Jamie Ogg, Baby Pronounced Dead Then Revived By Mother's Touch, Celebrates Second Birthday This Month

Amazing tale of twin baby boy who came back to life

An Australian baby boy who was born premature, pronounced dead, then revived seemingly by his mother's touch, is turning two this month, NBC's "TODAY" reports

Doctors told Kate and David Ogg their son was dead after being born prematurely at 27 weeks on March 25, 2010.

As Kate bid her son goodbye, she hugged and soothed him, telling him his twin sister Emily was fine and that she loved him, the Daily Mail reported.

Five minutes later, the couple noticed their son gasping for air, notes The Stir. Two hours later, he even drank a drop of breast milk from his mother's finger.

The couple, who lived in Sydney, Australia, were ecstatic about the twin's successful recovery.

"I'd carried him inside me for only six months -- not long enough -- but I wanted to meet him, and to hold him, and for him to know us," Kate Ogg told Ann Curry on "TODAY" in 2010. "We feel so fortunate," David Ogg added. "We're the luckiest people in the world."

This month, Jamie Ogg will celebrate his second birthday with his twin sister.

The family has since relocated to a town in New Zealand and the twins are both in good health. They've also added a third child to the family.

The Oggs' miracle is backed by scientific studies that point to the success of skin-to-skin care for premature babies. However, most hospitals don't allow this and have policies to keep premature babies in incubators and away from germs.

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Comments

[MayFlower27]

03:35 PM on 10/25/2012

Love never fails...

[septsong]

03:09 PM on 10/25/2012

no body loves you like a mother... great story... :)

[wbfree]

02:48 PM on 09/20/2012

:}

[akieautumn2]

08:27 PM on 09/13/2012

That's a miracle.

[MsLadyBlueWorld]

07:48 PM on 06/07/2012

truly a blessing and a miracle

[mebepizza]

04:51 AM on 03/12/2012

I love this sweet story. This is my son http://www.mebepizza.com/images/wtt.jpg. I love him so much.

[SarahSarah]

10:39 PM on 03/11/2012

What a nice story. I swear once when I was a little kid I found that my hamster was dead and coldish and I grabbed it and hugged it lightly and it came back to life. But it did die later that day.

[Kimberly Quinn]

08:27 PM on 03/11/2012

I cried so hard when I first heard about this, and now I'm crying again with tears of unbridled joy. HOORAY! HOORAY! HOORAY! Love to the Oggs.

[AKL1985]

03:58 PM on 03/11/2012

Such a sweet story

[southingtonian]

05:30 AM on 03/11/2012

For premies whose lungs are not fully developed, it can be a struggle to take that first breath, and many thereafter. Position, too, is critical, as allowing its chin to tuck down against its chest can close off the airway.

[amd52]

05:10 AM on 03/11/2012

Fantastic, what a feel good event, i wish this couple the best and may God be with them always, and may their children shine for they truely are special all the way around. God looks after us all if we just let him in. imo

[MESGAIN26]

05:57 PM on 03/10/2012

nice story don't think i could live with out my twin myself .

[HekmagaJuximaxx]

05:53 PM on 03/10/2012

I have the opposite effect. :(

[little wing]

05:31 PM on 03/10/2012

To everyone who feels the need to personally challenge everyone who says "Thank God" or anything similar:
Ok, we get it, you don't buy it and that's fine.
Now go rain on your own parade.

[drumz]

06:51 PM on 03/10/2012

Why can't you "God" types be more accepting of others with a different opinion?
The fact that you are so easily challenged is proclamation of a weak faith.

[southingtonian]

05:20 AM on 03/11/2012

"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." Stuart Chase With something as untestable as this, a lack of accord on a position need not be a rejection of the holder of that position.

[melanied0721]

08:04 AM on 03/11/2012

sounds kind of hypocritical.. you say why cant God folks accept other opinions but you are not accepting of their opinions..

[Misheal Greenwald]

04:19 PM on 03/10/2012

A great many premature babies are born without breathing...not dead, just need a little help. Her hug probably was tight and so was enough help to get this tyke breathing...no miracle, but a lesson why women need to take better care of themselves and their babies so their births are less traumatic.

[melanied0721]

08:07 AM on 03/11/2012

this is not the first time i heard about something like this happening.. there was a story a few years ago a mother had a baby wasnt breathing doctors pronounced the baby dead. the mother wanted to spend time with it.. shortly after the baby started breathing.. doctors are so quick to determine death than to try... i wonder how many other babies could have made it and didnt...

[In the Sixties]

02:05 PM on 04/14/2013

Terrible statement. Now you have all the women who lost babies thinking that they could have lived, etc. You read a few stories, and, lo and behold you bring doubt on everyone's heads. Shame on you. Shame on you.

[hismusicnme]

12:02 PM on 06/06/2013

I had read a report on this specific story that stated the doctors actually worked on the Ogg twin for 20 minutes, trying to get him to breathe, so thankfully they weren't quick to give up on him at all. I hope that eases your mind some Melanied0721 :).

Speaking as a mother of a preemie, I don't agree with everything the Drs do either, so I just suggest that moms (and dads) not put their instincts aside just because their medical care "insists" on something. Be respectful of their knowledge, skills & experience, but understand that a parent's instinct can often speak louder to what's real in that situation. So glad Mrs Ogg's drs didn't force her to stop coddling her baby boy even tho' so much time had past. I have to give them cred' for being sensitive to a mother's emotional health :)

[tracyamanda]

08:17 PM on 03/11/2012

WTH?! A woman can take excellent care of herself and unborn baby and sometimes sh@t still happens. How dare you say something so awful and stupid!!