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Newborn baby found in wheelie bin | Newborn baby found in wheelie bin |
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A newborn baby girl was found in a wheelie bin in Wiltshire. | |
The mother, a 19-year-old whose family did not know she was pregnant, left her daughter in the bin thinking that the infant was dead. | |
The girl's parents noticed she was bleeding and took her to the Royal United Hospital in Bath where doctors explained that she had given birth. | The girl's parents noticed she was bleeding and took her to the Royal United Hospital in Bath where doctors explained that she had given birth. |
Police were called to search the family home near Trowbridge and found the infant in the bin outside. | Police were called to search the family home near Trowbridge and found the infant in the bin outside. |
At first it was thought the baby was dead, but then she moved and was taken to hospital. | |
The teenage mother is said to be traumatised and in shock. | |
We are working closely with our partners and the family to find the best outcome for the baby Wiltshire County Council spokesman | |
She has been given a blood transfusion and undergone surgery under general anaesthetic. | |
The teenager told the police and hospital psychiatrist that she had continued to have periods throughout the pregnancy and that she had always had problems with her fluctuating weight. | The teenager told the police and hospital psychiatrist that she had continued to have periods throughout the pregnancy and that she had always had problems with her fluctuating weight. |
She said after she had given birth, the baby was limp and did not make any noise. | |
The new mother panicked as she thought she had done something wrong and that the problem would go away if she wrapped her daughter up and put her in a wheelie bin. | |
Mother and daughter have now bonded, although neither is fit yet to leave hospital. | |
"We are working closely with our partners and the family to find the best outcome for the baby," said a Wiltshire County Council spokesman. |