A BABY needed two emergency blood transfusions to save his life after his own mum's body attacked him in the womb. Little Arthur Williams, now one, wasn't growing as quickly as expected in utero so doctors decided to run tests. 8 Little Arthur Williams in hospital after receiving two blood transfusions Credit: SWNS 8 The tot with mum Sam, whose body attacked her son in the womb Credit: SWNS They discovered the unborn tot had the same rare blood type as his dad, Matt Williams, 33, called Rh negative.
Mum-of-three Sam Williams, 29, had a different blood type so her body saw the baby as something "foreign" and her immune system attacked him. Arthur had to be delivered two weeks early via C-section and was rushed to Noah's Ark Children's Hospital, Cardiff, with extreme jaundice - despite not having the usual yellow appearance. He had to have two blood transfusions and phototherapy to save his life, but is now home and getting stronger every day.
Sam, an NHS recruitment advisor, said: "Because I was a different blood type my body was treating him as something foreign. "It was trying to attack Arthur, basically." Sam and Matt, a swimming coach, were delighted when they fell pregnant in early 2022 to complete their brood.
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