Northern Irish woman gives birth to baby weighing less than a bag of sugar after spontaneous delivery

A baby weighing less than a bag of sugar was born in the wrong country after the mother started spontaneous delivery 15 weeks earlier.

Darren Adams, 24, is from Northern Ireland but lived in college in England and gave birth to a son, Micah, on February 11 at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.

She was studying motorsports engineering at the University of Wolverhampton and her pregnancy was only 25 weeks and 5 days when she gave birth and little Mika was born weighing just 854g.

For the first time, the mother experienced a painful premature birth with no family members and only neonatologists helped her.

Baby Micah was in the neonatal intensive care unit at New Cross Hospital until April 5 before being taken home in Northern Ireland.

Darren explained that she had a difficult journey after giving birth and that she needed a lot of intensive care to get to the state she is in today. He said, “This birth was a rather traumatic and stressful experience for me, especially since I was one.

“When I was born, it was just me, the ambulance crew and Micah who were taken to the neonatal ward. The department team was so great, I couldn’t blame them. It’s so hard for me to do that. Leave them, they have been so favorable to me and Micah.”

Darren added: “I am very happy to be back home because I am going to meet my dad and Sero Micah for the first time.”

Baby Micah won the hearts of the department staff, who saw her progress getting stronger.

Older sister, Charlene Birdmore, said, “Micah has had an awkward journey. She was supposed to be born in Northern Ireland, but she decided to surprise us with an early birth! We all miss her so much, but we are so glad her mum can bring her home.”