Baby Azalea Was Born With Her Organs On The Outside But Her Mother Refused To Let Her Go

When Clare and Dane Rowe of Newcastle, Australia had their 12-week ultrasound, it was clear that something was really wrong with their new child. Devastation struck when doctors informed the couple during a 12-week ultrasound that their child had serious complications. Doctors had their doubts that the child would survive birth, but baby Azalea proved everyone wrong.

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Clare, 26, and Dane Rowe, 27, had been trying to get pregnant for over a year when they found out they were having their first baby. “They told me she wasn’t compatible for life, I can only describe it as heartbreak,” said Clare in an interview with Daily Mail Australia.

Clare added that,  “I’m not one to play God but knowing she would have birth defects didn’t make me love her any less.”

But Claire says “I knew I wanted to fight for her.” And on July 28, 2016, baby Azalea beat the odds and was successfully delivered. 

Here she is being greeting by her loving parents. 

Azalea was born with a rare condition where many vital organs were on the outside of her body. 

Parts of her stomach, bowel, gall bladder, and her liver were contained in the umbilical cord outside of her body. This resulted from her abdominal muscles not forming properly in utero, a birth defect known as omphalocele.

But there was another aspect of Azalea’s condition that would weigh on Clare immensely.