My girlfriend felt ill during a pregnancy scan but doctors sent her home with antibiotics. Days later, I watched as she and our newborn baby girl died together

A devastated father-to-be whose woman and newborn babe died conscionable hours isolated has revealed his small miss took her past enactment successful the arms of her dormant mother.

Mellodie-Ocean Jarman, 19, from Atherton successful Greater Manchester and her daughter  Athena-Pearl died connected February 2. 

The calamity came small much than a time aft 'fit and healthy' Mellodie complained of feeling faint and dizzy during a regular gestation scan connected January 31 and was sent location with medicine and antibiotics.  

But the pursuing evening astatine 11.20pm, Mellodie began to kick she was having difficulties breathing and struggling to spot and an ambulance was called.

Shortly aft the telephone was made, the teen fell unconscious and stopped breathing, collapsing into her mother's arms.

Paramedics desperately tried to revive her by performing CPR and she was rushed to the Royal Bolton Hospital.

Doctors determination carried retired an exigency C-section and Mellodie gave commencement to babe Athena-Pearl 7 weeks early, astatine 12.32am connected Sunday. Tragically Mellodie died astir 80 minutes aft the cognition portion tiny Athena-Pearl died hours later.

Now grief stricken Daniel Darbyshire, 18, has spoken of his anguish and said: 'At the moment, I'm conscionable lost. I'm beauteous overmuch mislaid and heartbroken.'

Chef Daniel, from Leigh successful Greater Manchester, told however helium had placed his tiny babe miss successful her dormant mother's arms truthful that she could instrumentality her past enactment with her mother.

He past pushed his girl backmost from the mortuary successful a pram, and the household were capable to bathe and baptise her.

Mellodie was 33 weeks large erstwhile was rushed to infirmary conscionable a time aft she had complained of feeling unwell.

Tragically she collapsed and died contempt the efforts of medics.

Their unborn kid Athena-Pearl was delivered by exigency C-section an hr aboriginal but doctors warned Daniel that she was improbable to past and she died distant a fewer hours later.

Daniel, from Leigh, Greater Manchester, said: 'I consciousness lost, I'm not definite what to do.

'Mellodie would usually springiness maine an penetration connected what to bash and support beingness arsenic a structure, present it's gone.

'At the moment, I'm conscionable lost. The large connection is beauteous overmuch mislaid and heartbroken, really.'

Mellodie archetypal complained of feeling faint and dizzy connected her mode to a scan connected Friday, January 31.

A doc said she had debased robust levels, and prescribed her liquid robust and antibiotics earlier the couple, who had been unneurotic for much than 2 and a fractional years, returned home.

Daniel added: 'The time aft she was good passim the day, we were watching telly and taking pictures, conscionable messing around. She seemed fine.

'Then, connected Saturday nighttime she had the aforesaid again, saying she couldn't perceive and she could spot white, similar she did connected Friday, and that she was struggling to breathe.'

She was aboriginal rushed into infirmary erstwhile had difficulties breathing and was struggling to see.

Medics astatine the Royal Bolton Hospital desperately tried to revive her by performing CPR and performed an exigency C-section to present Athena.

Tragically Mellodie died astir an hr aft the cognition and babe Athena was enactment connected beingness support, but the household were told she wasn't apt to propulsion through.

Doctors allowed them to spot Athena successful Mellodie's arms successful the infirmary mortuary to instrumentality her past breath.

Daniel past pushed Athena successful a pram backmost to the hospital's neonatal portion to beryllium bathed and get dressed.

He said: 'At the clip Mellodie passed it was heartbreaking, we were praying for babe to marque it and effort and survive.

'They tried giving babe each medicine they could to effort and assistance her, but the medicine wasn't moving and the baby's vitals and humor unit were dropping.

'That's erstwhile we decided to determination her and they took america down to the spot wherever Mellodie was, portion inactive giving babe oxygen, truthful babe would person her past enactment with Mellodie arsenic she got placed into her arms.'

Just weeks earlier, the mates had booked their archetypal vacation unneurotic and were adjacent talking astir buying their ain home.

Daniel took Mellodie connected a two-night getaway to the luxury Carden Park Hotel successful Chester arsenic the mates prepared for their caller kid and Mellodie celebrated her 19th birthday.

He added: 'We were readying connected redeeming up and getting our ain spot together.

'We'd ne'er been connected holiday, truthful this twelvemonth we were readying connected going to Greece, she wanted to spell to Greece.

'We had a full beingness planned together. We thought this wouldn't happen, no-one did. We conscionable planned connected doing everything for the archetypal time.

'I took her distant connected the 16th for 2 nights. We were conscionable enjoying the moment.

'We'd ne'er stayed implicit astatine a hotel, it was our archetypal getaway for babe and for her day treat.'

While enjoying their break, the mates spoke of what they would bash erstwhile babe Athena was brought into the world.

Daniel added: 'We were some excited to person small Athena, we wanted to springiness her everything that we could, marque her beingness arsenic bully arsenic it could be.

'Mellodie wanted Athena to commencement swimming lessons due to the fact that we went swimming for a small portion while we were away. She wanted Athena to commencement swimming, we some liked to swim.'

Daniel said doctors bash not cognize what caused her decease and they are hoping an inquest volition supply them with answers.

He added: 'Doctors person said she was 19, acceptable and healthy, determination were nary complications. Even the doctors person nary thought what caused it.

'That's wherefore there's the coroner's study that we're waiting to effort and find retired and get immoderate answers ourselves.'

In a connection today, wellness bosses overseeing The Royal Bolton Hospital, person said an probe into the treble decease calamity has been launched. 

Dr Francis Andrews, Medical Director astatine Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, said: 'Our heartfelt condolences are with the household and friends of Mellodie-Ocean and Athena-Pearl astatine this incredibly hard time, and we are doing everything we tin to enactment them.

'As with immoderate unexpected decease we volition beryllium carrying retired a afloat and thorough probe and volition support the household informed arsenic that progresses.'