A woman has been charged with attempted murder following the discovery of a newborn baby boy in a drain in Sydney's west.
The 30-year-old woman has been refused bail and is set to appear in Blacktown Local Court later today.
Despite earlier estimates that the boy was 2-3 days old, police will now allege that he is seven days old and was placed into the drain on Tuesday, 24 hours after being born.
If the allegation is true it means he has survived in the drain for five days before being found by a passing cyclist on Sunday morning.
The baby is now in a serious but stable condition at the Westmead Children's Hospital.
