It was the last chance to say goodbye to the grieving mother Kate Ogg after doctors gave him the hope of saving her premature baby. She tears told her lifeless son - born at 27 weeks weighing 2 pounds - how much she loved him and hugged him tightly, not wanting to let go. Although twin sister Jamie little Emily had been delivered successfully, doctors had given Mrs Ogg the news all mothers dread - that after 20 minutes of fighting to get her son to breathe, they had declared dead. Having given up on a miracle, Mrs Ogg unwrapped the baby blanket and held him against her skin. And then something extraordinary happened. After two hours of being hugged, touched and spoken to his mother, the child began to show signs of life. At first, it was just a gasp for air that was dismissed by doctors as a reflex. But then the startled mother fed him a little breast milk on her finger and he started breathing normally. "I thought," Oh, my God, what's happening, "said Mrs Ogg." Soon after he opened his eyes. It was a miracle. Then he held out his hand and grabbed my finger. "He opened his eyes and shook his head from side to side. The doctor kept shaking his head saying," I do not think so, I do not think so. " The Australian mother spoke publicly for the first time yesterday to highlight the importance of caring for skin-to-skin for sick babies, which is being used in an increasing number of British hospitals. In most cases, babies are rushed off to intensive care if there is a serious problem during delivery. But the technique of "kangaroo care", named after the way kangaroos have their young in a pouch next to their bodies, allows the mother to act as a human incubator to keep babies warm, stimulated and fed. Birth weight and premature infants treated with low-skin method have also been shown to have lower infection rates, less severe illness, improved sleep patterns and are at reduced risk of hypothermia. Mrs Ogg and her husband David was told that the doctors gave up to save his son after a three-hour job at a hospital in Sydney in March. The doctor asked me had we chosen a name for our son, "said Mrs Ogg." I said, "Jamie", and turned around with my son already concluded and said: "We've lost Jamie, he did not, sorry ". "It was the worst feeling I've ever felt. Unwrapped Jamie from his blanket. He was very loose." I took my gown off and arranged him in the chest with his head over my arm and just held him. He did not move at all and I just started talking to him. "We told him what his name was and he had a sister. We told him the things we wanted to do with him throughout his life." Jamie occasionally gasped for air, which doctors said was a reflex. But then I felt it move as if startled, then started gasping more and more regularly. 'I gave Jamie some breast milk on my finger, he took it and started regular breathing. Mrs Ogg held her son, now five months and fully recovered, as she spoke in the Australian TV show Today Tonight. Her husband added: "Luckily I have a very strong woman, very intelligent." Instinctively did what she did. If she had not done that, Jamie probably would not be here. "
