A heartbroken husband says he and his beloved wife were left a childless widower after the love of his life died just minutes before their first child was born – after waiting 15 hours for the birth of their daughter. children.
Blonde Heidi Renton, 31, who had her surprise baby shower in Newark on July 29, is showing signs of her health and happiness just five days before her untimely death. The medical radiologist of Nottingham Hospital has nine months of pregnancy and studied pink “mummy”. Her smile is as big as his blow.
Raf from Lincoln Sir Craig, he remembered, and he remembered.
He made a deep plan to his mother, mother, brother, brother and nephew. You couldn’t last longer than Heidi. Although he expected it, he was surprised by the surprise. Craig said with a smile. “They put designs on little babies’ clothes.” There was tea and cake and non-stop chat between the children. It really was Women’s Day. But on Friday, August 4th, a few days later, when Craig came home from work around noon, Heidi was not feeling well.
He said: “He said he felt sick and had chest pains. “We called the doctor and he advised us to go to the hospital because she was pregnant.
“We assumed it might be an unborn child. The deadline was August 12, so I could think about it. We were just as restless and passionate. This was our first child and a long awaited one.
About 20 miles from their home in Newark, Craig and Heidi packed their Vauxhall badges and drove to Kingsmill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. The little country hospital they loved in Newark had Heidi’s scan and midwife appointment, but there was no midwifery unit.
After some time, Heidi passed out. I was surprised, Craig said. “I immediately stopped on the side of the road. I was very relieved when she woke up for a moment.
But Heidi felt helpless and hopeless, had an unexpected seizure as she parked on the side of the road and called 999. He said: “I felt like I was deprived of oxygen and my lips were bruised.” “I was surprised. While I was waiting for the ambulance, a woman who was a nurse walked by. He started checking her breathing and checking her pulse.
While being taken by ambulance to Kings Mill, Craig held his wife’s hand as she lay on the floor until she was taken to the hospital’s intensive care unit. Craig waited anxiously in the living room.
“I’m lying on the floor,” he said. Why was he lying on a hospital bed when I said goodbye to him a few hours ago? The medical staff left Heidi’s treatment room 10 minutes later, and Heidi found her.
“Tears were flowing from my eyes,” he said. “A man sat down with me and said something I will never forget. “I’m sorry, your wife is dead.”
But later he added…
Would you like to meet your daughter?
While other medical teams tried to revive his wife, Craig was so overwhelmed by the news that he was unprepared to see his daughter, who was born by emergency C-section. For health reasons, Heidi has not given birth yet.
Instead, “I went straight to Heidi,” he said. She looked perfect lying on the hospital bed. I started to cry when I told her that I love her and that I am proud of her as her mother.
“Then I had to call her parents and tell them their daughter had died and they had a grandson. Of course they were surprised. We’ve all done it. When Craig visited his wife, his family was traveling from their various homes in Cambridge and Birmingham.
“The doctors scanned my daughter while I was with Heidi and the results were negative,” she said. He showed no mental activity.
Although not proven, it is believed that Heidi was deprived of oxygen when she had the seizure. “They said he was going to die.
“What’s the use of seeing that person, hugging them, loving them if that person is going to die?” I thought about this. But Craig, with the support of his family, decided to meet his daughter just three hours after she was born.
When an adorable 7-pound baby boy captured her heart, she had to make a life-changing decision. He said I left the fan on for three hours before I decided to turn it off. When he was 15 hours old, he died peacefully in my arms. Even though I was only with her for 15 hours, my love for her grew.
He and Heidi were and always will be my true loves. Heidi gave Craig her favorite name before she died. He didn’t even know he had a daughter.
“Isabella was number one,” he said. So I gave him that name and it worked for him. “Before burying Heidi, I dressed her in the Mamas & Papas baby clothes that I had chosen as home wear, gave her a quick bath and a haircut.
“We got help from an organization called ‘For Louis’ which helps bereaved families to create memory boxes.”
Craig, who has never criticized the hospital, now has to live without his wife and daughter, who were cremated together on August 29. Craig does not know the cause of Heidi’s death.
“I think it was a natural cause,” he said. “The investigation is still ongoing. This is a very unusual situation and we don’t want you to scare the pregnant woman because if it wasn’t for Heidi’s attack, Isabel would have survived.
It was fine for the scan and visit. He was healthy. I saw his heart beating. Heidi was very happy. “It’s very hard to have something you love and dream of suddenly taken away from you.
It only took 15 hours for Heidi to die, for Isabella to be born and for us to lose her. “I only spent 15 hours as a father.”
Craig and Heidi first crossed paths nine years ago when they were studying at Sheffield Hallam University. Craig saw Heidi laughing with her friends in a club and immediately fell in love with her. But, aged, he returns to his parents’ house in Birmingham the next day.
She remembered that we had been in a long-distance relationship for several years, starting when I was in my fifth year of college. We changed seats all the time on the train, but I always thought it was worth it.
After completing their degrees, the couple moved to Birmingham together. He said: “We bought Grandma Heidi’s old house and renovated it for two years. It was messy and complicated, but we loved it. At the time, Craig was working as an RAF engineer in Coningsby, Lincolnshire, and Heidi was working as a therapeutic radiographer in Birmingham. They often went out and skied together. Then, after he proposed in 2012, he turned Heidi’s surprise birthday party into an engagement party.
He laughed. “I remember trying to convince Heidi that the engagement ring should be four times her salary before I proposed. His ring wasn’t expensive, but I think I liked it.
Craig, who married Liz in 2014 and honeymooned in Jamaica, would have preferred to have a baby right away. He laughed. “But Heidi wanted to travel, so I did what she wanted. “I’m glad I did. It was fantastic. “Isabella was born in Australia and we traveled there for six weeks.
“We took a private jet to beautiful Fraser Island to see a ballet at the Sydney Opera House, which Heidi loved. In December 2016, the day before her brother Craig’s wedding, Heidi experienced “weird” feelings.
Craig: “He just said it was awkward.” “So we both took pregnancy tests and she did. We set out to keep it a secret, but when he stopped drinking at weddings, everyone noticed because he mostly served Jägermeister.
The excited couple began preparing for the baby together, including painting the room. Craig said Heidi did it. He hung art and was very creative. “Now that he’s gone and Isabella’s gone, it hurts to go in there.
But mother and daughter are together and will always be together. Andy Haynes, chief medical officer at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “It is very sad and we offer our condolences to Mr Renton at this difficult time.
“My mother rarely came to the emergency room with a seriously ill patient. I know that our A&E team and the entire hospital that cared for her in A&E did everything they could to save her life and that of her unborn child and are deeply saddened by their loss.
“I don’t think we could have done anything differently. As a result, we have reached out to Mr Renton and will continue to support him and his family during this difficult time.
