Now, despite the huge trauma which saw doctors battle to save her life, both mum and her three months premature baby son are making a steady recovery.

Expectant Cheryl Crisp, 35, was just six months pregnant when she suffered a heart attack, caused by a blood clot, while on a shopping trip with her partner Terry Kemp.

Terrified Terry, 35, rushed her to a GP’s surgery where doctors were able to resuscitate her and she was then raced to hospital by paramedics.

Cheryl was immediately sent into theatre where doctors carried out emergency surgery to remove the clot.

The mum’s heart stopped several times on the table as surgeons battled to save her life and that of her unborn son. Because of the unborn baby, doctors could not give her the normal drugs to help her heart.

Doctors were able to remove the clot and Cheryl finally came round from the induced coma six days later.

Cheryl, from Beckenham, Kent had suffered memory loss and had no idea she was pregnant.

And two days later Cheryl began to complain of being in pain, and doctors and her worried family realised she had prematurely gone into labour.

But Cheryl gave birth to ittle Albie who weighed in at just 2lb 7oz.

Alfie still suffers from breathing problems because the lungs are the last organs to develop while in the womb but he is now being looked after in the special care baby unit.

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