North Carolina woman in coma from COVID 19 gives birth to ‘miracle baby’

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – A pregnant school cafeteria worker in Charlotte caught COVID-19 and gave birth to her baby while in a medical coma.

Vicki Goodson remains in the hospital and her family is hoping her story will encourage other mothers to get vaccinated.

“The baby is a miracle baby,” Goodson’s sister Tarisha Leach told ABC affiliate WSOC. “A miracle baby. She’s beautiful.”

Goodson’s family said they were cautious throughout the pandemic, but waited until after pregnancy to get vaccinated. Then, on September 3, she began to have difficulty breathing and had to be admitted to the hospital.

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A few days later, doctors performed an emergency Caesarean section while Goodson was unconscious. Her baby spent two weeks in the NICU and is now at home with relatives, but she does not know her mother and her mother has never held her precious miracle.

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an urgent warning after new data showed more than 125,000 pregnant women tested positive for COVID-19, of which 22,000 of those cases resulted in hospitalization and 161 of them ended in death.

In August alone, 22 pregnant women died from COVID-19, according to the CDC. Additionally, in surviving mothers, COVID-19 has also been linked to premature birth, stillbirth, and newborn babies arriving with COVID-19 and needing to be admitted to intensive care.

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The COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective for pregnant women.