The couple, from Queensland in Australia, had been trying to get pregnant for some time and were overjoyed when they found out Kate was expecting twins.
But, although the pregnancy started out well, after six months Kate was rushed to the delivery room.
Jamie was born first on March 25, 2010 and his sister Emily followed two minutes later.
Both babies were born in the amniotic sac and while Emily started wailing when it was torn over Jamie didn't make a sound.
But the couple quickly realised something was wrong when about 20 medical staff crowded around Jamie.
The baby had stopped breathing and his heartbeat was nearly gone.
And after a frantic 20 minutes they stopped trying to save him.
The doctor sat on the end of Kate's hospital bed and asked if they had a name picked out.
Kate and David Ogg from Queensland, Australia, were told one of their twins had passed away after birth. But they held him and refused to let him go.
What happened next might choke you up a bit…
Kate took Jamie from the doctors and held him against her, as David climbed into bed too.
“I wanted as much body heat around this baby as possible because he was so cold and I wanted him to be warm and alive,” Kate said. “We put his skin against my skin, and then I just held him, close to my heart I moved his head so that his ear would be able to hear my heart beating. And cried and cried.”
"I saw him gasp but the doctor said it was no use. I took Jamie off the doctor, asked everyone to leave. He was cold and I just wanted him to be warm, I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping there was still a sign of life so I wasn't going to give up easily."she said.
When they were told the devastating news, Kate ordered her husband to take off his shirt and get into the bed to provide extra warmth - and miraculously he gasped for air and opened his eyes.
Kate spoke to Jamie, telling him about his sister, his extended family and all the plans they’d had for him for his life.
And amazingly, as his parents cried, Jamie started to move, opened his eyes and grabbed his dad’s finger.
She said "We were trying to entice him to stay. We explained his name and that he had a twin that he had to look out for and how hard we tried to have him.
'He suddenly gasped... then he opened his eyes. He was breathing and grabbing Dave's finger.
'If we had let the doctor walk out of the room with him, Jamie would have been dead".
After Kate and David were told he didn’t make it, Jamie and his sister turn five this month.
When Emily found out her twin brother had almost died she burst into tears and kept hugging Jamie.
Kate said her children love to talk about when they were babies and their younger brother Charlie tells everyone about Jamie's incredible birth.
Amazingly Jamie has not encountered a single medical problem in his five years despite serious concerns the lack of oxygen when he was born could have led to cerebral palsy.
But instead the family feel extremely lucky all of their children are happy and healthy.
They have set up an online community called Jamie's Gift which fundraises for the Miracle Babies foundation which supports sick and premature babies.
Dave has signed up to take part in a gruelling Iron man triathalon in May in Port Macquarie when he will swim 3.8km swim, bike 180km and run a marathon.
Beautiful baby: Kate and David Ogg hugged Jamie back to life
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