A new mum who had to give birth by emergency C-section after testing positive for Covid has died aged just 30.
Natalie Forshaw – who had decided not to get vaccinated while pregnant – died in the early hours on Boxing Day, less than two months after the birth of her son, Caleb.
The beautician and hairdresser from Burnage, Greater Manchester, became ill in the autumn and her condition deteriorated as she developed severe complications.
Caleb was born on November 3 at St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester but the new mum was forced to remain in hospital and receive treatment in intensive care.
Her mother, Bernie Wilton, said: ‘Natalie was at home when she first became poorly.
‘Because she was pregnant we took her to see a doctor and her oxygen levels were very, very low. She was getting bad pains in her chest.
‘She went to hospital and the baby was delivered but Natalie was transferred to intensive care. She was not able to see Caleb for a week.’
Just days after giving birth, Natalie was put in a drug-induced coma as part of her treatment and in mid-November a blood clot was discovered inside her heart.
At the end of November the clot broke up and went to her lungs leaving her in a critical condition.
Her mum and Caleb’s dad, Jay Hurst, were only allowed 10 to 15 minutes a day at her bedside in the intensive care unit.
By December 6, her condition had worsened and days later her family was told there was nothing more than could be done.
However she then rallied, giving the family some hope that her condition would improve.
At the time, Bernie wrote on social media: ‘I was sat with her and she started to blink, she is starting to come round… and when I spoke about baby Caleb she cried… all the nurses were clapping and so happy for her… she is so looked after… she is fighting.’
But then, on December 20, Natalie suffered a major setback when her heart failed and she had to be fully sedated again.
Bernie posted on Boxing Day that Natalie had lost her fight and the next day added: ‘Today, my heart broke into many pieces. I don’t think it will ever mend.
‘I am going to miss your daft ways, the fact that you text me 8,400,000 times a day even if it was just to say love you mammy.
‘We had an amazing bond, not only mother and daughter but best of friends.’
An appeal set up to help Natalie’s family, Caleb, and Jay, has so far raised £6,500.
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