Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Hearts are breaking for a young mum-to-be, whose life was cut tragically short after she died suddenly, along with her unborn baby girl. Five months into her pregnancy, 21 year old Leah Roberts – from Cwmbran in Wales – went for a lie down after feeling unwell and never woke up again, though she was just five months into her pregnancy. Only days earlier, Leah had discovered she was expecting a daughter, who was to be named Leena-Rose, but the reasons behind her sudden death remain unknown at this stage.
Family friend Becky Davies has lovingly remembered Leah, with the family's blessing. She fondly recounted how Leah went to lie down at her grandparents' home, where she had been living, after feeling unwell that day. Concern turned to panic when, hours later, Leah couldn't be roused.
Becky detailed the harrowing moment, saying: "She had gone out in the day and went back to her grandparents' house as she wasn't herself. She went for a lie down for 30 minutes. Someone had come to call for Leah to see if she was going out somewhere and her grandfather went to her bedroom to try and wake her up and couldn't.
He went and told her grandmother he couldn't wake her so she went into the room and realised something was wrong, so took her off the bed and started performing .