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Newborn tossed out of window doing fine, doctors say

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Posted: 07/28/2010
Reisterstown, MD - It defies the odds.
A baby born in an upstairs bathroom in relatively unsanitary conditions... by a mother alone.
The cord wasn't cut right.
The child was placed in a cold plastic bag and tossed 12 feet out of a window and into some bushes.
A recipe for a tragedy.... but there are miracles still left in the world.
"There was not a scratch not a bruise no lacerations no nothing no fractures on this baby I was just overwhelmed with relief a big sense of exhilaration that the baby was fine a beautiful little girl this innocent baby was fine.” Says Doctor Olachi Mezu who was the pediatrician who first examined the baby when she and her mother were brought in.
Considering the circumstances surrounding her birth, the eight pound seven ounce baby girl is amazing doctors at Greater Baltimore Medical center.
They can only tell us that the girl and her mother are recovering and the baby remains in protective custody.
She did say the mother was very concerned about her child and her welfare.
Everyone feared the worse but found something extraordinary.
"To look at this baby and realize that nothing happened her she was intact it defies all medical logic I'd say god was merciful and not just this baby and this mother god was there to save this baby....sighs...and we're just so thankful" Doctor Mezu says.
Doctor Mezu says this case should be a reminder to people that there is another way.
Maryland's safe haven law allows for families bring the baby to a hospital, a fire station, a police station so that the child can be given to proper authorities.
Meantime, the baby girl is doing so well she may be released today to protective services.
As for the mother no word yet if any charges will be filed.

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Newborn Thrown Out Window Unharmed

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REISTERSTOWN, Md. -- Doctors said a newborn girl who was tossed out of a window is miraculously fine, and they're reminding new mothers of the state's new Safe Haven law.
Police said a 21-year-old Reisterstown woman gave birth to the girl last Thursday, put her in a plastic bag and tossed her out of a second-story window. Police said the baby fell 12 feet into some bushes.
The doctor who first cared for the newborn said she was in amazing condition, with no broken bones or spinal cord or neck injuries. She said it was miraculous.

REISTERSTOWN, Md. -- Doctors said a newborn girl who was tossed out of a window is miraculously fine, and they're reminding new mothers of the state's new Safe Haven law.Police said a 21-year-old Reisterstown woman gave birth to the girl last Thursday, put her in a plastic bag and tossed her out of a second-story window. Police said the baby fell 12 feet into some bushes.The doctor who first cared for the newborn said she was in amazing condition, with no broken bones or spinal cord or neck injuries. She said it was miraculous.

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'Baby Miracle' Thrown From Window, Survives

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Police say the mother of a newborn delivered the baby then put the infant in a trash bag and threw her out of a second-story window.
Mike Schuh has learned the mother did not know she was pregnant.
There aren't many worse ways to begin your life. On Thursday, a 21-year-old woman gave birth in a Reisterstown bathroom upstairs in her mother's house.
"And had placed the baby in a plastic bag and thrown it out the window," said Lt. Robert McCullough, Baltimore County Police.
After a 10-15 foot fall, the trash bag with the newborn girl landed in some bushes. Police say the bathroom was covered in blood.
Mother and daughter were brought to GBMC. A pediatrician heard what happened and expected the worst.
"Not a scratch, not a bruise, no laceration, nothing, no fracture on this baby. And I was just overwhelmed with relief, a big sense of exhilaration and joy that the baby was fine. This beautiful little girl, this innocent baby was fine," said Dr. Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi, GBMC pediatrician.
In fact, those working at the hospital nicknamed the child "Baby Miracle."
"It's a miracle. I don't have a medical explanation. This defies all medical explanation," said Mezu-Ndubuisi.
The baby's umbilical chord wasn't clamped and cut as is the norm, but ripped apart. Doctors say both the baby and the mother could have bled to death.
When asked, the doctor couldn't get into details about the mother other than to say she wasn't hurt physically but was suffering emotionally, and she did not know she was pregnant.
What happened has warmed the hearts of hospital staff. They call the infant a pure spirit, and they look elsewhere for explanations.
"To look at this baby and to realize nothing happened to her, she was attacked, no bone broken, it defies all medical logic. I say God was merciful not just this baby, but the mother. God was there to save this baby," said Mezu-Ndubuisi.
In fact, Baby Miracle is doing so well, she was discharged Wednesday afternoon to the Department of Social Services who will find a foster family until this whole matter winds its way through the courts.
Police have turned the investigation over to county prosecutors. Sources say the mother is currently undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.
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Police say the mother of a newborn delivered the baby then put the infant in a trash bag and threw her out of a second-story window. Mike Schuh has learned the mother did not know she was pregnant.

There aren't many worse ways to begin your life. On Thursday, a 21-year-old woman gave birth in a Reisterstown bathroom upstairs in her mother's house.
"And had placed the baby in a plastic bag and thrown it out the window," said Lt. Robert McCullough, Baltimore County Police.

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Doctor: Mom who threw baby out window was in 'emotional pain'

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By Nick Madigan, The Baltimore Sun
11:17 PM EDT, July 28, 2010
By Nick Madigan, The Baltimore Sun
11:17 PM EDT, July 28, 2010

The young Reisterstown woman who police say tossed her newborn baby from a second-floor window a week ago was in "emotional pain" and showed "deep concern" about the baby's condition later at a hospital, a doctor who examined the child said Wednesday.

The baby girl, who weighed about 8.5 pounds at birth and appeared to be full-term, was determined to have been unhurt when, wrapped in a plastic bag, she was dropped about 10 feet and landed in a bush outside her mother's home. The child was discharged from the hospital Wednesday into the care of the Department of Social Services. A half-dozen callers have already contacted the hospital offering to adopt her.

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