A mother whose heart stopped 14 minutes, said she felt afraid of waking up with an empty belly to discover that she had had a baby while doctors did resuscitation.
Doctors at the Royal Stoke Hospital in Staffordshire resuscitated 30-year-old Natasha Sokunbi after she was 37 weeks pregnant in an A&E waiting room.
The healthcare support employee had to be placed in a coma and did not meet her new daughter until three days after the delivery drama with the fear that results from a breast infection.
Mrs. Sokunbi was three weeks away from her expiry date when she called 111 for help and was instructed to go to the victim and arrive around 8 o'clock on December 3 after a 25 -minute taxi ride.
The birth of the baby is described as a 'miracle' in which doctors said it was rare that both mother and newborn survive the situation.
And Mrs. Sokunbi said she had been “in principle dead” when doctors' pulled out her baby.
She said to the sun: “My heart wasn't right when the doctors delivered Beau. I was actually dead when they pulled her out.
'The doctors and the medical teams were great. We can never fully put what they have done for us. '
The birth of the baby is described as a 'miracle' in which doctors said it was rare that both mother and newborn survive the situation. Shown: Natasha Sokunbi
Natasha Sokunbi and Beau next to a staff member at the Emergency Department of Royal Stoke University Hospital
Speaking with the university hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM), she added: 'My first thought [after waking up] Was where my children. I didn't know which gender baby I had until my husband told me and showed me a picture of Beau.
“Now I am much more appreciated for life and I will never take it for granted.”
The test saw Mrs. Sokunbi floating in and out of consciousness while doctors did resuscitation and she described 'confused' and 'in a lot of pain … like someone who stepped on my chest'.
Dr. Andrew Bennett, specialized doctor in Emergency Medicine, 34, said: 'Natasha has phenomenal happiness that she came to A&E. If it had happened somewhere else, the outcome would have been very different.
“At the same time, it was one of the most terrible things to see happening with a person and one of the proud moments of my career to see so many people working together so quickly and to offer excellent care.”
It comes as Mrs. Sokunbi said she couldn't believe she had the baby until her husband showed her and photo and told her it was a girl.
Originally from the Welshe valleys, the mother had a defibrillator to combat a genetic heart condition for which she had been treated in the past, but it was believed to be under control.
The life -saving procedure that MS Sokunbi underwent is called a resuscitation hysterotomy and usually includes a mask that is used to pump air into the patient's lungs, as well as Zaps from a defibrillator.
The mother said: 'Now I am much more appreciated for life and I will never again consider it for granted'
University hospitals of North Midlands staff are presented with Chief Executive Award
It was estimated in a study last year the chance that both mother and baby survive, it could be as low as 4.5 percent.
Dozens of employees in at least five departments were called in to perform the work, because many were about to clock after a night shift.
Medici those involved have since received the Chief Executive Award from university hospitals of the North Midlands Trust.
