Before being transferred to his incubator, medical professionals at The Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, quickly placed him in a plastic bag to assist control his body temperature and avoid hypothermia.

Lilly Munro, Lennox’s mother, referred to the newborn’s makeshift residence as a “oven bag” and stated that it was standard procedure for preterm infants who lacked the necessary development to stay warm.

“It is quite confronting image… He was put in a plastic oven-type bag and whisked away,” Ms Munro told Daily Mail Australia.

“It’s what they do in order to preserve [a premature baby’s] temperature because they can’t regulate their temperature.”Ms. Munro claimed that around 24 weeks pregnant, she had a “strange feeling that something wasn’t quite right.”

Her doctor made a startling discovery during an ultrasound after she was brought to the hospital.

“My doctor looked at the screen and went, Oh My God… your cervix is open and the baby’s arm is up like Superman through the cervix. You’re not going anywhere,” Ms. Munro told Daily Mail Australia. Read more below