Michelle
Hui, 31, suffered a miscarriage six weeks into her pregnancy, and said
that two doctors conducted five separate scans on her before concluding
that she had lost her baby.
Hui
was given medication to ensure nothing was remaining in her uterus that
could cause an infection, and went back to the hospital a little over a
week later to find the seemingly impossible had occurred: Her baby was
still alive.
The Irish Mirror explained:
While
doctors said there was no chance she was still pregnant, [Hui] was told
to take a pregnancy test which would reveal whether any harmful clots
had remained.
The
test was positive, so she went back to hospital for a D&C (dilation
and curettage) – a surgical procedure to remove the contents of the
uterus. But it was at that point the doctors spotted a heartbeat on a
scan. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Michelle. “Neither could the
doctors. But as happy as I was, I was angry they had missed her on the
scans.
“They said that with all the blood and clots it must have created shadows so they couldn’t see her.
“They
said I was blessed. … I’ve been written about in medical journals, and
the doctor said that in all his 25 years he has never come across or
heard of anything like this.”
The story was also picked up by the U.K. Daily Mirror, which posted photos of the happy family on Twitter:
Hui
discovered she had originally been pregnant with twins, and that Megan —
born roughly 18 weeks ago — had survived both the miscarriage and the
abortion-inducing medication.
“Someone
had been looking over us,” Michelle remarked. “It was an incredibly
difficult time, but now we have a precious and healthy little girl.”
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