'When he was born, he put out his arms and legs and pushed himself over,' said Miss Capewell.
'A midwife said he was breathing and had a strong heartbeat and described him as a "little fighter".
'I kept asking for the doctors but the midwife said, "They won't come and help, sweetie. Make the best of the time you have with him."'
Miss Capewell said she had to argue her right to receive birth and death certificates which meant she could have a proper funeral.

The medical guidance for NHS hospitals, limiting care of the most premature babies, was drawn up by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics in 2006.

The guidelines are clear: no baby below 22 weeks gestation should be resuscitated.

just as a side note, this living child will not be recorded as a live birth in the statistics of Great Britain either. Whenever you hear this "we have third world infant mortality rates" in the health care debate, its because any living baby is counted in the United States. In almost every other country any baby under 24 weeks is just considered a miscarriage.

God, what's this?

very sad.

In the US, at 21 weeks medical staff is required to provide medical help. However, earlier than that intervention is up to the parents, not prohibited. How sad for this mother.

Is this cut off a cost saving measure? It is expensive to have a baby in the NICU, no doubt.