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Wales Online
National
Neil Shaw

'We had to search YouTube as our baby died. The rules have to be changed'

A couple left desperately searching YouTube for help while trying to resuscitate their baby are campaigning get infant CPR training given to all new parents. Rachel and Christian Pepper realised too late that they had little idea what to do when tiny Rowan stopped breathing during a feed.

The one-week-old was rushed to hospital but, although doctors managed to stabilise him, he had suffered fatal brain damage and died a week later. Rachel, 35, and Christian, 38, now want to use their son's death to help educate other parents.

The mum, from Derby, said: "When Rowan stopped breathing, it was a worst nightmare scenario. "I was hysterical - it was like something you watch on TV but you never think it will happen to you.

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