An ice-skating coach who collapsed and died from a brain haemorrhage gave birth to a baby girl two days later.
Jayne Soliman, 41, was declared brain-dead at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital but doctors managed to keep her heart beating long enough to deliver her little girl, Aya Jayne, by caesarean section.
Members of her club expressed their "immense sadness" and "great regret" for what happened but said Mrs Soliman's daughter was "doing well".
A statement on the Bracknell Ice Skating Club website read: "It is with great regret and immense sadness that we have to inform you that coach Jayne Soliman died suddenly on Wednesday afternoon as a result of a brain haemorrhage."
The statement continued: "The baby is very small but doing well. Our prayers are with her."
Mrs Soliman, a professional skater who had competed in international galas, was only 25 weeks pregnant when she collapsed in her bedroom, having gone to bed complaining of a headache.
She was airlifted to the John Radcliffe Hospital but was pronounced dead at 8pm.
Doctors said the skater had suffered from a haemorrhage caused by an aggressive tumour which had struck a major blood vessel.
But they were still hopeful her baby could be saved.
Mrs Soliman was given large doses of steroids to help the child's lungs develop and within 48 hours, she gave birth to a baby girl weighing two pounds one and a half ounces.
