OKLAHOMA: Kelli Tyler, a 35-year-old pregnant woman from Oklahoma, expressed joy at welcoming her new baby in her heartbreaking final social media post just hours before she died.
"We're moving in!!!" Tyler wrote on Facebook only hours before giving birth to her fifth child - and dying moments later.
Tyler's bio on her profile reads, "Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I’ll ever know. Live and die on this day."
How did Kelli Tyler die?
Tyler, 35, died on September 6 after amniotic fluid seeped into her blood during childbirth, only hours after posting about arriving at the hospital, as per the Daily Mail.
According to Tyler's mother, Julie Roach, the tragedy deprived her grandchildren of a wonderful mother. "The pain of losing my child is indescribable. There are no words," she stated.
In an interview with KFor, Roach said that despite two hours of arduous effort, physicians were ultimately forced to pronounce Tyler dead.
"The amniotic fluid got into Kelli's bloodstream [and] she was losing blood more than she could take in," she said.
"She would come around for a minute or so and she would code again. It's rare that it happens and almost always fatal, and in our case it was," she added.
What is amniotic fluid embolism?
One of the main causes of maternal mortality in the US is amniotic fluid embolism.
Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is when amniotic fluid enters the bloodstream and causes the heart and lungs to stop functioning.
It is often known as "one of the most catastrophic complications of pregnancy," as per the National Institutes of Health.
Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, or the inability of your blood to clot, is the second stage of AFE.
"I can't thank the doctors' team, the nurses' team enough, for what they did," Roach stated.
According to Roach, Taylor was eager to have Jalie, who would join her other children ages 16, 12, 11 and nine, per the GoFundMe page she organized for her children.
Kelli Tyler's final social media post
Tyler posted a photo of herself on Facebook touching her stomach and grinning while wearing a black dress. She wad surrounded by the things she thought she would need to give birth.
Is Kelli Tyler's baby OK?
Doctors suspect that Jalie may have experienced trauma and brain damage during the incident, so she was taken immediately after her birth to a nearby hospital to receive specialized care by a neonatal trauma team.
Jalie is "beginning to thrive" and loves to eat, according to Roach. She described the infant as "already spoiled" and was affectionately called "chunky monkey" and "tootsie roll" by the family.
Who will look after Kelli Tyler's children?
Roach started GoFundMe page just for her grandchildren, saying they now had to live "without the stable rock in their family."
She added that her nine-year-old grandson has been diagnosed with autism and was nonverbal, and that the money would help with things such as groceries, clothing, diapers and school supplies among others.
Roach wrote, "These children are my priority. Baby J will learn about her mother. But, my heart is broken for all of them. Thank you very much."
"She was a beautiful person and so full of love. Now we're going to carry on through her kids."
