Stacey Warnecke died after choosing a birth free of all medical help. An inquest wants to know why

A coroner is looking into the final moments of a Melbourne influencer’s life and what leads women to choose ‘freebirth’ over obstetric careGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs Stacey Warnecke lay on the floor of her home, short of breath after a massive postpartum haemorrhage, the woman she hired as her birthkeeper, Emily Lal, told her she was likely having a panic attack.“Don’t leave me,” Warnecke said to Lal, who had no medical qualifications, but who Warnecke had paid $6,000 to support her pregnancy, a coroner’s court heard this week. Continue reading...