<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian nutritionist and food influencer Stacey Hatfield has died from an "extremely rare complication" during childbirth, her heartbroken husband says.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 30-year-old from Melbourne, known as </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/naturalspoonfuls/?hl=en" rel="" target="" title="@naturalspoonfuls"><span>@naturalspoonfuls</span></a><span> on social media, gained more than 17,100 followers by promoting a toxin-free lifestyle and natural recipes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was pregnant and just two months shy of her first wedding anniversary with husband Nathan Warnecke when she went into labour on September 29.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/openai-sora-why-youre-seeing-ai-videos-on-your-social-media-feed-explained/d319cd50-a643-4c84-a542-a1913447508f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Why your social media feeds are being overrun by AI videos</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hatfield gave birth at home to a healthy baby boy named Axel. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But moments later, the "unimaginable" happened.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Warnecke said an "unforeseen and extremely rare complication" arose. </span></div></div><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px auto;max-width:440px;padding:0;width:99.375%"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DP-dHVLEmiw/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1"></a></blockquote></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/stacey-warnecke-food-influencer-dies-from-extremely-rare-complication-during-childbirth/76f69720-f27e-4600-8dd0-1943756d2776" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was rushed to hospital, where she died.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Hospital staff were amazing and did the utmost to help, but ultimately nothing could be done despite their best efforts," he said in a social media post yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Words can't do justice to how devastating this is for myself and everyone that knew and loved her.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was her life's biggest dream to be a mum. She did it. On her terms, exactly the way she always dreamed of doing it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She loved being pregnant and over the last 9 months told our son she loved him everyday. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She held Axel when he was born, nursed him, saw that he was a boy and loved him. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She loved him so much and still, continues to love him."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/afterpay-outage-australia-new-zealand-canada-america-millions-affected/27aed589-acf2-4764-a9db-c95215d8c5ff" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Millions affected as Afterpay hit by global outage</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Warnecke said her last moments were the "happiest I've ever seen her", as he paid tribute to his "beautiful wife, soul mate and best friend".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I knew Stace for nine amazing years, she was the light of my life and the reason I got up in the morning. Words can't do justice to how devastating this is for myself and everyone that knew and loved her," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She was my lighthouse in the storm, and the world is less bright without her in it. As her husband, I couldn't ask for a better partner.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She was the most beautiful, loving, caring, hardworking, disciplined, intelligent and trustworthy human being I've ever known."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Family, friends and the community have rallied behind Warnecke and Axel, raising more than $20,000 to help support the family pay for the funeral, childcare costs, household bills, and to take time off work.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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