Tiny “Christmas Miracle” Baby Born at 23 Weeks Makes it Home

A tiny baby born at just 23 weeks and 5 days made it home just one week before Christmas after spending nine months in hospital.

Maddie Statler, mother to baby Evangeline, was experiencing what she considered to be an uneventful pregnancy when she woke up with back pain at 23 weeks gestation.

“I noticed that my stomach felt kind of tight and different and then I started having contractions later that day”, she said. “I was in denial though that I could be in labour because I was like, ‘I’m 23 weeks.