Baby suffers stroke in the womb, surprises doctors

A one -year - old girl who had a stroke in the womb that caused several life -threatening health conditions is experiencing small victories by talking , scooting and clapping .

Naomi Kretschmer suffers from epilepsy , cerebral palsy and is partially paralyzed on the right side of her body due to a brain hemorrhage that caused permanent damage to the parts of the brain that control language and reasoning .

At 36 weeks pregnant , her mother Melanie , 28 , had not felt Naomi kick in more than a day and went to a nearby hospital in Wisconsin where an ultrasound revealed the baby was in distress .

Within an hour the now - mother- of -two was under general anesthesia for an emergency c - section to deliver the baby who was seizing and needed to be resuscitated .

Nineteen months later , despite her conditions , Naomi is defying doctors expectations by reaching ‘ inchstones ’ , as her mother put it to Daily Mail Online, such as speaking , scooting down stairs and even crawling on occasion.