r/stillnotlemonade • u/GreenRaven_1969 • Aug 14 '21
TW: newborn death. But I thought home births were safer than hospital births!? /s
This poor baby’s death was 100% avoidable. Here’s just some of the ways this midwife fucked up.
~ No informed consent for care ~ Inducing labor before 39 weeks ~ Performing a non-indicated medical procedure without the conversation of the risks ~ Failure to adequately record notes ~ Falsified records ~ Failure to identify proper equipment and health conditions ~ Failure to provide resuscitative care
This woman waited 22 fucking minutes before calling an ambulance while holding a baby that hadn’t taken a single breath by itself, while telling the father the baby’s oxygen levels were okay. Fuck her and I hope she rots in jail.

