Dad’s horror as his newborn daughter dies in his arms… hours after his wife suffered a fatal seizure
Craig Renton was so excited to start a family with 'love of his life' Heidi, 31, but tragedy struck eight days before her due date
A DAD was left devastated after losing his wife and newborn baby within 15 hours of each other.
Craig Renton, from Newark, was so excited to start a family with the “love of his life” Heidi, 31, and the mum-to-be had enjoyed a surprise baby shower just five days before her death.
But on August 4 this year, eight days before her due date, Heidi suffered pains in her chest and Craig, an RAF engineer, rushed her to hospital.
On the way she suffered a seizure and passed out, and was taken by ambulance to Kings Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield, where doctors desperately tried to revive her.
When they emerged from the resuscitation suite 10 minutes later, with tears streaming down their faces, Craig knew it wasn’t good news.
He told : “One sat with me and said something I'll never forget: ‘I'm sorry your wife has died.’
Last month we told how newborn twins and their sister, two, were orphaned after their mum died following a c-section on the day of their dad’s funeral.