IVF blogger dies during childbirth after years of trying to get pregnant
Vanessa Fernandez Arango died of complications after emergency C-section
Vanessa Fernandez Arango died of complications after emergency C-section
Vanessa Fernandez Arango died of complications after emergency C-section
Thousands of followers are mourning the loss of Spanish fertility blogger Vanessa Fernandez Arango, who died during childbirth earlier this month. Her baby son, Alvaro, survived.
The 30-year-old from Bilbao, Spain, had amassed after documenting her struggle to conceive with husband Jonathan Garcia. After experiencing difficulties getting pregnant 바카라 게임 웹사이트 including two ectopic pregnancies 바카라 게임 웹사이트 the couple underwent in vitro fertilization. In May this year, Fernandez delightedly shared the couple's "happy ending," as she revealed she was finally expecting a baby.
"The beginning of the end. The beginning of feeling life and the end of suffering," she wrote on the Instagram post featuring the positive pregnancy test.
But devastatingly, the couple's "happy ending" didn't work out as hoped. On Sept. 2, 38 weeks into her pregnancy, Fernandez fainted and was rushed to hospital. There, they carried out an emergency cesarean section in a bid to save the unborn baby's life.
Baby Alvaro was born with serious health issues and was sent to intensive care but Fernandez suffered a cardiac arrest and died.
In a post on his wife's Instagram account announcing her death, Garcia wrote in Spanish: "Thank you very much for the encouragement that you have given and for the gestures of love."
Following the release of the sad news, Fernandez's followers shared tributes and messages of support for her family. "How unfair. I hope you are very happy there in heaven," one follower wrote.
"Speechless. Very sad. May God enlighten you and strengthen you in these difficult times," another added.
In an upload a few days later also on Fernandez's account, Garcia informed her followers of how their son was doing.
"I can finally [say] something positive," he wrote. "Alvaro is recovering little by little, he still has many tests and will stay for a while in intensive care, but it's a little step."
"Many thanks to all with all my heart," the grieving husband wrote.
Of the "avalanche" of messages he received in the wake of Fernandez's death, Garcia said: "You have helped me much as I hope that she helped you.
"I want you to know that I intend to continue with his dream of helping more couples on the hard road of being parents and that I will be here for everything you need."
Check out what the world's first baby, now adult, born through IVF has to say about her birth in the related video above.