The 34-year-old mum lost her first daughter to the condition 28 weeks into a pregnancy in 2008. Her second daughter with the condition died shortly after being born at six months old a year later. “My anxiety levels were sky high after 28 weeks as I’d never made it past that point with a Hydrops baby. Early the following morning, doctors told Jodie that her daughter’s oxygen levels were dipping. Still hopeful that Saoirse would survive, Jodie sat next to her baby daughter willing her to pull through.

Source: Daily Mirror September 05, 2020 20:59 UTC