A newborn baby girl was found in a wheelie bin in Wiltshire. The mother, a 19-year-old whose family did not know she was pregnant, left her daughter in the bin thinking that the infant was dead.
The girl's parents noticed she was bleeding and took her to the Royal United Hospital in Bath where doctors explained that she had given birth.
Police were called to search the family home near Trowbridge and found the infant in the bin outside.
We are working closely with our partners and the family to find the best outcome for the baby.
Wiltshire County Council spokesman
At first it was thought the baby was dead, but then she moved and was taken to hospital.
The teenage mother is said to be traumatised and in shock. She has been given a blood transfusion and undergone surgery under general anaesthetic.
The teenager told the police and hospital psychiatrist that she had continued to have periods throughout the pregnancy and that she had always had problems with her fluctuating weight.
Pair bonded She said after she had given birth, the baby was limp and did not make any noise.
The new mother panicked as she thought she had done something wrong and that the problem would go away if she wrapped her daughter up and put her in a wheelie bin.
Mother and daughter have now bonded, although neither is fit yet to leave hospital.
I found it hard to believe that this kind of thing really happens in a "civilized" country.
When I was in Africa this kind of thing was not unheard of. I once was called by the locals to get a baby in a box out of a river - the police had driven by and said they would come back and fetch the box later, this little boy was fortunate to be adopted by loving parents.
Is it a sign of the times that there is no communication between children and parents?
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you have but to peek back 7 generations to see the beginning, if that be frightful - look at today an vision what maybe in 7 generations.
Is it too late to make change?
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