Australian food influencer dies after refusing ambulance during unassisted home birth
TL;DR
An Australian food influencer, Stacey Hatfield, died after an unassisted home birth when she twice refused ambulance during postpartum hemorrhaging; her husband later rushed her to hospital but two dozen doctors could not save her, though their son Axel survived. A coroner’s inquest said her choice to forgo medical help in an unassisted home birth contributed to the death, which followed a rare complication.
- Food influencer Stacey Hatfield refused ambulance twice before bleeding out in fatal homebirth New York Post
- Birthkeeper hired by woman who died after freebirth tells inquest she was ‘not there to make a birth safer’ The Guardian
- Stacey Warnecke Allegedly Refused Ambulance While She Lost Blood During Home Birth: Report People.com
- Birth doula says lack of consent delayed Triple Zero call for dying mother Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- ‘No way I was going to call an ambulance’: Doula at fatal free birth defends actions SMH.com.au
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