Giving Hope to Parents of Premature Baby | Chicago Med | MD TV

[@acat1130]

"We got to hold our child, and I hope he was able to feel our love". That's a thank you to a doctor who deserves it. She did literallly everything she could. Even if he died, she tried.

[@ramonduran280]

thats right @acat1130 your so right im gonna sub to you

[@maddi_rose1108]

In another episode the same mother kidnapped someone else’s baby.

[@kevindolan9]

I gotta give props for who created the premature baby. It’s so hauntingly sad it’s crushing to see.

[@isabelvilleneuve7239]

Thinking the same!

[@fpfp8941]

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[@BeverlySumner-u1p]

YES I AGREE

[@NicaBall]

That freaking is fake but it dosent look cgi, why is so realistic!?

[@celticwarrior184]

I had a classmate whose mom, CM, was a NICU nurse. She dealt with several cases like this sadly. One case she always remembered. A couple had their baby too early as well. It was so sad because they'd been trying for years before they managed to get pregnant and then out of nowhere for no reason she went into early labor. Their daughter lived for eight hours before passing. In that time the parents were able to talk to her, hold her, and tell her how much they loved her. Their priest also managed to get there in time to baptize her. And then she passed. A few days later CM and the doctor who'd been with them every step of the way each got a letter thanking them for giving them those 8 hours. CM did see them a couple years later, but thankfully this was a happier occasion because they were able to get pregnant again and delivered a healthy baby boy.

[@OddOtter7]

My parents work in the Nico it's sad when a baby passes

[@AvaJessamine]

it’s the most painful and sad feeling having a nicu baby born so prematurely pass away it’s so hard with the grief ☹️ and i can’t imagine any parents going through this i pray for them! it worries me because i’m 24 weeks pregnant survival rate is high but still worrying about that all!! 😢 ❤ please pray for my baby and pregnancy if you guys can! it’s my first baby and i’m having a boy ❤

[@princesskitkat7061]

My baby was born 37 weeks but she couldn't eat and was throwing up and ended up going to the NICU it was so sad seeing her have to be tube fed and her needing to be warmed up because she was getting cold 😢😢 I'm so glad she survived 😢​@@AvaJessamine

[@thisgirl5933]

I love that the baby got baptized. Straight to heaven.

[@sarahmoeller7578]

​@@AvaJessamine hoping things are going well for you still!

[@jediclonekag13]

Whoever created the premature baby should be given a lot of praise.

[@theunhingedjournee]

Chicago Med makes everything on set look so realistic! Especially the fetus in the amniotic sac

[@littleang7089]

That would be God

[@Ahh828]

@@littleang7089props to god for being the prop creator and not even getting credit for it

[@clanelmavisortega9976]

@@littleang7089 especially jesus

[@MichaelBJordan-]

@@littleang7089How did god impregnate the mom

[@matthewcrome5835]

I was an extreme preemie, born weighing 2 pounds at 26 weeks. I had some close calls, including a brain bleed and being resuscitated. I have a really good life now, though I have some very mild issues due to my premature birth. I have mild cerebral palsy, jaw issues which caused me to have braces for most of my childhood, high-functioning autism/Asperger's, and a seizure disorder. I am very lucky to be here in the state that I am. Overall I am functioning very well - I am currently studying to become a psychologist who researches/works with people with autism/intellectual disabilities/other developmental disabilities. I just want all parents to know that there is hope out there. Though in this story the baby died, it is possible for preemie babies to survive and live good lives.

[@MeredithMcEwan]

You are a miracle. Me and my brother are also autistic. When my brother was born, it was through a c-section because the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, but when I was born, I didn't have any problems, but I was born via c-section too

[@HolyMarkMcGrath]

Same. 2 pounds at 28 weeks

[@Tylee30]

You’re a miracle. How many weeks were you. My baby was 3lb at 29 weeks. He’s only 18 mos now but he’s doing so well. He’s friendly, funny, and full of life

[@MeredithMcEwan]

Me and my brother were both born full term

[@thebumblebeemovie3514]

EXACTLY! Just because the likelihood of survival is very small doesn’t mean that a premie’s life isn’t worth fighting for!

