Food Influencer Dies After Giving Birth at Home Following ‘Rare Complication’

An Australian influencer has died following the birth of her baby boy.

On Sunday, Oct. 19, Stacey Hatfield’s husband Nathan Warnecke announced that she had died late last month.

Hatfield was known for promoting toxin-free lifestyle and foods with natural ingredients on her Natural Spoonfuls website and Instagram page.

“Its with heavy heart that i share with you the unexpected passing of my beautiful wife, soul mate and best friend, Stacey Warnecke (Hatfield),” Nathan wrote on the Natural Spoonfuls Instagram page.

“Stace passed on the 29th September 2025 after successfully giving birth to our firstborn son, Axel, at home,” he continued. “Tragically, shortly after, an unforeseen and extremely rare complication arose and she passed after being transferred to hospital. Hospital staff were amazing and did the utmost to help, but ultimately nothing could be done despite their best efforts.”

He added that he had known his wife for nine years and that “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 continued. “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,” he added. “She was the most beautiful, loving, caring, hardworking, disciplined, intelligent and trustworthy human being i’ve ever known.”

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He added, “She made me the man i am today and everything i have in life is all thanks to her. The happiest day of my life was getting to marry her, my best friend, on a white sand beach in the Maldives.”

He went on to say that his wife founded her company Natural Spoonfuls in 2019 before developing social media content creation company Waffl.

“I’m so proud of her for everything she achieved in her professional life and i was privileged enough to be able to help her complete her vision throughout the years,” he said.

“It was her lifes biggest dream to be a mum. She did it,” he continued. “On her terms, exactly the way she always dreamed of doing it. She loved being pregnant and over the last 9 months told our son she loved him everyday. She held Axel when he was born, nursed him, saw that he was a boy and loved him. She loved him so much and still, continues to love him.”

So far, $24,926 Australian dollars has been raised out of a $28,000 goal on GoFundMe to help with funeral costs, as well as household bills, baby supplies and time off work for Nathan.

In the description, it was revealed that Hatfield died just two months before the couple’s wedding anniversary.