Baby Survives Abortion
Now this is a miracle baby! Here’s Finley Crampton and his mother Jodie Percival.
When Jodie discovered she was pregnant, she decided to have an abortion because her and her fiance, Billy Crampton, knew their baby could inherit a life-threatening kidney condition, the same condition that killed their first son. Their second son was also born with serious kidney damage.
‘Deciding to terminate at eight weeks was just utterly horrible but I couldn’t cope with the anguish of losing another baby,’ said Miss Percival, 25.
However, Finley had other ideas. And some time after the operation, Miss Percival felt a fluttering in her stomach.
Eventually her doctor sent her for a scan – and she discovered she was 19 weeks pregnant.
The child had survived the abortion and thrived in the womb. ‘I couldn’t believe it,’ said Miss Percival. ‘This was the baby I thought I’d terminated.
‘I wrote to the hospital, I couldn’t believe that they had let me down like this. They wrote back and apologised and said it was very rare.’
Miss Percival carries a gene which triggers multicystic dysplastic kidney – which causes cysts to grow on the kidneys of an unborn baby.
However, doctors told the couple from Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, that this child was likely to survive, so they decided he deserved a chance.And in November, Finley was born three weeks premature, at 6lb 3oz.
He had minor kidney damage but is expected to lead a normal life.
‘I knew if that operation hadn’t failed he wouldn’t have been there,’ said Miss Percival, a hairdresser. ‘I just couldn’t believe that this child had got through it all and looked so perfect.’
He may need an operation but as only one of his kidneys is affected he can survive. ‘I still struggle to believe just what he has fought through. Now he’s here I wouldn’t change it for the world.’
This is an amazing story. Congrats to Finley and his thrilled parents! 
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