[@nataliecourliss8001]

My twin sister and I were born at 26 weeks, 1 day due to Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome. She was 1lb, 13.5oz, and I was 1lb, 5oz. We spent almost 4 and a half months in the NICU, and had a LOT of trouble eating at first. We were not expected to survive, but yet here we are at 16 years old, in the middle of our high school junior year.

[@tot8037]

shows how much of an impact you can have on people when you empathize with them. lots of doctors do not have this which makes you feel even more alone when you get cold shoulders from them.

[@LyingTube]

Honestly real enlightened of the parents to look for the positive and not blame the doctors, I'm sure they were going through a lot emotionally at that moment but to take comfort in him having had enough time to know they loved him and not shout at Manning for failing to do the impossible is really something.

[@CAVITYMUNCHER]

Right my mom knew some lady she had a premature baby she literally tried to sue the hospital even tho there was nothing they could do

[@AllenFern24]

If I remember correctly, isn’t this mother the same person who abducts a newborn & hides out in the old maternity ward?

[@samg873]

Looks like her.

[@DosagePosage]

Omg you're right

[@Tatianna1143]

Wait yeah you're right, this was her traumatic birth incident

[@Chronically_JBoo]

Yep definitely her

[@Queen_Springsteen]

Yes

[@thomasplouffe1363]

he was born at 22 weeks, he weighted less then a pound and was smaller then a beanie baby bear, he was told if he was born he would be dead, he came into the world kicking and screaming, as of now 12/19/2023 he is a happy healthy 6 year old boy who is the apple of his fathers eye and the brightness in his mothers day, my godson David

[@tracy3418]

This is my point, apparently this baby was 22 weeks in this story. It's not impossible for this baby to have survived as well.

[@thomasplouffe1363]

@@tracy3418 its not impossible but its very rare for babies born so early to live, and David is even rarer have no developmental issues at all

[@tracy3418]

@@thomasplouffe1363 even at 24 weeks it's not guaranteed. Only 40% survival and significant risk of issues.

[@NdagireLiliana]

22weeks😮😮😮😮😮😮 ooh ma goodness very little

[@jiji17_]

As a premature baby, I can't imagine what my parents have been through

[@aubreyking4697]

My grandma had a premature birth to her third daughter. She told me the story once and how the baby was the size of a Barbie doll. This happened in the late 1950s and she only lived for two days.

[@Nyquil5]

My "older" brother was born prematurely and survived for 1 hour after birth. This was in 1962, it is very likely he would have survived if he were born today.

[@laurakantner4904]

Being a parent to a son myself..this was a hard watch. Could not stop crying 😢.

[@gabyfraga9294]

ya know, I was born 5 and a half months into gestation, and I'm fine. 27 years old now. Full quality of life. 0 issues. So... I'm gonna go with Manning here. it IS possible. hard, but possible.

[@georgimoreland1986]

if I remember correctly, this woman looses her son and in turn, kidnaps a baby in a later episode and hides in the maternity ward

[@mr.random2877]

Your actually correct is the sad part. The kid she stole was extremely sick as well which I think is why she stole him. Because it reminded her of her son.

[@georgimoreland1986]

@@mr.random2877 so sad, I didn't expect everything with manning this episode and how close her and the patient were. makes me wonder if manning were there when she stole the baby in the later episode, if it would have gone differently?

[@ettajable]

If I was the best doctor in the world I would do my best to save him and I'm crying

[@justuhking3605]

I was a premature baby spent 1 year and 2 months in the hospital this is true and hits home

[@kadajsnightqueen]

My mom was her hospital’s neo-natal grief counselor. In addition to her normal duties as an L&D nurse, she worked directly with women and families who lost their babies, knew in advance that their babies would not survive long past birth, and, in a couple of cases, births where the mother didn’t make it, either with or without the baby/ies. She created that position herself specifically because she saw cases like this, and how devastating they were to the parents and families. She once told me her heart hurt for every one of the patients she helped in this capacity, but no matter what stage of grief they were in, they always appreciated the support she gave them. There were times I could tell the weight of the grief got to her, but I think she found giving her patients that little bit of extra time with their poor babies and helping them process their loss just as rewarding as delivering healthy newborns into their mothers’ open arms. It’s the worst kind of tragedy, but having that support and care made a world of difference.

