The young mother regained consciousness only on the fifth day following the birth of her daughter.

Angela Primachenko, a 27-year-old pediatric neonatologist from Vancouver, contracted coronavirus when she was 33 weeks pregnant. Her condition worsened, and after a week of treatment, she was put into a medically induced coma.

For 10 days, medical professionals fought for the lives of both Angela and her child. During this time, Angela remained unconscious and relied on a ventilator for breathing. When she woke up on April 6, she discovered that she had given birth to a daughter.

Baby Ava was born five days earlier by Caesarean section. Angela's condition became so severe at some point that the doctors made the decision to perform the operation a few weeks ahead of schedule, ultimately saving both the mother and the baby.

"When I woke up from the coma, I immediately noticed that my stomach had disappeared. It was just a brain explosion – I was so scared," Angela recalls her first impressions.

Little Ava was born with a weight of 2 kg. The girl's life was in danger, but the mother was able to hug her newborn daughter only a week later when Angela's test for coronavirus showed a negative result.

"I'm crying! I came out of a coma, and I am holding my daughter," she captioned her first photo with her daughter on social networks.

The premature baby was kept under observation in the intensive care unit for another week, and then she was finally discharged home.

"Ava, my little champion, is doing great and gaining weight every day," Angela reported.

The happy mother couldn't wait for her eldest daughter, Emily, who is only 11 months old, to see her little sister. The joy on Emily's face was evident when she saw the bundle with the baby. Emily's touching reaction was caught on video, which Angela shared on social networks.

"My girls met," the happy mother captioned the post.

Angela confesses that she does not know how she contracted the virus. She assures that she followed all the precautions and even stopped working to protect herself during pregnancy. When Angela found out about her diagnosis, she, as a doctor, immediately realized that in her case, everything would end up with a ventilator.

"At some point, I just couldn't breathe," she recalls.

"We already thought we were losing her. We could only pray," say Angela's relatives.

But the mom-fighter got out. Now Angela is eternally grateful to the doctors who saved her and her daughter's lives.