One of Britain’s tiniest babies who weighed just 1lb 4oz when he was born survived after he was placed in a PLASTIC BAG. Pace Galbraith was born at 25 weeks – a staggering 101 days early – and was so tiny he was too frail to even hold or cuddle. Doctors kept Pace warm by placing him in a plastic drawstring neonatal bag moments after he was delivered on March 11. The tiny tot has spent the first weeks of his life in intensive care at Bristol Children’s Hospital while his lungs are developing. His parents Bella and Paul, from Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs., now face a 150-mile round-trip to visit their son. Bella, 33, who has three other children, said: “We're getting there, slowly. “It just hasn’t really been my time. “He was actually trying to be born at 24 weeks but we had some drugs to try and delay it. When he was at 25 weeks, he decided he had enough. “There was a chance of a premature birth as my previous 12-year-old was born ten weeks early. It's a completely different experience. “When I went in, I was already 2cm dilated, so he was just desperate to come out. “I had some anti-clotting medication because I had been in bed for a week beforehand. “Because I had that I could not have had an epidural as I could have bled into my spine. “When he was born the doctors worked on him to get him breathing for five minutes. "They then they popped him in a neonatal bag, which is basically a drawstring bag type thing that is used to keep him warm because Pace couldn't regulate his temperature. “If he was born at home, even putting him in a plastic bag would have helped.” Bella, a receptionist, was rushed to Worcestershire Royal Hospital after her waters broke on March 7. She was transferred 72 miles away to Bristol where doctors tried to delay labour but were forced to perform an emergency caesarean four days later. Despite his tiny size, Bella and Paul visit Pace every day and are now able to hold him.
