Mum shares heartbreaking photos of her dead daughter born at 22 weeks – claiming doctors told her ‘she’s not fit for life’
Sophie Dennis claims that her tiny baby was ignored by doctors because they were expecting a stillbirth
A DEVASTED mum who lost her baby at just 22 weeks claims that doctors "gave up" on her daughter and left her to die - because she was born within the abortion limit.
Sophie Dennis, 34, claims that little Autumn Orion Dennis showed signs of life and lived for almost two hours after being born last October.
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“I don’t think any mum should have to go through that level of emotional and physical pain and then be told there’s nothing they could do and watch their child die.
“It’s currently a guideline to help a baby born under 24 weeks even if they show signs of life. It’s so wrong.
"If a woman wants to have an abortion she can, but if a woman wants her baby to survive they can't. I knew on that bed, holding my child dying, that I’d do everything I could to stop that happening.
"There was so much more that they could have done.
"I feel hugely let down by the NHS. They let me and my daughter down. I can’t even describe in words how I feel about how they treated us that night.
“The decision to try and keep my daughter alive was taken away from us and that was heartbreaking.”
A spokesman for Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust said: “We appreciate this has been a very difficult time for Mrs Dennis and her family. We investigated her concerns as part of our complaints process and shared our findings with her.
“When a baby is born pre-term their care and treatment is determined by careful and detailed consideration of a wide range of factors that are individual to that family.
“Patient confidentiality prevents us from commenting publicly on individual cases however, if there are any outstanding concerns we would be more than happy to arrange a meeting to discuss them with her.”
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