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Covid: 'Miracle' baby born to Newport mum in coma - BBC News

Covid: 'Miracle' baby born to Newport mum in coma - BBC News

Covid: 'Miracle' baby born to Newport mum in coma - BBC News
May 10, 2021 1 min, 38 secs

A woman who was in a coma with Covid while pregnant has told how she woke up the day after her baby was born.

When Marriam Ahmad went into the Grange hospital in Cwmbran in January after testing positive for Covid, she left her overnight bag at home as she did not expect to be in for long.

It was then that her doctor started to talk about a Caesarean section and initially said that Marriam would be conscious throughout.

As the day went on, the medical team decided Marriam needed to be put into a coma.

"It just happened so quickly," she said.

"I didn't even speak to my husband or my son - I have never left my son, not even for a night," she said.

Marriam's baby was born on 18 January at 20:27 BST.

"I had no idea what happened," she said.

"Even the cleaner from ICU remembered me," she said.

"He used to come up and say 'how are you doing, how is Baby Ahmad.

And so, as Marriam and Usman prepared to meet their daughter after nearly a week, they decided on a name - Khadija.

"In the Islamic faith, Khadija is a very strong, independent woman," said Marriam.

"I just found her so beautiful," she said.

Khadija was then transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit at Singleton hospital in Swansea so Marriam could be closer to her extended family.

The weeks that followed were just as "intense", with Marriam determined to try and breastfeed her daughter, meaning constant deliveries of milk to the hospital.

After eight weeks in hospital, Khadija is now home.

"I am just so grateful - that she's still alive, that I am still alive

"Even though it was such a horrific, traumatic experience, I just found myself being even more grateful for the little things

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