A PREMATURE baby born just eight days after his mum learned she was pregnant has left his parents shocked but overjoyed.

Little baby Louie James Hampshire was born last Thursday weighing just 2lbs 8oz - he is healthy but very small and still needs a little help to breathe.

Such a premature birth would be a shock to any parents, but Charlotte Stevenson and Oliver Hampshire had no idea Charlotte was even pregnant until just eight days earlier - on Wednesday June 15.

“I had no bump, I hadn’t put on any weight and I felt fine,” said first-time mum Charlotte, 23, a hairdresser at Leslie Frances in town.

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