Brain Dead Woman Gives Birth to a Baby When his father saw him, he acted immediately. A miracle baby has been born three months after his mother was declared brain dead and placed in an induced coma following a severe asthma attack.
Parents have emotions to their unborn babies as the babies have been derived from their cell. When you first hear your baby’s heartbeat, you get so emotional at that time that’s emotional bonding between you and your baby. It’s impossible not to feel some strong emotions.
For the unborn, the new addition holds wonderful mystery and intrigue, the anticipation, the love and care you put into the whole process and the build up so that final, massive moment of a new birth. Sandra Pedro, a Portuguese woman, had been living with her son in the neighborhood of Brigades, Portugal, for eight years.
When she realized she was pregnant for the second time, Sandra went to the doctor sleeping peacefully in his cot. This miracle baby was born 107 days after his mother was declared brain dead. As he gazes on his newborn son, Miguel Angelo Fario feels like the happiest father in the world.
But that choice has come at a terrible price. The Death of the Tot’s Mother Tonight, little Lorenco Salvador is exclusively pictured for the first time after being born by Cesarean section while his tragic mum, Sandra Pedro, 37, lay brain dead and hooked into a ventilator.
As the Daily Mirror revealed on Saturday, doctors and nurses spent 107 days nurturing the unborn tot, singing soothing songs to him through his mum’s belly and even cuddling him. Speaking for the first time, Father Miguel reveals doctors were about to switch off Sandra’s life support after she suffered a devastating brain hemorrhage. Her baby was thought to be dead too, until they found a heartbeat.
Miguel, aged 30, says she was taken in on the Saturday and they were going to pull the plug on Sunday. Then they did a test and found a heartbeat and the doctor said, Never in my life have I had a dead person with a live baby inside of her. I was dealing with the sadness of her death and then there’s this little joy inside. It was strange. I hope my son would survive, but I thought it was a long shot.
It was a long time to wait to get to 32 weeks every day. I feared the phone call saying he hadn’t made it. Sandra collapsed in tears with a severe headache on February 20. The terrified mum to be, who is 17 weeks pregnant, told Miguel she thought she was going to die as he held her in his arms. Hours later, she was declared brain dead at San Jose Hospital in Lisbon, Portugal.
Doctors were certain the baby would be lost too. But in an extraordinary twist, Lorenzo survived nearly four months growing in his mother’s womb and was born on June 7 weighing £5. 3oz. As Miguel anxiously waited for news during the delivery he couldn’t stop shaking, and when doctors told him he was a father, he nearly collapsed. Speaking from his home in Alberta, close to Lisbon, Miguel said, I couldn’t talk.
I was really white and I was shaking. Then when I saw him, I couldn’t stop smiling. He was a handful with black hair. He was lying on the side looking really relaxed. The new dad, on paternity leave from his job at a car parts company, cannot stop smiling as he talks about his son, but he’s yet to hold him or even touch him.
I’m not allowed to hold him yet because he’s still in the incubator, he says. Every day I get to the maternity unit and the first thing I asked the nurses is, Can I touch him today? I can’t stop smiling and laughing at him, especially when he’s yawning and stretching. He makes a frowny face. I can’t get over how big he is.
I was expecting him to be quite little. He’s a little bit yellow, but they’ve given him a special light. He’s always moving around and kicking his feet, just like me and his mom. My sister thinks he’s going to do amazing things because of how special his birth is. Describing the morning Sandra felt ill, Miguel told how they had dinner with friends and were playing cards.
At around 05:00 A.m.. She said, I’m tired and I’m going to bed. Then I heard her crying in the bathroom and went to sea. She said, I’m going to die. My head feels like it’s going to explode.
She was really crying hard. I put a cold towel on her head and lifted her to the bed. Our friends didn’t know what to do, so I told them to call the ambulance. I kept talking to her, but her eyes were rolling. When the paramedics arrived, she was almost unconscious.
The doctors carried out three examinations on Sandra before declaring her brain dead. Fuel arrangements started before her unborn baby’s heartbeat was found. It was scary how close it came, Miguel said. Now I just want Lorenzo to have a normal childhood and be happy. He’s already born with a strong personality because of the battle he had to get here.
