Brave parents Elisha and Dermot McGill with sons Ollie and Bobbt.
The parents of an unborn child want to donate its organs after being told the baby will not survive.
Elisha and Dermot McGill, from Aghadowey, were told their third unborn baby has a severe abnormality called anencephaly.
The tragedy means that the baby is growing inside Elisha’s womb but has some of its skull missing.
Many parents are advised to seek a termination and most take this option in such heartbreaking cases.
But brave Elisha and Dermot have made the decision to take their unborn through to the 36 week period to see if their child can give others the chance of life through organ donation.
The child will have a small chance of living outside the womb for a short time.
Elisha said they simply want to be able to cuddle their unborn child before it passes away.
“We want to be able to cuddle our baby and love it until it passes away naturally – and hopefully let part of him or her live on other wee babies,” Elisha told Irish Star newspaper.
Elisha has already been told by doctors that her baby’s heart valves can be saved and can be donated to help other babies survive.
“As far as the lungs, the heart and other organs are concerned, we still don’t know whether we can use them or not.
“We are big supporters of organ donation. We have experienced the help of organ donation and my husband and I are both on the organ donation register,” she added.
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