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Victorian mother dies after homebirth

All I can think is how sad this is for her family..and how she will be used by those who say home birth is unsafe. <span class="emoticon sad">sad</span>

I was very, very sad to hear of this too. I agree that it will be used as an argument against home birth, which is also very sad. I don't think the details of what exactly happened have been revealed so I hope everyone waits before making judgements, but I can't see that happening the way our media works. It's so, so sad for her family. sad

Victorian mother dies after homebirth

All I can think is how sad this is for her family..and how she will be used by those who say home birth is unsafe. <span class="emoticon sad">sad</span>

i agree <span class="emoticon sad">sad</span> theres another thread on this atm.

i think that hb carries the same risks as hospital birth provided that your pregnancy is uncomplicated. i wouldve love a hb for my 3rd but decided not to when we weighed up the risks vs hospital..we live over 3omins away if something went wrong and i had a bad pph with #1. so we decided hospital was best (not to mention the cost of a hb midwife!)

i think hb should be made more availible here in aus and the midwives given more support. risk is acase by case thing imo.

It just so sad for her kids.

I wouldn't do home births if i could. I just scared that something would happen. I live about 10 minutes from our local hospital but still be too scared incase they couldn't get me there in time.

I hope no-one uses this case to stop it because it will cause more hurt for the family and they need to be left alone.

I think its a tragedy. Im very sorry fir her family and fruendsright now.

Unfortunately, hb cannot offer the same risk management as hospital birth because response time is longer in emergency.

I just hope people can keep the hb discussions to a minimum while the family grieves.

I am just so sad for her hubby and her little girls sad

What a tragedy!

I find it very sad for the family left behind. It would be so hard for a toddler to suddenly lose their mother like that.

I have seen on facebook that the family is requesting breastmilk donations for the new baby. I find that heartening that the father clearly has honoured what his late wife would have wanted for her baby.

I have seen on facebook that the family is requesting breastmilk donations for the new baby. I find that heartening that the father clearly has honoured what his late wife would have wanted for her baby.

^^ Poor hubby sad This is just way too sad. I feel soo sorry for the girls, the older one has a new baby sister but now her mummy is gone.


I could not do a home birth, the thought of it is nice but too risky.
I feel so much safer in a hospital, i just don't get how mothers that plan a homebirth are ok with it. I would rather know that my child and i are going to be in the best place if something was going to happen.

Victorian mother dies after homebirth

All I can think is how sad this is for her family..and how she will be used by those who say home birth is unsafe. <span class="emoticon sad">sad</span>

It is just so incredibly sad. My heart goes out to them <span class="emoticon sad">sad</span>

I find it very sad for the family left behind. It would be so hard for a toddler to suddenly lose their mother like that.

I have seen on facebook that the family is requesting breastmilk donations for the new baby. I find that heartening that the father clearly has honoured what his late wife would have wanted for her baby.

Windmill, do you have a link or any further info on their request for EBM?

I have ranted and raved in another thread. sad

totally devastating.

I have ranted and raved in another thread. sad

totally devastating.

I saw that one...which is why I started this one because I wasn't in the mood to rant and rave, but thought it might be nice to possibly get a different perspective than 'home birth is inherently more dangerous all because ONE woman died in 15 years and we don't even know WHY she died yet' that is going on in the other one. Thank you for inserting some common sense into that other thread though. smile

Why can't the focus be on the fact that a woman is now dead and has left behind TWO small children, including a newborn, and a grieving family and friends?

Why does it have to descend into 'see, this is how unsafe giving birth at home is' without any actual facts other than she had a baby at home and then tragically died.....what is that old saying "correlation does not necessarily equal causation".

I think this lady offers a very descriptive and insightful view of homebirthing.

http://spunoutpost.blogspot.com.au/

I have never posted a link so I hope that works.

Scroll down and you can read about her recent birth.

I think any death of a mother is so sad. It makes me think what would happen to my children if I died. Can you imagine raising a newborn, grieving and facing the media?