[@aquakitty6603]

This actually happens in real life but it rare in few people to do so and some premature baby actually survive. This actually a true story though since cases like this happen before.

[@tracy3418]

Yes! Others in the comment section have told their stories of babies also born at 22 weeks and survived

[@amyhammack4]

I had a baby boy in 2022 who looked exactly like this because he was born at 24 weeks (although not in the sack). He spent 6 months in the NICU and then came home. He’s tiny and he’s delayed but he has a pretty good life. Just wanted to offer some real hope to someone actually going through it.

[@cherryblossoms7143]

I have a newborn who came 3 weeks earlier through c/s. Although mine is healthy and well, Gosh I understand her. And my heart goes out to parents who’ve lost their babies. When I was in the hospital, I saw a mummy lose her baby and it was heart wrenching. Sending some love to all the mummies who’ve gone through premature deliveries ❤

[@amyk6659]

I personally know a young woman who graduated from high school this year who weighed 1 lb. 10 oz. at birth. She will start college in a few weeks.

[@latrinaking815]

I am preemie mother my daughter was only weighed 1lbs and 10oz that same word I said to the doctor just save my child miracle always happen my prayers goes out to the parents i have healthy baby girl who in the 4th grade and she very smart

[@josephinehood5653]

I'm sorry for your loss God 🙏😞 please help them though these hard times

[@foxloaf8843]

Kinda weird to see Will being the one to not want to resuscitate a patient after the episode with Mrs. Baker

[@hexes5122]

Because just like Choi, he almost always demands they do the most for a patient until it's someone else who wants to do it. Then they both turn into hypocrites who act like they have never done the same thing they're calling the person out for.

[@Mcherri]

@@hexes5122yes but didn’t will learn from this as well so he knows the consequences of what can happen if someone else does it.

[@hexes5122]

@@Mcherri i felt like Will never learned from his mistakes. even though it wasn't what the wife wanted, her husband ended up dropping the charges she filed AND thanking him "giving them more time" which is easy for him to say because he wasnt the one suffering. Will didn't really learn anything from that because he goes on to ignore other patient dnrs/advanced directives multiple times after.

[@luckyduck2928]

That's so messed up, and this happens in real life, premature babies.

[@AvaJessamine]

it’s the most painful and sad feeling having a nicu baby born so prematurely pass away it’s so hard with the grief even at any stage of nicu ☹️ and i can’t imagine any parents going through this i pray for them! it worries me because i’m 24 weeks pregnant survival rate is high but still worrying about that all!! 😢 ❤ please if anyone could and if you do pray by all means i ask you pray for my baby and rest of my pregnancy to stay healthy and have a beautiful safe healthy delivery if you guys can! it’s my first baby and i’m having a boy ❤ i just ask this because anything can happen at anytime for anyone expecting a baby! thank you this really got me emotional and hormonal watching this whole video especially the end i actually cried ☹️

[@tessiecurmi756]

I will definitely be praying for you - and your little one too.

[@tracy3418]

I am too. With every additional day we stay pregnant, our changes get better.

[@kuraito1346]

The poor child wasn’t strong enough to survive.😢

[@malikguzman9132]

The strong survive while the weak perish.

[@kuraito1346]

@@malikguzman9132 That is true.😔

[@KristenK78]

⁠@@malikguzman9132no. It’s not like the baby did anything wrong.

[@malikguzman9132]

@KristenK78 it didn't have to do anything.

[@cjacieracing]

I believe if they did not keep on opening up the incubator so much that may had kept in a lot of the oxygen with fluid connected to nutrients and hydrates the baby could had developed and survived!

