The death of a baby who died within 36 hours in his 'parents' arms' at hospital is being examined by a coroner. Evidence was heard during the first day of the hearing on Tuesday (April 26) at Nottingham Council House.
Two-day-old Quinn Lias Parker was born on July 14, 2021, and died on July 16, 2021, at Nottingham City Hospital the inquest was told. His mum Emmie Elouise Studencki, who was present at the hearing, underwent a category one emergency C-section procedure after being taken to the hospital by an ambulance in the early hours of July 14.
In a statement, Ms Studencki told of her "agony" and described the heavy bleeding that made her call the emergency services. "Blood was coming down my legs and I could not move," the inquest was told. She added: "It was the worst pain I have ever felt."
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She described the heavy bleeding with blood dripping down her legs and pyjamas. Ms Studencki told the inquest that her friend, who came to her house the following day to clean, was "shocked" by the amount of blood left on the floor and in her kitchen.
Baby Quinn's mum said she was "in agony" during the whole 40-minute drive to the hospital. The inquest was also told that Ms Studencki, aged 31 at the time of giving birth, went to the hospital on three other occasions over concerns of heavy bleeding. In her statement, she said she told paramedics of her previous medical visits that started on July 5.
Ms Bridget Dolan, a barrister representing Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), told the inquest that Ms Studencki had lost 750ml of blood and a further 250ml on the way to the hospital, according to paramedics. However, little Quinn's mum disputed this in her statement, saying she was unable to give those estimations to paramedics.
The mum said she went for a walk within the hospital's maternity section precincts at around 6.40pm on the same day. It was after she returned to her room that she noticed that she was bleeding again.
"I was not desperate to have a natural birth, I was just preferring it," her statement read. She underwent a Caesarean section later that evening.
Baby Quinn was "very pale and sloppy" when he was born. The hearing was told that he had been found anaemic after he was born.
His medical condition worsened throughout the day with Ms Studencki recalling the moment when she was told that her baby "might not make it through the night". She said she had two panic attacks at midnight and at 4am in the morning respectively while in the hospital, waiting for her baby to get better.
"On July 16 Quinn passed away in our arms," Ms Studencki said. A provisional cause of his death was given as multiple organs failure and hypoxia, which is a condition linked to the lack of oxygen at the tissue level.
A pathological examination into his death was conducted by Dr Simi George, a paediatric pathologist. Speaking of the results, she told the inquest that she found a "small blood clot in the placenta".
Other witnesses attending the inquest are Dr Kirstie Allen, a Consultant Obstetrician, Dr Melinda Roche and Samantha Dyer, a midwife at NUH. Dr Elizabeth Didcock, assistant coroner for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, is examining the circumstances surrounding the death. The inquest continues.
