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Mom Dies In Labor Leaving Kids, Husband To Grieve In Maryland
What was supposed to be a day of dreams turned into one of nightmares for a Maryland family mourning the loss of their matriarch.
Maria Mejia and her husband were ready to welcome their third child, Nuestro Regaló Dilan Gael, to the world on Wednesday, April 12, though fate had more pernicious plans in mind for the family that day.
While in labor with the child, there were complications, according to her husband, and she died from severe preeclampsia while giving birth.
“My beloved wife, or as I called her, my 'China,' came to the hospital to give birth to our third child, and this moment…