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An ice-skating star's baby has been born two days after she collapsed and died from a brain haemorrhage, a hospital has confirmed. | An ice-skating star's baby has been born two days after she collapsed and died from a brain haemorrhage, a hospital has confirmed. |
Doctors at Oxford's John Radcliffe hospital kept Jayne Soliman's heart beating until they had delivered her baby daughter Aya Jayne on Friday. | Doctors at Oxford's John Radcliffe hospital kept Jayne Soliman's heart beating until they had delivered her baby daughter Aya Jayne on Friday. |
Baby Aya was born 25 weeks prematurely by caesarean section. | |
She is now being cared for by doctors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. | She is now being cared for by doctors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. |
Although exceedingly rare, this is not the first time a baby has been kept alive in the womb of a dead mother. | Although exceedingly rare, this is not the first time a baby has been kept alive in the womb of a dead mother. |
In 1999, a boy was born at Cabuenes hospital in Gijon, northern Spain, on New Year's Eve to a mother who had been clinically dead since mid-November. | In 1999, a boy was born at Cabuenes hospital in Gijon, northern Spain, on New Year's Eve to a mother who had been clinically dead since mid-November. |
Ms Soliman, 41 and a former member of the Ice Dance and Figure Skating Club in Southampton, Hants, competed in numerous international galas before taking up free skating professionally. | Ms Soliman, 41 and a former member of the Ice Dance and Figure Skating Club in Southampton, Hants, 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. | In 1989 she was both British Champion and number seven in the world for professional free skating. |
The National Ice Skating Association website pays tribute to Jayne saying she was a long standing a very popular member of the Southampton Ice Dance & Figure Skating Club. | The National Ice Skating Association website pays tribute to Jayne saying she was a long standing a very popular member of the Southampton Ice Dance & Figure Skating Club. |