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Heartbreaking Moment Mother-Of-Three Holds Newborn Son Only Moments Before Suffering Two Cardiac Arrests


This is a heartbreaking moment a moment held her newborn son only moments before she suffered two fatal heart attacks.

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41-year-old Amber Pendlebury gave birth to her third child Maxwell Lee via c-section under general anesthetic but as soon as she woke up, she suffered two cardiac arrests.

Shortly after Maxwell was born, previously healthy Amber said ‘I can’t breathe’ and lost consciousness.

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Her grieving mother, Vida Pendlebury-Atherton, shared that she had been living through a ‘nightmare’ after learning the tragic news.

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“I just feel like it’s a nightmare and I’m going to wake up at some point. It’s so, so sad,” she expressed.

“How can a healthy person with a healthy pregnancy go to have a baby and not come out of it?”

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Vida also said that her daughter, who already had two children, had ‘prepared everything’ for the arrival of Maxwell.

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“At her age, we were really surprised, but then we were delighted,” she said. “We found out it was going to be a little boy, and they were so looking forward to it.

“She prepared everything for him: a cradle downstairs and a cradle upstairs.”

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Vida continued: “She was supposed to go in for a c-section in the morning, and when she got there, she decided she wanted to do a natural birth.

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“So they induced her, but she’d been on the drip for the inducement for at least ten hours, and she was only 4cm dilated, which is not good.

“They later said they’d have to do a caesarean section, but said they’d have to put her to sleep while they did it.”

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But the mother-of-three never caught a glimpse of her son before she collapsed and had fatal heart attacks.

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“It was unbelievable to get that news. It was like, ‘What’s happened?’” Vida added.

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An inquest has been launched after Amber’s tragic death. Pinderfields Hospital is also conducting their own investigation.

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