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Zoe Peck & John Bett

Parents told they can't take baby home as 'final check' scares midwife

Two parents were shocked when their newborn son was checked over by the midwife just before he was due to go home as they found something worrying

Liz Stapleton and Steven Blackhurst were 'over the moon' when baby Tobias was born, weighing 7lbs 13oz, as he seemed like a perfectly healthy little boy.

But when he was having his 'final check' with the midwife, they thought they could hear a slight heart murmur so he had to undergo further tests, as the Liverpool Echo reports.

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