[@francescavan596]

I hope the baby is going to be okay…🥺😭❤️

[@notemma1489]

it passed away?????? wdym? do u mean you HOPED the baby would be okay??

[@WELLTHATWASUNCALLEDFORDOITAGAI]

I never got to hold my boy. He was born already gone at 6 months, and I was in an induced coma. I'd give anything to have held him in my hands.

[@laurapar]

Giving birth to a child is way more painful than you think it is

[@Eric_s_Channel]

that was hard to watch.... I'm in tears!!!

[@ChadrackMbiakion]

Hello ☺️

[@muhammeda.m4773]

Who all cried while seeing the last part😢

[@VasilikiLove]

When I had given birth to my daughter, our first child, we were going to the hospital to have jaundice examined, a greenhouse with a premature baby had passed by us and I was crying. I sit down and say how the parents will feel about this baby. 😢

[@DravenGal]

Ah, that's sad. Hope your girl is doing well now. I think I'd cry too, for those parents. What's a "greenhouse" in this context? I'm not familiar with the term other than a place to put plants. But I was premature myself, 3.5lbs, and I'm pretty sure if I'd been born just a few years earlier, I would have died. I was also a surprise, came along 13 years after my brother, 14 after my sister. (I wish I could have seen my parents' faces when they got the news!)

[@arianebolt1575]

@@DravenGal Incubator is the typical term

[@DravenGal]

@@arianebolt1575 Ah, I can see the comparison! Thanks.💙

[@francescavan596]

R.i.p baby 😔❤️😭😭👏🏻👏🏻still congrats for the mother 👩🙁

[@DeidresStuff]

If you can keep the baby alive long enough to say goodbye, then fine, but giving false hope that it's anything more than that does more harm than good.

[@ksaOfficial017]

I actually was born while I’m in 7 months and my mom was in coma for 2 months and now I’m 19 years old

[@GoldenBladedPhoenix]

Manning needs to go to therapy and she needs therapy but I still love her character

[@samg873]

Wasn't her pregnancy somewhat traumatic? But not in same way

[@GoldenBladedPhoenix]

@@samg873 it was. She had trouble because her son wasn’t able to breathe so they had the suction pretty sure that was in season one. It was in season one so it was made in 2015.

[@hexes5122]

She definitely needed therapy after having to deal with Will's hypocrisy and insanity for as long as she did.

[@samg873]

@@GoldenBladedPhoenix I'll have to look. Now that explains why manning gets emotional when kids are involved

[@samg873]

@@hexes5122 I never liked will. He seems cold at times

[@hannaengle]

didn't she also kidnap a sick baby in the maternity wing in another episode because she was so consumed with the grief of her baby?

[@raegenarmer2351]

Yes this is that same girl! This is why she lost it and kidnapped that other baby she couldn’t handle losing her son

[@TeeganPlayz_8903]

But it obvious that the baby can't survived. It wasn't. Fully developed. It might have survived if they just kept it in the sack . Baby has this thing that they can survive without oxygen for the pregnancy ones the air hit the face they can survive but cannot survive without the oxygen. But yet again they cut open the sack so :/ But they have to do it anyway so I can't argue with them

[@prudencestone6018]

My daughter is 16years old a real miracle 🙌❤️God knows us before we were formed in the womb 😊 according to the book of Jeremiah 1v5

[@LittleHeaf-g3l]

I think water from the ceiling just fell in my eye

[@arslansattar351]

Congratulations 🎆

[@AmandaJohnston-ry2gm]

My brother has been through this before. I'm sorry to hear that.

[@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002]

Man, this is haunting yet sad, I feel bad for that little fella that didn't make it in a premature age :(

[@ChadrackMbiakion]

Courage my sister 🥺😢

[@LondonCollins-xp3cq]

To know that I was a little bit digger than that baby and I lived and he didn't really makes me cry and feel bad

[@luckyandy5794]

Goshhhhhh. This was hard to watch, can’t imaging the pain of the mother

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

as i thought the baby was too premature to survive

[@rickraber1249]

The doctor's compassion for the parents game them a little time with their son, time they would not have had if she'd listened to the red-haired guy. The baby was able to respond to them, and they got to hold him and talk to him. This means the world to parents. I heard of a couple who had a baby with anencephaly - most of the brain didn't develop and there was no chance of living past birth. They were advised to abort, but refused. When the baby was bord, they had a few precious hours with their little one, and that meant to so much to them. I rather think the baby felt the parents' love as well. Closure is not pain free, but it can mean so much to have that small amount of life and love.

