{"id":3308,"date":"2015-12-11T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=3308"},"modified":"2015-12-11T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T10:44:10","slug":"mom-newborn-die-come-back-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/mom-newborn-die-come-back-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"After Labor Doctors Declare Both Her And Her Baby Dead&#8230; Then TWO Miracles Happened!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Tracey and\u00a0Mike Hermanstorfer<\/strong> <\/em>were having a <a href=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/parents\/santa-signs-for-deaf-girl\/3233\"><strong><em>Christmas<\/em> <\/strong><\/a>baby. The little &#8216;un was due on Christmas Eve. &#8216;A Christmas miracle&#8217; they called her. And they were to be proved entirely right on that. But not for the reason they first thought&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Tracey went into labor and all seemed to be going well. Until, suddenly, an emergency C-Section was required. There were complications. Doctors took out the baby. But he wasn&#8217;t breathing&#8230;\u00a0<em>\u201cThe baby\u00a0had no pulse, no heartbeat, was not breathing and was turning gray,\u201d<\/em> said Dr. Stephanie Martin<em>.\u00a0\u201cHe was dead.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But it got worse. For reasons that are still not entirely clear, Tracey then lost consciousness and stopped breathing herself. Efforts to resuscitate proved useless.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3311\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Miracle-baby-3.jpg\" alt=\"Miracle baby \" width=\"1383\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But then something incredible happened. With no medical aid, Tracey just started breathing again! And just as she did &#8211; so did the baby. Doctors were at a loss to explain it.<\/p>\n<p>Dad Mike, understandably, couldn&#8217;t believe what happened. He said this of it:\u00a0<em>\u201cHalf of my family was lying there right in front of me\u00a0\u2014 there\u2019s no other way to say it \u2014\u00a0dead.\u00a0I lost all feeling. Once her heartbeat stopped, I felt like mine did, too. But then? Happened afterwards? There\u2019s only one explanation for having either one of them, let alone both of them here. It\u2019s just an absolute miracle!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3310\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Miracle-baby-2.jpg\" alt=\"Miracle baby (2)\" width=\"1062\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an incredible story. Here&#8217;s a short news piece about the Christmas miracle this family experienced up close and personal:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Christmas Miracle: Mom and Baby Die, Then Revive\" width=\"801\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zhXyRheuRWk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tracey and\u00a0Mike Hermanstorfer were having a Christmas baby. The little &#8216;un was due on Christmas Eve. &#8216;A Christmas miracle&#8217; they called her. And they were to be proved entirely right on that. But not for the reason they first thought&#8230; Tracey went into labor and all seemed to be going well. 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