An extremely premature baby that was born at 23 weeks and 4 days—just three days before the legal abortion limit in the United Kingdom—was saved by her mother’s cuddles.
When Elsie Dutton was born on Dec. 2, 2021, weighing 1 pound 2 ounces—slightly more than a tin of baked beans, the little girl wasn’t expected to survive, as her twin, Dotty, died in the womb when her mother Amy went into labor after surgery to separate them.
However, the brave little girl, who was born at St George’s Hospital, London, has defied all the odds and come out of her ordeal with “no issues,” which according to doctors is because of her mother’s “kangaroo care.”…