{"id":181465,"date":"2023-11-15T02:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=181465"},"modified":"2023-11-15T02:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:24:01","slug":"i-held-my-8-day-old-baby-and-realised-she-might-die-im-sharing-her-story-to-encourage-mums-to-trust-their-gut-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/i-held-my-8-day-old-baby-and-realised-she-might-die-im-sharing-her-story-to-encourage-mums-to-trust-their-gut-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I held my 8-day-old baby and realised she might die – I'm sharing her story to encourage mum's to trust their gut | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A MUM has described coming to the horrifying realisation that her eight-day-old daughter might not make it as she held the tiny tot in her arms. <\/p>\n
Little Maddison had meningitis – an infection of the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord that can be deadly to babies. <\/p>\n
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In a post shared by child and baby first aid page Tiny Hearts Education, the mum is now pleading with other parents to trust their gut and get their little one help if something doesn't seem quite right. <\/p>\n
Madison was just seven days old when her mum thought: "Something's just not right." <\/p>\n
There wasn't a specific symptom she could point to, but a few subtle changes in Maddie's disposition had her parent's alarm bells ringing. <\/p>\n
In an accompanying clip to Tiny Hearts<\/span>' post, the mum recalled how her daughter's jaundice had gotten "markedly worse". <\/p>\n