Mother dies from sudden cardiac arrest while seven-months pregnant
Mother-of-three, 26, and her unborn baby die after she suffered cardiac arrest while seven-months pregnant – as friends pay tribute
- Zoe Green, 26, a mother-of-three, died after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest
- She was found dead on the floor of her bathroom by her mother on Tuesday
A mother-of-three has died alongside her unborn baby boy after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest.
Zoe Green, 26, from Kettering, suffered a sudden cardiac arrest on February 7 and was found dead on the floor in her bathroom by her mother.
She was seven months pregnant with her fourth child, who she had planned to name Cobie, but the baby boy did not survive after his brain was deprived of oxygen.
Zoe was mother to Lincoln, five, Oakley, four, and Ralphie, who is just 10 months old.
Family friend Kelly Mercer, has so far raised more than £3,000 for Zoe’s children and to contribute towards the costs for the funeral.
Zoe Green, 26, was found dead by her mother on the floor of her bathroom on February 7 having suffered a sudden cardiac arrest
The mother-of-three was seven months pregnant with baby number four when she died – a little boy she planned to call Cobie
Kelly, who spoke to Zoe the day before she died, said: ‘Zoe went to school with my daughter. I’ve known her all her life. On Tuesday morning she rang her mum, at five or six in the morning, saying she didn’t feel very well.
‘Her mum lives five minutes away but by the time she walked down Zoe was dead on the floor in the bathroom.
‘She leaves behind three children and then obviously she was seven months pregnant.
‘Unfortunately, the baby then had no oxygen so he then died. Everybody is in complete shock.
‘She goes to Leicester Royal Infirmary because there’s nobody that does post-mortems on pregnant ladies in the area.
‘Hopefully, by the end of the week, they’ll actually know what actually happened. To our knowledge, she was fine. She just woke in the night and didn’t feel well so phoned her mum, who would pop along.
‘At the moment it’s down as cardiac arrest, but obviously it may be something else with the post-mortem. We’re doing different things to try to help.’
Kelly has helped organise a raffle along with a GoFundMe page, the proceeds of which will go towards funeral arrangements and supporting Zoe’s young family.
So far it has raised £3,545 from 161 donations as the community clubs together to support her children.
Zoe’s two eldest children are staying with her parents while the youngest, Ralphie, is currently living with his father.
Kelly said: ‘They’re so young and people are just helping out where they can. Her partner is in shock as well.
‘Zoe went to school with my daughter and came to my youth group as a kid. She was a lovely girl and very bubbly. She would work part-time and was a really nice girl. It is absolutely awful.
‘We’re just trying to raise as much as we can and just make the day a bit easier for them. We will fundraise until March 9 and then I’m going to do a coffee morning on March 10, unless it’s the funeral.’
Kelly added: ‘A man who used to live on the estate bought a Nintendo Switch for us to raffle so that’s another £300. We’re just doing little things. Somebody else has donated a scooter but people have been absolutely amazing.
‘My daughter’s the same age. I thought it could be my daughter and it’s just so heart-breaking. People have been lovely. I know the kids need to get bunk beds as it is different having them now and again to having them permanently.
‘It helps in a way but it still doesn’t help the pain. Hopefully, it helps financially. She probably wouldn’t have had a will or anything like that. Her mum and dad are not in that position either.’
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