His birth, however, has had the added complication of a tug of love with the maternal grandparents. They have reportedly gone to lawyers to get full custody, claiming Miguel said he could not look after his son. Miguel said he was surprised and disappointed and denied ever rejecting little Lorenko. At first I was worried about my parental rights. I didn’t know if I’d get time off to care for him, he explains.
I was told he could have problems and I didn’t know if I had the right conditions to look after a disabled little boy. But he’s healthy, and I’ve now been told I’m entitled to paternity and maternity leave so I can stay at home to look after him until November or December. I told Sandra’s parents that once I start work again. They could take care of Lorenco during the day. We all need to stop this fighting as Lorenzo needs love and to be cherished by all the family.
I never said I didn’t have the conditions to look after my son, only that it was going to be hard. As I’m a single dad, I didn’t even know how to change a nappy. He giggles as he explains how he does now after looking it up online. I’m not so scared now as I have my family and my sister and uncle support. I have a crib and loads of baby clothes already and everyone is really excited and wants to be his godmother.
He’s so beautiful. He’s our pride and joy. They’ve been fantastic at San Jose Hospital since Sandra died. It submerged. She was suffering from kidney cancer, a condition she had previously beaten a decade ago.
However, Miguel was not aware she was seriously ill. He says, we knew it was a high risk pregnancy, but I didn’t know that she was suffering or was suffering from cancer. I only knew she had a little scar from a previous kidney problem. Sandra’s sister, Annabella, 39, said she continued with the pregnancy despite finding out the cancer, which once almost killed her, had returned. Sandra’s tubes and the ventilator were disconnected once the baby was delivered.
Sandra Pedro was buried the day after the baby was born. Sandra was a courageous mother and from her death, a new life was born. Lorenco Sovado was the beautiful name chosen for the baby boy. Nothing could stand in front of Sandra Pedro’s unconditional love and determination to bring the child to this beautiful world. A team of more than 80 people worked day and night to keep the mother’s body active and maintain uterine circulation.
What is a cerebral hemorrhage? A cerebral hemorrhage occurs when a diseased blood vessel in the brain bursts and leaks into the organ. This can lead to a rapid build up of pressure, resulting in death. They make up to around 15% to 20% of all strokes. Causes include high blood pressure, head trauma, infections, tumors and blood clotting abnormalities or deficiencies.
Symptoms are sudden, severe headache, tingling, weakness or facial paralysis, reduced vision, loss of balance, difficulty speaking and impaired alertness. Treatment may include surgery or medication to relieve pressure and incredible mother love during pregnancy. So much is happening inside the mother’s womb between mother and unborn baby throughout those precious nine months beginning early in pregnancy. Baby listens to mom and mom to baby. There’s communication system that develops.
An unborn baby becomes familiar with. This is shown after the baby’s birth and it’s responding to their mother’s voice, touch and even smell. It means that her love for you is constant and enduring, no matter what. It means that her love for you is not dependent on something else. It will always be strong and true.
You don’t have to do anything special to earn it. You might disappoint her from time to time. You might make her angry from time to time, and you might worry her sick from time to time. But none of these things can or ever will alter her unwavering love for you. Her love of you will always be there, always and forever.
It’s the love of wanting to keep you safe. If you screw up, they love you even harder. But when you do well, they’re so proud. They brag when you’re sad. They try to make your life better by bringing you not only momentary joy, but new things that will instill in long term.
When you’re sick, they drop what they’re doing to take care of you. Because when you hurt, they hurt. It’s a love that goes out of its way to make you smile, Even if you injure them repeatedly. It’s the ability to put your needs first, even if it’s illogical, it’s warm and gentle and it doesn’t hurt. It feels like a bond that can’t be broken just by feeling and whim, but comes back stronger over time with each new triumph and tragedy.
Everything that a mother does for her kids is time she could be doing for herself. This is why people who do not have children Usually end up being very selfish and self serving. They get used to thinking about themselves and don’t think about others needs. If a mom’s in a family where there’s a lot of money, she may not actually be sacrificing. But I hope she still has her finger on the pulse of what’s going on with her kids.
She should be aware of their needs, their schoolwork and their frame of mind. Even in a family with money, a mum could be traveling or shopping. A good mother will think more about her children’s needs than her own. That’s what I call sacrifice Dr.