[@LuiTheBazui]

My twin and I are 3 months premature. Both of us had a single hole in our valves and we got meds to get rid of it. Had surgery when my meds failed to close it then we stayed in the NICU for 2 months. Like seeing this premature baby’s sad

[@justcallmejessz3712]

WHY was the woman sitting in the ER in very early pre-term labor? She was given all the meds and interventions to halt labor.... and still had not been transfered up to OB??

[@NN-id8bk]

How is that baby able to breath in that detached embryonic sac?

[@arianebolt1575]

He still got circulation from the placenta

[@Trevordione]

i hope the baby is alive soon and bigger

[@thebumblebeemovie3514]

I’m starting to hate the male doctor in this episode who kept pushing for the parents and the female doctor to give up. Like dude! That baby deserves the chance to live a good life, and if there’s a chance that the baby can live you shouldn’t give up until you’ve actually done everything you can. Don’t tell the parents “you’ve already made a decision” while they’re begging for their child to be saved! SMH 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@whitneyholleman7284]

This was so heartbreaking these poor parents

[@mariabrylka3883]

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[@susancalabrese7917]

a real life human egg

[@rachelmcclain5367]

This episode almost brought me to tears

[@lainenakachi8608]

This baby was telling his parents , nice meeting and knowing even for a short time . That ‘ s why if you ‘ re pregnant , be good to your baby . Keep yourself healthy , love yourself , your baby by keeping yourself healthy . So that when it ‘ s time to come out , the baby will be healthy and strong . Rather than this baby , who just seen his parents , made contact then died . It ‘ s sad but true reality . RIP Baby

[@FullTimePatient37]

I was born 24 weeks and weighed 850 grams because I was part of a triplet...3.5 months in NICU I'm still living in hospitals my twins are ok but I'm not .😢

[@Ernest-py4fy]

So cute ❤I am so sorry 😢

[@angiereza4914]

Poor baby so sad 😢😢😭🥺😢😭😢😭😢

[@laurameyer2861]

This reminds me of my brother, but he lived.

[@tonyajones1463]

I cant atand it when doctors dpubt premature children like saying they can or will be deprived of anything. Thara bullsbit. I was born early too i was a premature child i weighed 1 lbs 1/2 oz and 11 inch. I almost didint make it yet here i am at 29 and breathing and thriving just fine.

[@1tommyday]

Its imposibly hard, but sometimes they need to just let babies this tiny go

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

That's not possible for a baby that premature to survive even with modern science

[@tracy3418]

Babies can survive at 22 weeks sometimes.

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

Key word sometimes

[@tracy3418]

@@sethcourtemanche5738 yeah, but the video made it sound like it could never happen. They weren't even going to pull the baby out of the sack.

[@biwwongklong7206]

POV you are gonna ask * I wanna see him older *

[@francescavan596]

Omg congrats!🤩❤️❤️❤️but now…is sad 😔🥺😢❤

[@LilahMcCotter]

This video made me cry 😭 😢

[@josephinehood5653]

I give you a lot of hope prayers ❤😂

[@elleighscully4225]

.. I don't know what in the world I'm watching rn !

[@bunyaditaiba]

I hope nobody experiences that😢😢😢😢

[@wendymarie7151]

Natalie really shouldn't have reversed the dnr. Bad call.

[@loveGG3]

She was doing what the mother wanted. I'm not sure but I think legally she's obligated to. Just because they already had a DNR, they're allowed to change their minds.

