'She's my tiny, little miracle'

TINY May Nicholas is just a month old now but in fact should not have been born for another eight weeks.

The youngster – who weighed just 1lb 11oz when she was born on February 7 – is now being cared for in one of the four new cots in the neonatal intensive care (NICU) extension.

But mum Amy and dad John know how fortunate they are to have their little girl after the first signs of her arrival came just 23 weeks into pregnancy.

The 31-year-old spent two and a half weeks on bed rest at St Michael's before May arrived at 25.5 weeks less than ten minutes after her father arrived at the hospital.

"She cried straight away when she came out," Amy, who works in A&E at Weston General, said.

A team from the NICU was on hand to take May upstairs to the intensive care unit and she has been there ever since getting the support she needs to grow.

"She has tube feeding and breathing support because she's so tiny but apart from that there have been no other complications, she just needs to mature her lungs," Amy said.

"She's my tiny, little miracle and we are lucky she's here.

"We really thought we had lost her when she tried to arrive before 24 weeks."

When May first went in to the NICU she was in the larger main room but has since been moved to the new space funded by Cots for Tots and her mum can sit comfortably in the new seats to cuddle her.

"This room is lovely," she said.

"There is everything that you need in one place and space to move equipment around.

"And the chairs are lovely."

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