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CT Native Who Died In Labor Survived By Baby, 'Soulmate' Husband
What should have been the happiest day for the a Jersey City family welcoming their baby girl turned out to be the most tragic.
Melinda Segunda Pritchett, 37 -- originally of New London, CT -- went in for a routine induction on Friday, Sept. 4, but required an emergency C-section due to a fetal heart rate complication, a GoFundMe page says.
Just after her baby girl was born, Melinda went into cardiac arrest. And, after hours of trying to save her, the new mom passed away.
Surviving her is her daughter, Adelina Joy Maribel, and her husband -- whom friends describe as her soulmate -- Jo…
