In 2010, identical twins Emily and Jamie were born at 27 weeks, just two minutes apart. However, the joy of their parents Kate and David Ogg was short-lived. Newborn Jamie had stopped breathing and he had only a few moments of life left. “They were both born in their sac but Jamie didn’t make a noise when they tore it open. Emily let out a big wail,” Kate Ogg said. “We looked over and everyone was crowding around Jamie — there were about 20 people in the room!

The atmosphere was sour. He had stopped breathing and his heartbeat had almost stopped. They stopped working on him after 20 minutes. “ Kate asked to hold the baby and told her husband to come into the bed with her so they could embrace Jamie skin to skin. “I took Jamie away from the doctor and asked everyone to leave.” He was cold, and all I wanted was for him to be warm. We had tried for years to have children, and I felt terrible.

All I wanted to do was cuddle him. I unwrapped him and told my husband to remove his shirt and climb into bed.” The almost-dead baby began to breathe and move more easily after five minutes in his parents’ arms. “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping for air, that was a sign of life, and I wasn’t about to give up easily.” “We were attempting to persuade him to stay,” Kate explained.

“We told him his name, that he had a twin to watch out for, and how hard we tried to have him.” He opened his eyes after a sudden gasp. He was breathing heavily and clutching Dave’s finger.” The couple cuddled their newborn for more than two hours, during which time his eyes opened and stayed open. The parents began to wonder if Jamie was actually dying.

“I think half of us were thinking at the time, ‘What if he actually makes it?'” David stated. “If he does, it will be a miracle.” ‘No, he’s been declared dead, this is purely instinctual,’ said the other half. The couple notified the hospital staff and persuaded a doctor to recheck the baby. And the doctor was taken aback. “He got a stethoscope and listened to Jamie’s chest while shaking his head.

‘I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it,’ he said,” Kate said. The twins spent the first 80 days of their life in neonatal until they were healthy enough to go home. Jamie had no medical issues since. When the twins turned five, they learned about the incredible miracle surrounding their birth. “Emily burst into tears, she was really upset and just kept on hugging Jamie,” Kate Ogg said.