Mum of 'miracle' baby on the pioneering surgery which saved her life

Mum of 'miracle' baby on the pioneering surgery which saved her life

The procedure prevented an extremely premature birth and the baby is now doing well

Pioneering in-womb surgery saves life of Nottingham “miracle baby”

A baby girl from Nottingham is alive and well today, thanks to life-saving treatment performed while she was still in the womb. When Eleanor Brannigan was 27 weeks pregnant with her first child, a routine private scan revealed a large build-up of fluid in her baby’s body. The fluid posed a serious risk to the baby’s heart and lungs and, left untreated, could have led to heart failure. Doctors at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH) confir…

Consultant helps save ‘miracle baby’ by going above and beyond

The family of a baby who needed pioneering surgery whilst still in the womb to help save her life have thanked Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) Obstetric and Fetal Medicine Consultant, Magdalena Fiolna, and the fetal medicine and neonatal teams, who went above and beyond to help them. First-time mum, Eleanor Brannigan, first met Dr Fiolna […]

Harbury youngster and her brother are raising money for hospital which saved her life as a baby

A Harbury youngster and her older brother are raising money for the hospital which saved her life when she was a newborn baby.