Screams rang out across the ultrasound room as Melissa Hayat tried to process what she had just heard. “We’re so sorry,” the sonographer told her just moments earlier. “He will more than likely pass away over the next few days.” Melissa’s pregnancy was going well up until her 12-week scan.
Despite suffering from extreme morning sickness, her son appeared to be healthy. But that all changed on December 23. A sonographer was moving the transducer over her belly when she noticed something alarming. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Melissa’s unborn baby boy, who she named Noah, had swelling on his neck.
His bowel was growing on the outside of his body and he also had an irregular heartbeat. Tragically, doctors knew he wasn’t going to make it.
Melissa, 29, was told to return for another scan a few days later. While at home, the mum-of-two felt “butterfly movements” inside her.
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