[@samg873]

​@@loveGG3plus the mother seeing it probably made Natalie ask that

[@kitb7624]

Agree. Nat knew the odds were low, she just gave the parents false hope. It was cruel

[@loveGG3]

@@kitb7624 Did you watch the whole clip? It wasn't cruel. They knew the odds weren't likely and in the end thanked her for giving them the chance to hold their baby.

[@samg873]

@@loveGG3 that part shocked me. They just wanted to hold their baby

[@sararidgway3771]

My son was born at 30 weeks and was so small. Definitely a scary thing to go through. He was small for a long time and then bam he just turned 17 and is almost a foot taller than me.

[@khymanser391]

Thats a cute tiny baby

[@malikguzman9132]

Well, you win some and you lose some.

[@amareferg6076]

BRO THAT BABY IS SMALL ASF 💀🙏😭

[@cjacieracing]

I believe if they did not open up the incubator so much to keep in the oxygen, hook the baby up to gives it nutrition, hydration the premature baby could had a chance to developed and survived! 💜

[@troncron2458]

Oh my God that baby was so tiny smaller than a hand translucent skin how does this happen?

[@ryansmith4494]

It’s premature...it’s not fully developed.

[@ShaneChan-oz4ec]

good night my friend my God bless you and your family and touch your life today

[@SunflowerA12]

People can changed there minds

[@doomsdayaddams2894]

That doctor should lose her license.

[@tracy3418]

Why is that?

[@Amberplaysroblox123]

I just finished watching her abduct a sick baby like 2 min ago

[@meredithwilliams9783]

Yeah the trauma from this messed her up

[@HappyLilac16]

Ain't no way they'd be letting the parents touch that baby without making them put on full PPE first. They aren't even wearing gloves 💀💀💀

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

They knew the baby wasn't going to make it anyway so what's the point? They wanted to give the parents a chance to say goodbye.

[@yamilethcaballero1034]

the baby diservie so many years😢

[@chloecook2007]

That is so sad

[@DaughterofBabaYaga]

Cut to several episodes later- where because we didnt listen to Will to help her start processing grief with a trained Dr.Charles present and instead encouraged her to bond with the baby that was told has 0 chance of survival with quality in the slightest- this grieving Mom kidnaps another couple's sick baby 😫

[@michelleapplegate8505]

I worked in a hospital and you have to gown up ,especially if you are in the nick unit

[@juliettgray62]

Butthead:that was cool

[@stephenking5852]

Not funny, but in character.

[@jerald40]

The other patient upstairs: GRWM To get a BBL!!

[@FreeSpeechMatters]

Natalie should NEVER have offered to resuscitate the baby. She is just prolonging his agony.

[@ShayZAZazmat9350]

Sad is not acceptable

[@lkqgirl3121]

What I'd like to know is how did the TV show do it? That creepy lifelike fetal sac...where did they get it?

[@melissaharris3389]

Prop department makes these kinds of things. They'd likely have to do some research in medical journals.

[@achaudhari101]

I know I’ll be in a fetal position after seeing that.

[@GorretMaria-j3k]

God bless the Doctors and me my baby was 6mouth with o.9kg but now is 5yars l thank God 9:50

[@Steve-vf7se]

She wanted her born child to live, hope so. All women in TV shows become pregnant, in live. Their's a show called [HOUSE], those guys are good. I enjoy this stuff

[@Miral-q8m]

THE BABY 💀💀💀

[@lynnestephen9563]

I was born a different way in it doesn't make me sad but I'm getting surgery on It so that makes me happy

[@rachaeleigh]

My cousin was born transparent and weighed one pound... she's 38 now

[@andreaalexandralacerda8374]

PLEASE , PLEASD CAN YOU PUT SERIES IN PORTUGUESE TOO?❤❤❤ THANK YOU😊

[@saraflint2982]

They made her push out an extremely premature baby?

[@annie-up8xt]

she was going into early labor. can’t just hold it in

[@saraflint2982]

@@annie-up8xt But why not a C-section? Was she not going to make it long enough? Sorry, didn't see the whole episode. I don't watch this show on TV.

[@annie-up8xt]

@@saraflint2982 she was already dilated, no time to get set up