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A professional ice skater has given birth two days after she collapsed and died from a brain haemorrhage.
Jayne Soliman had been declared brain-dead but doctors kept her heart beating long enough for her daughter Aya Jayne to be delivered by caesarean section.
The 41-year-old, who was 25 weeks pregnant, collapsed in her bedroom at her Bracknell home, Berkshire, after complaining of a headache.
A baby girl has been born two days after her mother Jayne Soliman collapsed and died from a brain haemorrhage.
She was airlifted to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, but died at 8pm on January 7, just hours after having arrived.
Her daughter was delivered two days later weighing just 2lb 1oz.
Her husband Mahmoud Soliman was too upset to speak, but her friend David Phillips, 48, a fellow skater has paid tribute to her.
He said: “To Jayne, becoming a mother was the best thing in the world that could have happened to her.
“She was so happy, she had always wanted to be a mum more than anything else.
“She lived to have a baby girl – that was the one thing she wanted in her life.
“The hospital laid her baby on her shoulder when she was born so she could have a moment with her.
“This would have been the best day of her life.”
Doctors told Mr Soliman and Mr Phillips that Mrs Soliman had suffered from a haemorrhage caused by an aggressive tumour that had hit a major blood vessel.
Mr Phillips said: “Jayne and I had both been at the ice rink in Bracknell that day and she was absolutely fine – nothing seemed wrong.
“She was as happy as she could be because she was pregnant – it was her dream.”
Aya Jayne has been transferred to the intensive care unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, in Reading.
Mr Phillips said: “She’s absolutely tiny – her eyes are the size of lemon pips and her hands are about as big as my wedding ring – but she’s doing brilliantly.”
Speaking about Mr Soliman, Mr Phillips said: “He has had the best and the worst day of his life within such a short space of time.
“It’s just something you can’t conceive – turning off your wife’s life support machine and then going to see your new born daughter.”
More than 300 mourners attended Mrs Soliman’s funeral in Reading last week.
She was a former member of the Ice Dance and Figure Skating Club in Southampton, Hants, and had competed in numerous international galas before taking up free skating professionally.
In 1989 she was both British Champion and number seven in the world for professional free skating.
Mrs Soliman also spent some time in Dubai where she taught figure skating and met her husband.
On returning to England two years ago, the newly married couple set up home in Bracknell and she began working at the Bracknell Ice Skating Club.
Ice-skating coach Anita Curtis, a former member of the Southampton club and a friend of Jayne’s added: “She was a very good coach and always very helpful.
“She loved teaching and loved the kids and being around people.
“She was lots of fun a full of energy. She was full of life and desperately looking forward to having the baby.”
Ice skater gives birth two days after dying from brain haemorrhage - Telegraph
Jayne Soliman had been declared brain-dead but doctors kept her heart beating long enough for her daughter Aya Jayne to be delivered by caesarean section.
The 41-year-old, who was 25 weeks pregnant, collapsed in her bedroom at her Bracknell home, Berkshire, after complaining of a headache.
A baby girl has been born two days after her mother Jayne Soliman collapsed and died from a brain haemorrhage.
She was airlifted to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, but died at 8pm on January 7, just hours after having arrived.
Her daughter was delivered two days later weighing just 2lb 1oz.
Her husband Mahmoud Soliman was too upset to speak, but her friend David Phillips, 48, a fellow skater has paid tribute to her.
He said: “To Jayne, becoming a mother was the best thing in the world that could have happened to her.
“She was so happy, she had always wanted to be a mum more than anything else.
“She lived to have a baby girl – that was the one thing she wanted in her life.
“The hospital laid her baby on her shoulder when she was born so she could have a moment with her.
“This would have been the best day of her life.”
Doctors told Mr Soliman and Mr Phillips that Mrs Soliman had suffered from a haemorrhage caused by an aggressive tumour that had hit a major blood vessel.
Mr Phillips said: “Jayne and I had both been at the ice rink in Bracknell that day and she was absolutely fine – nothing seemed wrong.
“She was as happy as she could be because she was pregnant – it was her dream.”
Aya Jayne has been transferred to the intensive care unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, in Reading.
Mr Phillips said: “She’s absolutely tiny – her eyes are the size of lemon pips and her hands are about as big as my wedding ring – but she’s doing brilliantly.”
Speaking about Mr Soliman, Mr Phillips said: “He has had the best and the worst day of his life within such a short space of time.
“It’s just something you can’t conceive – turning off your wife’s life support machine and then going to see your new born daughter.”
More than 300 mourners attended Mrs Soliman’s funeral in Reading last week.
She was a former member of the Ice Dance and Figure Skating Club in Southampton, Hants, and had competed in numerous international galas before taking up free skating professionally.
In 1989 she was both British Champion and number seven in the world for professional free skating.
Mrs Soliman also spent some time in Dubai where she taught figure skating and met her husband.
On returning to England two years ago, the newly married couple set up home in Bracknell and she began working at the Bracknell Ice Skating Club.
Ice-skating coach Anita Curtis, a former member of the Southampton club and a friend of Jayne’s added: “She was a very good coach and always very helpful.
“She loved teaching and loved the kids and being around people.
“She was lots of fun a full of energy. She was full of life and desperately looking forward to having the baby.”
Ice skater gives birth two days after dying from brain haemorrhage - Telegraph
