Doctors who retrieved the baby said he “looked lifeless” and was not breathing. But resuscitation efforts were successful.
Baby Mohammed Ibrahim was born full-term and is now healthy after he was given oxygen and monitored carefully by hospital staff.
Dr. Ewa Grocholski, an A&E registrar at the London hospital, who helped save Ibrahim by giving him chest compressions after getting him out of the bowl, said it was the “most amazing experience” of her medical career.
She said: “Luckily we caught it in time. I’ve never seen (a baby be born) in such circumstances.
“I’ve seen young ladies like Lalene before coming to A&E not knowing they’re pregnant and delivering in the A&E department, but it was always in a more safe place.”
Around one in 2,500 pregnant women do not know they are pregnant until they give birth.
Ms. Malik said her son is a “miracle” baby but accused her family doctor, at Elm Trees surgery in Greenford, of failing to carry out tests properly which could have revealed she was pregnant.
“If I had known I was pregnant, I would have cherished those moments going shopping, getting stuff ready for the baby,” she said.
Her husband was abroad at the time and in “complete shock” when he learned of the birth, Ms. Malik added.
The student, who is taking a master’s in international relations at Roehampton University, said she had not been planning on having a child and had taken the pill from October to January after it was prescribed by a doctor.
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