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Baby survives 2 hours on train track after premature birth (NICE news for a change)

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Peachy · 29/02/2008 14:19

They buried this in the bottom corner of a page in The Times- but it was lovely and I thought worth celebrating! Shows those babies are tough stuff

India: A baby born prematurely fell through a train carriage lavatory onto the track and survived two hours before being rescued. The girls Mother was travelling with relatives in India when she went to the bathroom and unexpectedly gave birth. She fell unconscious and the baby fell. When relatives found the Mother they pulled the emergency brake. Guards launched a frantic search and the child was found. She is now recovering in hospital.

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southeastastra · 29/02/2008 14:22

omg! that's awful - glad they found it

TrinityRhino · 29/02/2008 14:25

farking hell!!
thats amazing, so glad trhey found the baby and all is well

Lulumama · 29/02/2008 14:25

good lord, that is a miracle !! wow ! amazing story

MommaFeelgood · 29/02/2008 14:26

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Tortington · 29/02/2008 14:27

FKINELL!

wow fantastic

Elphaba · 29/02/2008 14:28

Blimey!!!

KnitterInTheNW · 29/02/2008 14:31

I'm (almost) speechless!

dingdong05 · 29/02/2008 14:41

We, quite rightly, treat babies as delicate little things, but this just goes to show that they can be tough as old boots sometimes too! Determined little thing, hey?

TLSM · 29/02/2008 14:42

I do believe that some people are just meant to live!

suedonim · 29/02/2008 16:17

I saw this on Sky News yesterday - she's a bonny wee thing despite her unconventional start in life. I wonder what she'll have on her birth certificate for place of birth!

PrincessHunker · 29/02/2008 16:18

Wow!

chipmonkey · 29/02/2008 19:38

What a lovely story! Glad the lo is OK, how prem was she?

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Peachy · 29/02/2008 20:00

They didnt say chipmonkey bit she does look small in the picture

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suedonim · 29/02/2008 20:43

She didn't look teeny, maybe about 32/34 weeks?

WestCountryLass · 29/02/2008 22:14

Something not right about that story. The baby fell and the mother was unconsious, who cut the umbilical cord then

tissy · 29/02/2008 22:18

Maybe it was torn away?

blueshoes · 29/02/2008 22:18

you are right WCL. Maybe something not right in the reporting.

tissy · 29/02/2008 22:20

here

LynetteScavo · 29/02/2008 22:20

Maybe the placenta came out quickly?

WestCountryLass · 29/02/2008 22:21

Maybe tissy.

Or maybe the placenta delivered and that went with the baby?

Just seems 'odd.

LynetteScavo · 29/02/2008 22:23

What are you all thinking?

WestCountryLass · 29/02/2008 22:26

I'm not thinking anything other than it doesn't really add up to me really.

bookwormmum · 29/02/2008 22:28

I heard this on the radio but for some reason I thought it was in the UK .

Whatever happened, the baby survived. That's the main thing (but are they a girl?)

Just a thought.

bookwormmum · 29/02/2008 22:28

Ah just seen that she was female

edam · 29/02/2008 22:31

Side issue, but shocked at the sneering tone of the Beeb report towards Indian railway lavatories. Where on earth do they think UK train loos discharge? Onto the tracks, same as India. That's why there are signs about not flushing if the train is at a station.