The mother of a baby whose stomach and bowel "moved into her chest" has hailed new research aimed at treating her daughter's rare condition.

Amelia Turner was given life-saving surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) when she was a few days old.

She suffered from severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) - a potentially fatal condition affecting one in every 3,000 babies.

The condition means the diaphragm - the muscle between the abdomen and the chest - has not fully developed.

As a result, organs that are supposed to sit within the abdomen could move into the chest space and crush fragile growing lungs. It means babies don't have enough space to grow fully formed lungs.

Current treatment for severe CDH involves surgery while the baby is in the womb, with surgeons delicately

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