"We trusted the professionals who were guiding us, and [the newborn] should have had the safest possible start in her life," ...

Promoters of free birthing reject any type of medical intervention during pregnancy or delivery. The movement has been ...

Gemma Lomas held her daughter Poppy for the first time on the day she died. A week earlier, on Oct 19, 2022, a catastrophic ...

An NHS trust failed to inform a mother of the risks involved with a natural home birth, a coroner has found after her baby died a week after delivery.

Poppy Home Lomas was just seven days old when she died at University College Hospital, central London, on October 26, 2022.

A UK coroner ruled that the NHS failed a mother whose newborn died after a high-risk home birth that went against medical guidelines. Gemma Lomas was encouraged by midwives to deliver at home despite ...

A MOTHER was given her “blue and floppy” newborn and told “there’s your baby” by a midwife after a traumatic home birth, an ...

Poppy Hope Lomas died at just seven days old following complications during a home birth her mother said she was encouraged ...

Madera lacks a maternity ward and Planned Parenthood, forcing travel to Fresno. Home births rose after 2023 reopening; midwives handle low-risk cases. Cost and lack of insurers drive unassisted births ...

Poppy Hope Lomas was seven days old when she died on 26 October 2022 following complications from her home birth ...

Seven-day-old Poppy Hope Lomas died after complications during home birth encouraged by midwives at Barnet hospital ...