A baby girl was so small when she was born prematurely that doctors had to wrap her in bubble wrap because even doll's clothes wouldn't fit her, the child's mum says.
Lacey Murray was born 13 weeks early weighing just 1lb 1oz on July 14. Channae Kirkwood went into labour when she was just 28 weeks pregnant.
Channae had lost a child already when Caleb was stillborn when his mum was 16, but Lacey is now 15-weeks-old, weighs 5lbs 8oz and is thriving.
The 23-year-old, from Kilmarnock, Scotland, told The Daily Record that she "was scared to even touch her in case I hurt her."
Channae said: "She was so, so small. We couldn't even hold her for the first three days. I was scared to even touch her in case I hurt her. They had to use bubble wrap to help keep her warm.
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"She was so tiny, I couldn't find clothes that would fit her properly. All the premature baby clothes were too big. She had some dolls and I even tried taking off their clothes for her, but even they were too big."
Channae found out she was pregnant by accident after visiting Crosshouse Hospital with stomach pains.
She said: "I was in a lot of pain with my stomach so the the nurse gave me painkillers and said "Are you ok to take these since you're pregnant? I was stunned. I said, 'I'm what?"
Despite the initial shock Channae and partner Jamie Murray, 28, were thrilled and the couple enjoyed a stress free few months preparing for their baby girl.
However in June this year, when Channae was just 24-weeks pregnant, she suffered a serious bleed and was rushed to Crosshouse Hospital but was transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow and kept in on a drip for a week.
In the weeks that followed the young mum says she was "in and out of hospital" and eventually had to give up her work as a carer.
On July 9, Channae began vomiting and was unable to keep any food down so went back into hospital for assessment where medics discovered her waters had broken.
Lacey was born on July 14 and immediately taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where doctors told her worried parents that the tot would likely not survive.
However, proving her determination, just four weeks later Lacey was feeding, putting on weight, off her oxygen and breathing for herself.
Nine weeks after that, Channae and dad Jamie, 28, were overjoyed when they were finally allowed to bring Lacey home.
Mum Channae said: "She is amazing. We thought we were going to lose another baby but she fought so hard. She is doing well and growing all the time.
"She is still absolutely tiny but at least I can buy clothes from the 'tiny baby' range that almost fit her now."
