Mother Told By Doctors To End Her Pregnancy 14 Times ‘happy’ She Didn’t Listen

mother told my doctors to end her pregnancy 14 times happy she didn't listen desperation is a curious thing it can clown our judgment make us crazy illogical or emotional but sometimes it can be the very thing we need to make our dreams come true or at least that was the case for kira meldrum kira a 20 year old woman from england wanted a child more than anything in the world after losing four babies in pregnancy in her past she was willing to do whatever it took to be a mother when she got pregnant again this time it felt right nothing was going to stand in her way well except for the doctors who all advised her 14 times to terminate her pregnancy they weren't being negative her baby was simply in critical condition when kira first discovered she was pregnant it was july 2018 and as we mentioned before she had just suffered four miscarriages in a period of only two years after 12 weeks of being pregnant the doctors scanned her and at first everything seemed to look really great eight weeks later however that's when things started taking a turn for the worse the doctors realized the baby's stomach was filling up with fluid and it wasn't looking good the doctors called it grade 3 severe ascites and it was located in the baby's bowel a steady buildup of fluid had materialized between the two layers that align the stomach and according to the medical professionals this meant her baby was in danger they advised her at that moment to terminate the pregnancy but kyra wasn't having it she'd waited too long and gone through too much hardship and pain to give up now but even though kira made the decision to keep her baby at that time that didn't mean it was easy for her in fact she felt physically ill when they told her her baby wasn't well the way kira got through it was by telling herself that her little girl was a fighter and that she was going to survive the whole thing there was no way she was going to abort this child and she was going to do anything she could to protect her kiera continued to go into the hospitals for frequent scans throughout her pregnancy she kept hoping that something would change that one doctor would tell her that her baby was getting better but at every meeting things only seemed to get worse and her heart would shatter every time by 28 weeks the doctors explained to cure that her baby's bowel had ruptured and they strongly advised her again to terminate but once again she refused meanwhile while all this was going on there was a strong buildup of amniotic fluid building up in kira's stomach and the doctors told her that she needed to drain it out but kyra refused that too because they also told her that it would endanger the child's life even more considering the fact that her baby was already in a volatile condition she kept her stomach filled with all that fluid even if it meant she'd be in constant pain we're not joking around when we say she was in constant pain because of this kyra explained that her stomach swelled up enormously and that it felt as though she was holding a massive painful water balloon against her body but even though the experience hurt like crazy she was willing to make that sacrifice if it meant protecting her baby and giving her a chance to live otherwise i'd never forgive myself said kira as the weeks went by kira genuinely struggled with the constant pain of all that fluid in her belly she struggled to move properly even more than most pregnant women usually struggle she was in frequent terrible pain but she knew it would all be over soon finally after weeks of painful sacrifice the day came when she could finally deliver her baby however it was six weeks ahead of her due date and she was nervous what that would mean she named her lovely baby lily rose but when she was born there were far from being out of the woods the first thing kira listened for when she was born was a loud cry but the cry didn't come and kira started to get extremely nervous her heart had been broken way too many times before and she started fearing the absolute worst those few moments felt like a lifetime but finally after what felt like forever she heard this little scream when she finally heard her baby cry a huge wage of relief and emotion washed over her her baby had survived or at least he seemed okay at the moment things weren't that simple for lily rose apparently there was still a lot of work to be done and she needed to be quickly taken into surgery but before they took her away they allowed kyra to hold her first she was perfect said kira they also called her the most beautiful baby she'd ever laid eyes on at four pounds and three ounces the baby was obviously smaller than most and given her condition she needed to be operated on immediately so even though it literally broke kira's heart she was forced to give her baby away to the doctors literally minutes after she'd given birth to her however she was also terrified of losing her so she knew that it was all for the best and that the doctors would do their best to save her life they had to act quickly lily rose was promptly transferred to another hospital where she was then placed into a highly complex surgery procedure which involved them opening up her stomach and finding her bowel they discovered that it had split in half and one of the halves was wrapped around a blood vessel then they connected these two halves with tubes and added a stoma bag and just like that this complicated surgery was completed but just because they'd completed the surgery didn't mean they were successful this was sort of unprecedented territory and they weren't sure if everything was going to work they monitored lily rose heavily over the next eight weeks carefully noting everything that was going on kiera meanwhile said that her baby looked so tiny inside the incubator with all those wires around she knew that that was where her baby needed to be but all she wanted to do was hold her tightly keira had been waiting for months to finally meet her baby girl and now that she was born she wasn't even able to hold her in her arms it was devastating she said any mother who's ever given birth can understand how hard that must have been but it was all for the best finally it was time to see if the first surgery had worked and if so to move on to a second surgery by this point lily rose was six weeks old amazingly enough the first surgery had been successful eventually the second surgery was successful as well and after all that painful waiting kira was allowed to bring her baby girl home at last after everything she'd gone through it seemed like lily rose was gonna be a healthy baby was this for real after months and months of being told that she should abort her pregnancy that her baby had little chance of survival how is this even possible so how is lily rose doing now it's been six months since she first got back from the hospital and she's been getting monitored every three months by the hospital just to make sure everything's okay with her the doctors explained that the bottom part of the bowel remains to be very fragile and therefore she's still vulnerable however they've noticed that her bowel has gotten much stronger as time has passed and this is a very consoling thought meanwhile kira is understandably ecstatic to finally be able to spend time at home with her little baby she says that she's constantly amazed by the strength of her daughter and that it's something she notices every day after all that waiting kira is determined not to waste one moment with her daughter she's my little miracle said an emotional kira she continued saying how her little girl stayed strong throughout the entire process and how proud she is kira continued to reflect on the craziness of her story she said that the doctors have told her every week to terminate the pregnancy and that every time she'd hear that advice it felt horrific but there was a voice inside her that told her lily rose was going to make it through how'd she know that this case is truly a miracle so how did kira predict that her child would be the beneficiary of such a shower of blessings maybe what this story teaches us is that it's not always about knowing when logical arguments are presented in front of us things can seem pretty overwhelming but if we have a strong resilience inside of us something we want badly enough well then maybe we can overcome the odds kira had a feeling that this one was going to work out the past four pregnancies hadn't worked out but she had a feeling about this one well it turns out that the doctors were also shocked by everything that had happened the truth is that her baby had a very rare condition and they weren't sure how safe it was so they advised her to terminate the pregnancy but after successfully saving her life they realized that this was a good research opportunity for future babies with similar conditions because of lily rose they're now publishing papers about everything that's happened dr kelly cohen a medical professional at the hospital in which lily rose was treated expressed her happiness that lily rose was doing well after the surgery she also talked about how rare her particular case was and that apparently only one to three babies out of 10 000 have this condition the procedure is highly complex and very difficult to execute therefore the fact that they managed to pull it off is nothing short of a miracle as of now lily rose is looking stronger than ever she's growing up into a healthy baby and she's getting bigger every day kara did mention however that she's lactose intolerant but who isn't lactose intolerant these days she'll fit right in in the grand scheme of things this is a minor problem compared to the major string of things that could have gone wrong with her it's clear how grateful kyra is for being given this gift and we have no doubt that she'll give lily rose all the love in the world [Music]