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A premature baby has been brought “back to life” after his Australian mother, Kate Ogg, spent two hours touching, cuddling and holding the baby. The baby, Jamie, was born at 27 weeks and weighed 2 lb. Doctors fought to save his life but he was pronounced dead and given to his parents so they could say goodbye at a Sydney hospital. But his mother did not give up. She held baby Jamie against her and talked to him for a couple of hours. In what is being described as a “miracle,” the baby began to show some signs of life. Once the baby had been given some breast milk, fed to him by his mother's finger, Jamie began to breathe. His mother used a technique known as kangaroo care. Kangaroo care works through the principal of skin-to skin touch and the new mum has since appeared on television to state how important this could be for an ill baby. According to the Daily Mail, the new mum told an Australian TV show: “I took my gown off and arranged him on my chest with his head over my arm and just held him. He wasn't moving at all and we just started talking to him. We told him what his name was and that he had a sister. We told him the things we wanted to do with him throughout his life. I thought, “Oh my God, what's going on?” A short time later he opened his eyes. It was a miracle.” She added she told her mother that he was still alive. Then he held out his hand and grabbed her finger. “He opened his eyes and moved his head from side to side.” Kate Ogg is also a mother to Jamie's twin sister, Emily. added by: onemalefla