Girl Born without Blood in US

Girl Born without Blood in US

A baby born in the US without blood in the body, has taken medical experts by surprise. The baby has been dubbed as the 'ghost baby'. But there was nothing supernatural behind that as the baby lost 80% or more of blood due to a fetal-maternal haemorrhage.

Soon after the birth of Hope Juarez, her parents figured out that something was wrong with her. Her father said that when the baby was brought to them, the baby was crying and her color was really pale.

The couple from the Fountain Valley, California, was shocked to see their child's body color. They immediately called doctors to see if something was really wrong with their baby. When the doctors tried to draw blood from the newborn's feet for tests, they could not even get a drop of blood.

Actually, hours before Hope was born, her blood was lost from the body because of a fetal-maternal haemorrhage.

Mrs. Juarez also got an indication that something was wrong with her baby and that is why she urged doctors to perform an emergency C-section three weeks before due date. The 27-year-old mother noticed a stark difference between kicking habit of the baby while in the womb. She said that the baby would normally kick for around 10 times within half an hour, but then one day the baby stopped kicking at all.

Doctors admired sensible thinking of the mother that eventually saved baby Hope's life.

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