They said: “We would like to express our gratitude to the team at Bolton from the emergency department for working so very hard to save Mellodie, and to the neonatal unit and all the team on shift that Saturday night and Sunday for trying to save Athena.
In a statement, the family thanked medical staff at the Royal Bolton Hospital for their efforts in trying to save both Mellodie and Athena’s lives.
After mother and baby arrived at the hospital, an emergency C-section was performed and Mellodie gave birth to baby Athena-Pearl seven weeks early on February 2.
But tragically, Mellodie died around an hour after the operation before the family were told baby Athena-Pearl wasn’t going to make it.
According to a pathologist's report provided to the family, Mellodie died of pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis and third trimester pregnancy.
