7 d. ago Warning from coroner after mother, 34, died along with her newborn baby after opting for home birth

Jennifer Cahill, 34, died in 2023 after having a heart attack shortly after giving birth to baby Agnes, Joanna Kersley, senior coroner for Manchester North, heard.

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3 w. ago Baby dies hours after birth in 'unexpected' tragedy after mum uses cocaine

The baby died only a few hours after he was born through an 'unexpected' delivery and 'following his delivery, emergency services were called and attended swiftly'

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3 w. ago Mum and baby die in home birth tragedy as 'catastrophic neglect' found

A coroner concluded there were 'gross failures' to provide basic care in the antenatal care of Jennifer Cahill, and in the care both she and baby Agnes received during delivery.

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3 w. ago Mum and baby died in home birth tragedy after 'gross failures and neglect'

A coroner concluded that 'gross failures to provide basic care' contributed to the deaths of Jennifer Cahill, 34, and her newborn baby in June 2024

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3 w. ago Mother and her newborn daughter died in home birth tragedy following 'catastrophic' errors and a 'gross failure to provide basic medical care', coroner rules

Jennifer Cahill - described by her family as an 'amazing, attentive' mother - chose to deliver Agnes Lily at home after feeling 'unsupported' in hospital when she had her son three years earlier.

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3 w. ago Mother and her newborn daughter died in home birth tragedy following 'catastrophic' errors and a 'gross failure to provide basic medical care', coroner rules 

Jennifer Cahill - described by her family as an 'amazing, attentive' mother - chose to deliver Agnes Lily at home after feeling 'unsupported' in hospital when she had her son three years earlier.

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3 w. ago Mother and newborn baby who died in home birth tragedy were both victims of neglect, coroner rules

Jennifer Cahill - described by her family as an 'amazing, attentive' mother - chose to deliver Agnes Lily at home after feeling 'unsupported' in hospital when she had her son three years earlier.

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3 w. ago 'Lack of confidence' impacted care of mum and baby who died in home birth tragedy

Jennifer Cahill, 34, died in hospital after giving birth at her family home in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, and her newborn child Agnes also passed away four days later, an inquest heard

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3 w. ago Mum who died in home birth tragedy 'believed she was low risk'

An inquest into the deaths of Jennifer Cahill and daughter Agnes continued at Rochdale Coroners' Court on Tuesday

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3 w. ago Mother, 34, who tragically died along with her newborn baby after opting for home birth wrongly believed she was low risk, inquest hears

Jennifer Cahill, 34, had suffered serious bleeding and needed two transfusions following the traumatic hospital birth of her first child, a son, three years earlier.

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4 w. ago Paramedics faced 'impossible decision' before both mum and baby died in home birth tragedy

Jennifer Cahill and her newborn, Agnes, both passed away.

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4 w. ago The 'impossible decision' faced by paramedics before mum and baby died in home birth tragedy

The inquest into the deaths of Jennifer Cahill and daughter Agnes continued at Rochdale Coroners' Court on Monday

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4 w. ago Influencer dies in home birth tragedy after 'extremely rare complication'

Stacey Hatfield, a Melbourne based nutritionist who built up a large following on social media with her recipes for healthy food, has tragically died following a home birth

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