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Mum: ‘My miracle baby survived against the odds’

A teenage mum, Clare Conway, has described the joy of giving birth to a baby girl, despite advice from her doctors which suggested that the baby wouldn’t survive the pregnancy.

Kassadie-Maria – now six weeks old – was diagnosed with a rare heart condition when she was still in the womb, and doctors advised Clare to have a termination.

Speaking to 5 live Daily's Sam Walker, she said: “I was constantly saying, I don't want an abortion”. She said she “wanted to give her (daughter) the best chance to live”.

Clare added: “I didn't believe what they were saying about her being a stillborn”.

Baby Kassadie-Maria defied all odds and was born “screaming”. She's had an operation this week and is “doing well” at six weeks old.

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