Shared from her mama, Ellie Grey.

Delilah was born at 26+4 weeks weighing 2 pounds, 2 ounces. They left her cord attached for as long as possible. We got told she had a 55% chance of survival, when we left the hospital that she’d be on oxygen for at least 1-2 years, she would always be a ‘sick’ baby and her chronic lung disease would always be an issue. They said she’d need heart surgery, that she would need appointments every couple of months, that she would never be healthy like other children.

She’s had no vaccines whatsoever, not a single drop of formula, she’s had homeopathic medicines and gut probiotics alongside conventional medicines. She was out of hospital before she was even technically 35 weeks (rarity), she was only on oxygen up until her due date, she’s had CBD to protect her immune system and not had a single drop of calpol, paracetamol, antibiotics or anything since leaving the hospital and signed off from her doctor completely.

This is what happens when you research and only allow the most necessary of life saving treatments. When you refuse ANY type of formula, any fortifier, no unnecessary antibiotics ‘just in case’, no gadolinium contrast dye MRI ‘because we always do it’, insist on having skin to skin as much as possible and NO VACCINES.

Being in that NICU was the hardest fight of my life, constantly battling to refuse the vaccines and formula. Having meetings to inform the consultants and nurses about my decisions and making sure they knew I would sue every single one of them if they touched her with a vaccine/formula.

We got told she wouldn’t make it out of NICU without formula, it’s unheard of. So I was expressing every hour (we left the hospital with 30,000ml of expressed breast milk!). BUT we got through it. I left the hospital with consultants and nurses praising me, telling me ‘well done for being so educated’ and ‘you are the one who has made her so healthy’ and ‘thank you for informing me about what you know.’

We did it, she did it. Please, for the sake of your children’s lives, educate yourself on every single thing that they want to put into your child. This whole situation could have played out a million times worse, she could not have been here. I watched lots of babies regress back into intensive care right after their vaccines and Delilah was the only one who made it out of there without formula.

Ellie Grey can be found on Instagram, Facebook, and at Power to the People.