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Man told to choose between wife and daughter during childbirth; dad makes heartbreaking decision and saves baby

Frederick knew how Keyvonne felt about children and made the decision that she should have the emergency C-section done to save their daughter's life

On what was supposed to be the happiest day of his life, Frederick Connie was faced with a devastating choice to make. His wife, Keyvonne Connie, went into early labor and started hemorrhaging at the family home in Littleton, Colorado. When the couple rushed to the hospital, the doctors told the expectant father that he had to choose between saving his wife or their daughter. Frederick said that he chose what he thought his wife would have wanted him to do. On the same day, his baby girl was born into the world and he lost the woman he loved.

KDVR reported that Keyvonne wasn't supposed to have the baby until mid-January next year. On November 30, however, she went into early labor and the concerned father-to-be immediately knew that something was terribly wrong. He told the news outlet: "I'm like, 'Are you okay?' And I see blood everywhere."