Young mum who was planning baby's first Christmas tragically dies in her sleep
23.11.2023 - 14:02
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A young mum who was planning her baby's first Christmas tragically died suddenly in her sleep.
Caitlin Faulder, 20, was found unresponsive in her bed at the home she shared with her mum and dad, Kellie and John Faulder, and her five-month-old daughter Poppy. It's believed she may have had a heart attack in her sleep.
Caitlin's sister Charlotte said the family have been left devastated at her shock passing, reports the Mirror. The heartbroken 20-year-old said: "She was so young and has left a five-month-old baby. Everyone is heartbroken."
Charlotte said Caitlin had been complaining of "a pain in her heart" for a few months.
The young mother, who was looking forward to Christmas and also to returning to work at Costa Coffee in Hessle near Hull, had been for checks.
"When she was pregnant she had an ECG, which showed an abnormality, but they didn't think it was anything to worry about," said Charlotte, who also has siblings Chloe, 22, Joseph, 18, and Jasmine, 14.
"She was going to have an echo-scan when Poppy was six weeks old, but they never sent anything out. When she went to the doctors, all they kept saying was 'everything is normal, everything is fine, your blood pressure is fine'. On Saturday night, she was absolutely fine - she was dancing and enjoying being with her daughter.
"She was the absolute life of the party. She danced every day - she loved Ed Sheeran and all kinds of music, especially Christmas music. She was going to put her Christmas tree up this week and had already bought her Christmas presents for her daughter and had wrapped them up."
Charlotte said her dad, John, was alerted to baby Poppy's crying early on Sunday. "Caitlin's bedroom is downstairs and my dad came down and shouted to her, 'Caitlin, Poppy's