Syria: Pregnant woman who survived the earthquake gave birth to a healthy baby boy

Fatma Ahmad’s family fled their home in Aleppo when the earthquake, centered in southeastern Turkey, shook northwestern Syria.

In advanced pregnancy, Fatma was admitted a few hours later to a hospital, where she gave birth to her third child, a healthy baby boy. She will never forget the drive to the hospital, as the images of death and destruction will remain indelibly etched in her memory.

“I hope God takes care of him, gives him a good life and doesn’t take him away from me,” she says of her newborn baby boy, Naim al-Din Mahmoud. “I was really scared that I was going to lose him,” she admits.

The danger had not passed after the birth. Constant aftershocks spread terror. After a strong earthquake, doctors and nurses left the maternity floor clinic and they went out into the street, while the mother held her baby in her arms. Fatma’s parents and two other children were on the ground floor, while her husband — who is in the military — was not by her side.

“I wrapped the baby in a blanket and prayed to God to protect us until the danger passed and we got down safely,” she says.

For security reasons, the family cannot return to their home. Although the building did not collapse, no inspection has been done to determine whether it is habitable or not. So he temporarily lives in a tent, in a camp for earthquake victims near the airport.

Fatma spreads blankets on the floor to feed her three children before putting them to bed. She may be distressed, but her face lights up with optimism as she hugs her little angels.

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