British Woman Reveals Heartbreaking Ordeal Trying To Convince Doctors Baby Was Hers

A British woman who gave birth in Spain has told of her ordeal after spending weeks trying to convince medics the baby girl was hers. 27-year-old Stacie Thompson and her daughter, Anzelika had to take DNA tests after doctors doubted she was the real mother of the baby. The dental nurse travelled to the Costa del Sol when she was 36 weeks pregnant, went into labour early at her mother's home there, and did not go into hospital until the day after Anzelika was born. Immediately, staff were suspicious and, after she left with her baby, police were called and officers returned them both to the ward.

Kept apart from her baby except when allowed to feed her, she claimed staff insisted the new-born could not be hers. She had to wait in hospital more than 22 days for the results of the DNA test, she told the TV show "Good Morning Britain".

Speaking from Malaga, Ms Thompson said: "When they asked me for a DNA test, it wasn't alarming because indeed she is mine so the problem was the amount of time the DNA test took. "Every day was really hard, I didn't sleep very well during the time at the hospital because I just wanted to be with her, it was absolutely heartbreaking."

She explained how she was under suspicion because she did not give birth in hospital. "I had given birth to my daughter and the following day, we went to the hospital. When we arrived there, it was obvious that the staff were sort of very mistrusting and immediately, they said that me and Anzelika would be separated and at that point, we left the hospital then the police were called and we were brought back to the hospital. "I understand that they were doubtful based on the initial conversation we had, and so I mean obviously there's a breakdown in communication because of the language barrier."

Ms Thompson is now waiting for the paperwork to allow her to bring her baby back home to Stratford, East London.