23 h. 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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23 h. 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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24 h. 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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32 h. ago Newborn baby dies after being 'thrown 40ft from window by five

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The 21-day-old baby was killed in a horrifying incident in the Russian village of Vasilyevo, according to officials, as a criminal investigation is launched

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6 d. 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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1 week ago Mother, 34, who died along with her newborn baby after opting for home birth against medical advice shouted 'I am a warrior!' as she struggled to deliver her daughter

Jennifer Cahill, 34, an international export manager, had made it clear she wanted a completely 'physiological' birth for baby Agnes Lily, with no drugs and minimal outside interference.

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1 week ago Mother, 34, who tragically died along with her newborn baby after opting for home birth told midwives she wanted a completely natural labour with no medication, inquest hears

Jennifer Cahill, 34, chose to deliver Agnes Lily at home after feeling 'unsupported' in hospital when she had her son three years

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2 w. ago Mum, 34, and baby died in home birth tragedy as heartbroken father pays tribute & says ‘we never heard the risks’

A MOTHER and her newborn baby died within hours of each other in a tragic home birth, an inquest has heard. Rob Cahill recounted details of his wife and baby's death after a home birth which has left him heartbroken. Jennifer Cahill, 34, never got to hold her "beautiful" baby Agnes after giving birth at...

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2 w. ago Mother, 34, and her newborn baby both died after she decided to have a home birth due to feeling 'unsupported' by midwives when her first child was delivered in hospital

Jennifer Cahill, 34, delivered baby Agnes Lily at her home in the presence of her husband Rob and two midwives in June last year.

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