Mother, 25, gives birth in a COMA after suffering a catastrophic brain bleed at 32 weeks pregnant - as she clings to life with her healthy baby and fiancé by her side
- Woman miraculously gave birth while in a coma after suffering a brain bleed
- Caitlin Stubbs rushed to Royal Brisbane Hospital on July 23 and fell into coma
- The 25-year-old suffered the bleed as a result of an Arteriovenous Malformation
- Doctors decided to perform an emergency c-section to get her baby girl out
- The baby, Quinn, spent three weeks in hospital but is now out and healthy
- Ms Stubbs is making slow but significant progress and breathes on her own
A woman has given birth while in a coma after she suffered a catastrophic brain bleed while she was 32 weeks pregnant.
Caitlin Stubbs was rushed to Royal Brisbane Hospital on July 23 when she suffered the bleed as a result of an Arteriovenous Malformation in her brain, meaning her blood vessels had become tangled.
The 25-year-old fell into a coma, so a day later doctors had no option but to remove the baby via caesarean.
Caitlin Stubbs (pictured with fiance Jonathon Welsh) was rushed to Royal Brisbane Hospital on July 23 when she suffered the bleed as a result of an Arteriovenous Malformation in her brain
The 25-year-old fell into a coma, so a day later doctors had no other option but to remove the baby via caesarean
Ms Stubbs is yet to find out that she gave birth to a healthy baby girl, named Quinn, as she continues to fight for her life.
Quinn spent the first three weeks of her life in intensive care but Ms Stubbs' fiance, Jonathon Welsh is caring for the newborn while staying by his partner's side.
The young mother first suffered a smaller brain bleed in November with plans to undergo radiation treatment to help with her condition.
The radiation had to be put off as Ms Stubbs then realised that she had fallen pregnant.
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But on July 23 the young mother began to feel unwell, vomiting and complaining of a neck ache.
When her condition worsened, Mr Welsh called an ambulance for his partner who fell into a coma before she even made it to the hospital.
Mr Welsh had gotten down on one knee and proposed just weeks prior.
When Ms Stubbs got to the hospital, doctors made the decision to perform the emergency c-section as they held grave fears neither her or the baby would make it through the night.
Luckily, Quinn is now a healthy baby and her mother is also making slow progress.
'They said they didn't think she'd make it through the night, and everything was pretty negative but I knew she would make it,' Mr Welsh told Nine News.
Ms Stubbs is yet to find out that she gave birth to a healthy baby girl, named Quinn, as she continues to fight for her life
She is slowly regaining consciousness, but doctors say she has a long road of recovery ahead of her.
When he visits, Mr Welsh often puts Quinn on her mother's chest in the hopes the two can bond.
Mr Welsh said the biggest issue is his fiance's memory as some days are better than others.
'I bring the baby to the hospital every day and sometimes she whispers to me that she wants Quinn, and sometimes she asks whose baby it is,' he said.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family, which states that Ms Stubbs has been making slow but significant progress.
Quinn spent the first three weeks of her life in intensive care but Ms Stubbs' fiance, Jonathon Welsh is caring for the newborn while staying by his partner's side
'Caitlin's beloved fiancé Jonathon has been by her side watching hopelessly and trying to find moments when baby and mother could spend some time together,' the page reads.
'She will require intensive Physiotherapy, OT and Speech Therapy among other remedial therapies.'
'Caitlin’s family have started this Go Fund me page in the hope that kind and generous donations will help ease the pressure on this young devastated family.'
'Funds will be used to cover medical costs, treatments, a wheelchair and home modifications needed to get her home eventually.'
