A 30-year-old woman has been charged with the attempted murder of her newborn baby boy, who survived up to five days in a drain after allegedly being abandoned.
Cyclists heard the baby crying from the bottom of a two-and-a-half-metre drain near the M7 motorway at Quakers Hill on Sunday morning.
Police will allege the baby was left in the drain on Tuesday, a day after he was born and five days before he was found.
Officers conducted an extensive search to find the baby's mother, including hospital record checks and doorknocks.
On Sunday afternoon the woman from Quakers Hill was arrested after attending Blacktown police station.
She was charged with attempted murder but did not appear when the matter was dealt with briefly in Blacktown Local Court today.
Court documents show the woman has no criminal history, and admitted to police that she dumped the child less than 24 hours after he was born.
The magistrate recommended the mother be provided with post-natal care while in custody.
She was formally refused bail and the case will be heard again on Friday.
The baby was taken to Westmead Children's Hospital after he was found, and remains in hospital in a stable condition.
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