Tragic mum 'would have been offered abortion' if deadly condition had been spotted in time Susan McLoughlin was at high risk of death during labour but her illness was only spotted days before she gave birth 16:23, 30 APR 2021 Updated Susan McLoughlin, from Netherton, with her oldest son Jake when he was a baby (Image: Wendy Lunt) A mum-of-four who died shortly after giving birth would have been advised to have an abortion if doctors had diagnosed her condition on time, an inquest heard. Susan McLoughlin, 33, suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after undergoing a caesarean section to deliver her baby girl Leila on October 21, 2019, leaving her devastated partner Jason McKevitt to raise their four children alone.