amina was so small and fragile when she was born born 16 weeks earlier that doctors had to improvise by placing her in a clear plastic sandwich bag – which mimicked her mother's belly – to keep her warm.
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She had an open valve in the heart that did not close and hemorrhage to the brain, but after 76 days spent in the hospital, the little girl was able to return home to Chicago, Illinois, to the states United States, with loving parents.
Mom Taylor Dobson, a 24-year-old beautician, said, "We thought that Amina would not succeed, so being here to celebrate her first birthday is so special and we feel so lucky.
"When she was born, it was a terrifying time, she was so small.
"She went through so many things – that's our little miracle."
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Amina was born at 24 weeks and four days on 23 February 2018 after an emergency Cesarean section.
Taylor said, "She was born early because I had an incompetent cervix.
"The night before Amina was born, I was admitted into the work room and told that I had contractions, but that they would try to stop them by using magnesium during next 24 hours.
"They badured me that this should stop the work process.
"I was admitted around 5 pm and my contractions were getting closer all night.
"At 9 o'clock in the morning, my doctor arrived and did an ultrasound to Amina telling her that she was getting out of my cervix.
"They told me that I had an infection and that she had to be delivered immediately by an emergency caesarean section, otherwise she would also contract it.
"I was on the operating table to take my epidural and pray that she could survive and behave well.
"I remember looking up at the metallic light above me and seeing it reflected as they pulled it out of me, she did not cry or make any noise.
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"She was immediately taken and hung on cables, monitors and breathing tubes.
"She was placed in the plastic sandwich bag to keep her warm because it helps to mimic the mother's belly, and she was transferred to the NICU."
Taylor and her partner, Dahoud Maizer, were unable to see their newborn baby until she was stabilized.
She said: "For the first three days of her life, I could not see her, let alone touch her or hold her.
"On the fourth day, I held my baby for the first time in skin-to-skin.This was the most incredible feeling in the world.
"Amina was intubated for five days with a ventilator before switching to a CPAP respirator.
"Once under CPAP, I could hold her and skin myself every day, so I made sure to come to the hospital at least two, sometimes three or four times a day.
"Amina's is incredibly well done during her early days, they call her" the honeymoon stage ", where things can look really good, then go bad."
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The family then announced with devastation that their daughter had a PNA – a valve open in her heart that was not closing – due to her prematurity and second stage bleeding on the left side that did not heal after delivery.
Taylor said, "The doctors kept a close watch on his PDA and bleeding brain, and after two months they both healed on their own.
"Before they could go home, the last two steps were to make her breathe and eat on her own.
"She exceeded the expectations of doctors and nurses and she was breathing and eating alone one month before her scheduled date.
"I did not expect to go to the NICU one day and the nurses told me that in a few days, my baby would be ready to go home – she had only that 34 weeks of gestation at the time.
"She arrived home at 35 weeks of gestation and weighed only 3 lbs 7 oz.
"Since she was home, she has prospered in every way possible.
"Amina no longer needs to see a cardiologist, optimologist, or medical specialist.
"She is now almost one and as healthy as can be."
Why is premature birth so dangerous?
A term pregnancy is considered from 37 weeks, but eight out of 100 babies are born prematurely.
An untimely birth is an event before the 37th week and premature babies will often need special care and support because they are not yet fully developed.
Premature babies fall into three categories: those born less than 28 weeks old are extremely premature; between 28 and 32 weeks is very premature; and anything from 32 to 37 weeks is premature to moderate to late.
One of the most premature babies to be born and to survive is Amillia Taylor, born in 2007.
Amillia defied all odds when she was born just 21 weeks old, weighing less than 10 oz and only nine and a half inches long.
She was born two weeks before the legal deadline for abortion, which is 24 weeks.
For babies under 22 weeks, the survival rate is effectively zero.
At 23 weeks, it reaches 23%, at 24 weeks, 40% and at 25 weeks, it is 66%, reaching 77% at 26 weeks.
Being born so early is extremely risky, as babies' organs and systems are often not yet fully trained.
They may have health and developmental problems because they have not developed enough in the womb.
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