Young mum, 29, dies of coronavirus days after giving birth without ever holding her baby son

A YOUNG mum died from coronavirus just days after giving birth - and didn't get a chance to hold her baby.

Fozia Hanif, 29, was given a picture of her son Ayaan but didn't get to hold him after testing positive for Covid-19.

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She was rushed to intensive care after the birth and sadly died at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital just six days later.

Fozia's family was told to come and say goodbye to the new mum who had never held her baby.

Her heartbroken husband, Wajid Ali, told : "She was really happy, she got the baby photo they (nurses) printed out for her.

"She was holding and say ‘look it’s our baby’ and ‘we’re going to come home soon’… that’s the last time I spoke to her."

COVID TRAGEDY

Her husband said they lost a daughter last year and added: "Now they are together."

Fozia, who worked at the probation service at Birmingham Magistrates' Court, developed a fever in March and hospital staff kept her in for tests after a routine pregnancy check-up.

She tested positive for the deadly bug but was eventually released back home.

However, she was rushed back to hospital when her condition got worse and was placed on a ventilator.

She was holding and say ‘look it’s our baby’ and ‘we’re going to come home soon’… that’s the last time I spoke to her.

Her heartbroken husband Wajid Ali

Wajid said: "They said we’re going to keep her here to find out and we’re going to do a Covid test and they kept her for two days.

"The test came back positive and the next day they said it was mild and you can go home.

“After four days she had difficulty breathing and we called the ambulance."

HEARTBREAKING

Her dad Nabil Hanif added: "From a joyous occasion, the next time we saw her she was struggling on a ventilator.

“It was a painful experience when we walked into the hospital when they said they were going to turn the machine off and the ventilators and I said 'no, don’t turn it off until we arrive. She’s a fighter, she can pull through'.

"But when we walked in and we saw Fozia - we just kept praying.”

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The young mum died three weeks after testing positive on April 8 - just six days after he son was born 31 weeks into her pregnancy by C-section.

She was in a coma when her family said goodbye and they said they have "so many things" to tell her son about her.

Her son Ayaan remains in hospital despite testing negative for Covid-19.

Wajid added: "She was so wonderful, she always used to think about others she wouldn’t think about herself."

According to ITV News, a second mum who tested positive for coronavirus also died days after giving birth.

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