The husband of a pregnant woman who died suddenly from a rare brain condition has revealed how she used her final moments to save their unborn baby.
Charlotte de Martino, 31, had been enjoying life with husband Michael, 32, and their daughters, Freja, three, and Astrid, one.
The Swedish-born IKEA worker, who lived in Ferntree Gully, Melbourne, and was six months pregnant with her third child, was home alone one Saturday morning when she suffered a catastrophic brain bleed caused by an arteriovenous malformation.
Before slipping unconscious, Charlotte mustered the strength to call an ambulance, an extraordinary act that doctors say is the only reason they could save their daughter, Runa.
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