Mellodie-Ocean Jarman, 19, from Greater Manchester, was 33-weeks pregnant when she was rushed to hospital and her daughter was delivered by C-section but tragically both died
A mum has told how she “lost both my girls” after her granddaughter and daughter died within hours of each other.
Mellodie-Ocean Jarman was 33-weeks pregnant when was rushed to Royal Bolton Hospital after saying she was having difficulty breathing and struggling to see. The 19-year-old from Atherton, Greater Manchester, had gone into cardiac arrest and paramedics had desperately tried to revive her.
After they arrived at the hospital, an emergency C-section was performed and Mellodie gave birth to baby Athena-Pearl seven weeks early, in the early hours of February 2. Tragically Mellodie died around an hour after the operation and the family were told baby Athena-Pearl wasn’t going to make it.
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Mellodie’s mum Justine Ryan was there as both took their final breaths. She told The Sun: “Mellodie was my only daughter and I was so happy to have my first granddaughter – I’ve lost both my girls.” She recalled at the hospital just thinking “save them”.
While Mellodie’s boyfriend Daniel Derbyshire took his daughter Athena-Pearl in a pushchair back up to the neonatal ward to spend some more time with her mum and she finally passed away at just before 6.30pm. He told of the heartbreak of having to agree to turn off his daughter’s life support.
“She was struggling and the doctors had tried everything,” he said. “They said it was hurting Athena to keep going – they asked if I wanted to end the suffering or keep going. That’s when we made the decision to have her last breath in Mellodie’s arms.” He added: “I was happy she could take her last breath with her mum.”
The day before, January 31, Mellodie had gone for a routine pregnancy scan where she had felt dizzy and sent home with medication after a doctor said she was low on iron. And her mum Justine, 52, said: “I only wish I’d been with her then, I would have made sure she stayed in hospital – maybe she’d still be alive.”
After being discharged from hospital, Mellodie had slept late the following day and it was that night after having a Chinese meal with her mum that she started to become faint again and her condition quickly worsened.
“She was white, she couldn’t hear properly, kept saying she could see her grandpa who died in 2015,” said Justine who called for an ambulance at 11.22pm and was told to call back if Mellodie’s condition deteriorated further.
“The ambulance call handler was saying check she’s breathing – I was blowing in her face and patting her on the back,” said Justine who added she noticed a “massive change” in Mellodie a few minutes later saying: “She took her last breath in my arms.”
