A birthkeeper testified at an inquest that her role was not to make a home birth safer, despite being paid $6,000 for support. The woman she assisted died from a postpartum hemorrhage after a freebirth.
A coronial inquest heard a doula, Emily Lal, delayed calling an ambulance for a freebirthing influencer, Stacey Warnecke, who died of postpartum haemorrhage. Lal testified she asked Warnecke three times over five minutes if she wanted an ambulance, as the deceased was gasping and struggling to breathe.
A doula, Emily Lal, is under scrutiny in a coronial inquest for delaying an ambulance call for a freebirthing influencer, Stacey Warnecke, who died of postpartum hemorrhage. Lal insisted on Warnecke's autonomy, only calling for help when the mother's condition critically worsened.
A Melbourne wellness influencer, Stacey Warnecke, 30, died from a treatable postpartum hemorrhage complication after a home birth without medical staff. An inquest heard she was found in an altered state of consciousness with a large blood clot before being rushed to hospital, where she later died.
