Joy of mother-to-be told baby would be stillborn after boy starts breathing after he is delivered

A mother-to-be told by doctors that her baby had died in the womb was stunned when he started breathing the moment he was born, The Daily Mail reports.

Six months pregnant Alex Jones, 21, was heartbroken when doctors couldn’t find a heartbeat and she would have to go through the ordeal of delivering her stillborn baby.

Ms Jones was even told by medical team to make preparations for a funeral for the baby boy she named Cohan.

But midwives were amazed seconds after the delivery that the tiny boy was breathing and wriggling his toes.

Her three-month premature baby weighed just 1lb 11oz and was very weak but was alive.

Ten doctors immediately dashed in to help as the child was whisked away to be put in an incubator.

'Even the doctors and nurses were calling him a miracle baby.'

Yesterday she celebrated little Cohan's first birthday.

Cohan is still under weight but is gaining strength every day and he is expected to live a normal life.