Miracle Baby: Declared Dead, But Came Back to Life in His Parents' Arms

When Kate and David Ogg from Australia decided to start a family, they faced serious challenges. It took them years, but when they finally succeeded and learned they were expecting twins, they were overjoyed. "The beginning of the pregnancy was great, but by the sixth month, the nightmare began," Kate recalls.

The nightmare she refers to was premature labor pains that left the doctors with no choice but to deliver early, at 26 weeks. "Jamie was born first, two minutes before his sister Emily, but then the doctors discovered he had no pulse and wasn’t breathing. They tried to resuscitate him for 20 minutes, but when they couldn't, they informed us that he didn’t make it."

Twins Emily and Jamie today

"The doctor held Jamie in his arms, came over to us, and sat down on the bed," David recounted to the Daily Mail. "He asked if we'd chosen a name for our son and then told us they had done everything they could – but there was no point in continuing. I took Jamie from him and asked everyone to leave the room. I wanted to hold him before saying goodbye forever. Kate and I held him together, cried, and said our goodbyes."

Then, the unimaginable happened. "He was so cold, and we just wanted to warm him up a bit even though we knew he was gone. Suddenly, we felt him move," Kate recalls. "At first, I thought I was imagining it, but I looked at him, and saw he opened his eyes and grabbed my husband’s finger."

At that moment, David rushed out and called the medical team back immediately. "Within seconds, the room filled with doctors who continued the resuscitation. I kept thinking that if we hadn’t insisted on saying goodbye and holding him, letting him know who we were, he might have simply died there in that cold, impersonal hospital."