Baby girl is spared a lifetime of paralysis after operation inside the WOMB

A baby girl has been spared a lifetime of disability after receiving pioneering spinal surgery — while still in the womb. Emily Malkie, from Pennsylvania, was diagnosed with spina bifida following an ultrasound when her mother was just 16 weeks pregnant. A follow-up MRI showed the youngster was at risk of developing brain damage due to a … Read more

Baby girl is spared a lifetime of paralysis after operation inside the WOMB

A baby girl has been spared a lifetime of disability after receiving pioneering spinal surgery — while still in the womb. Emily Malkie, from Pennsylvania in the US, was diagnosed with spina bifida following an ultrasound when her mother was just 16 weeks pregnant. A follow-up MRI showed the youngster was at risk of developing … Read more

Tiny miracles saved by surgery in the womb

There could barely be worse news for a mother-to-be to receive. And because of pandemic regulations, Becky had to hear it alone. ‘The sonographer said: ‘I’m so sorry, there’s something seriously wrong with your baby and she is in imminent danger,’ ‘ the 28-year-old recalls. ‘I couldn’t stop crying.’ What should have been a routine mid-pregnancy … Read more

‘I just wept’: Jodie Turner-Smith felt her womb was ’empty’ after giving birth to her first child

‘I just wept’: Jodie Turner-Smith reveals she cried after giving birth to her first child Janie Jackson because her womb felt ’empty’ By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 12:02 BST, 2 April 2021 | Updated: 12:02 BST, 2 April 2021 Jodie Turner-Smith has revealed she wept after her first child, now 11 months, was born because … Read more

Foetus infected with coronavirus dies in the womb

A stillborn foetus whose mother had coronavirus has died in the womb after being infected with the disease, Israeli doctors have said.  A woman, who had been infected with Covid-19, was in her 36th week of pregnancy when she was admitted to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel, after falling ill on Saturday. Doctors … Read more

Foetus infected with coronavirus dies in the womb

A stillborn foetus whose mother had coronavirus has died in the womb after being infected with the disease, Israeli doctors have said.  A woman, who had been infected with Covid-19, was in her 36th week of pregnancy when she was admitted to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel, after falling ill on Saturday. Doctors … Read more

Amazingly clear sonogram video shows an unborn beluga whale calf moving around in its mother’s womb

Amazingly clear sonogram video shows an unborn beluga whale calf moving around in its mother’s womb Luna, 20, was born at SeaWorld San Antonio and is currently pregnant A recent sonogram  shows an ‘amazingly clear’ footage of the unborn calf The fetus’ head, eye, mouth and upper body are visible in the sonogram The gestation … Read more

Woman,39, told to ‘eat yoghurt’ after doctors mistook her womb cancer for gluten intolerance

Woman, 39, reveals she had a complete hysterectomy to save her life after doctors mistakenly took her womb cancer for gluten intolerance and recommended she ‘eat yoghurt’ Dafina Malovska, 39, saw GP four times in four months due to bloating in 2014  Symptoms were dismissed as gluten intolerance and she was told to eat yoghurt Eventually saw private a … Read more

Woman,39, told to ‘eat yoghurt’ after doctors mistook her womb cancer for gluten intolerance

Woman, 39, reveals she had a complete hysterectomy to save her life after doctors mistakenly took her womb cancer for gluten intolerance and recommended she ‘eat yoghurt’ Dafina Malovska, 39, saw GP four times in four months due to bloating in 2014  Symptoms were dismissed as gluten intolerance and she was told to eat yoghurt Eventually saw private a … Read more

Toddler who had pioneering surgery in the womb defies odds to walk – and even splashes in puddles 

A mother is beaming as her daughter masters the art of walking despite being told by doctors that she’d be paralysed. Bethan Simpson, 27, from Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, says she could have fallen over with shock when she saw that her daughter, Elouise, now one, taking her first steps. After Eloise was diagnosed with spina bifida, … Read more