Oh wow, my baby!
A YOUNG mum who gave birth while in a coma after contracting Covid finally met her daughter almost a month later.
Saskia Lane, 21, is now urging other pregnant women to have the vaccine after initially turning it down. She says the advice she received was conflicting.
Her mum Becky Knight said: “Saskia wants to encourage everyone to get the vaccine following her experience.”
Saskia tested positive for coronavirus at the end of August and was admitted to intensive care with breathing difficulties.
She was eight months’ pregnant and sent for an emergency C-section. But after the birth of daughter Betsy Mae, now eight weeks old, doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital in central London kept the mum of two in an induced coma to help her survive.
Three weeks later Saskia was woken up by medics and finally got to meet Betsy, who weighed a healthy 5lb 8oz, when partner Lee Blackman, 23, brought her into the hospital.
Mum Becky, 41, added: “Saskia was diagnosed with gestational diabetes while pregnant and decided not to have the vaccine initially after worrying about the impact it could have on Betsy. “I encouraged her to get the vaccine but she had her first jab just a few days before contracting Covid, so it wasn’t effective.” Saskia, of Partridge Green, West Sussex, is still in hospital at Guy’s receiving treatment for severely damaged lungs. Her family have set up a fundraising appeal as Lee has had to go part-time with his job as a panel beater to look after both Betsy and Eliza, two.
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