By Shive Prema For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 17:35 BST, 27 June 2019 | Updated: 23:47 BST, 27 June 2019
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A flu-stricken mother has given birth to a baby girl while in a coma - and both of them survived against all odds.
Perth woman Gillian Wright, 28, was struck down with a severe case of influenza four weeks before her baby girl was due to be born.
Doctors at Perth's Armadale Hospital were forced to place Ms Wright in an induced coma before performing an emergency C-section in a desperate bid to save the lives of her and her unborn child.
Ms Wright's husband Alex had been told by doctors 'to prepare for the worst' because 'we don't think she's going to make it'.
Mother-of-two Gillian Wright (pictured), 28, had an emergency C-section while in an induced coma at Perth's Armadale Hospital on March 23
Young Kayleigh (pictured) was born four weeks early with influenza and spent her first 10 days on antibiotics in intensive care
Ms Wright finally woke from her coma eight days later and was able to meet young Kayleigh.
'It upsets me knowing she was laying on my chest as soon as she was born and I didn't get to remember that,' she told Daily Mail Australia.
The C-section helped Ms Wright's lungs to open up, which was vital to the survival of both her and her baby, doctors said.
Kayleigh was born four weeks early with influenza and spent her first 10 days on antibiotics in intensive care.
Ms Wright's (pictured right) husband Alex (pictured left) had been told by doctors 'to prepare for the worst because "we
