The 30-year-old mother who gave birth to her third child at her home in Nea Filadelfia last Friday night remains in shock. Although she breastfed the baby after giving birth, a few hours later she realized the baby wasn’t breathing. The infant was taken to the hospital, where, despite the doctors’ efforts, it was not possible to revive the baby.
The parents maintain that they did everything as recommended, while the mother reportedly feared giving birth in a maternity hospital and chose a home birth with the help of a midwife. However, the outcome was tragic.
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“The infant was born conscious, but when she was born, she did not cry immediately and was wrapped in the umbilical cord. Around 3:00 a.m., everyone fell asleep except the mother, who, at around 6:20 a.m., realized that the infant was not breathing,” police reported.
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The parents claim that as soon as they realized the newborn was not breathing, they called an ambulance. The midwife, however, did not accompany them to the hospital.
“The midwife testified under oath regarding the incident. She described in detail the procedure followed during a home birth and also stated that throughout the delivery, the fetus’s clinical condition was normal,” according to the Hellenic Police.
The 30-year-old had given birth to her first child at a maternity hospital and her second at home. She chose to do the same this time, inviting a 57-year-old midwife to her apartment to assist her with the delivery.
The mother was transported in a state of shock to a maternity clinic in Nea Ionia, where she remains hospitalized.
What the infant’s mother says
The infant’s mother described what happened in an interview with Live News:
“I’m deeply distressed. All I have to say is that my baby was born completely healthy, and what happened was sudden. One lie was that the baby had respiratory distress at birth and wasn’t taken to the hospital, which isn’t true. They wrote that I was bleeding when I wasn’t. I feel so very sad. I’m in pain right now. I went into shock. That’s all I know. I’m in shock. I never expected anything like this. Obviously. Otherwise, if I had expected it, I’d be at the hospital, not at home. I have no idea what happened.”
The 30-year-old’s decision to give birth at home instead of at a maternity hospital raises questions, as she reportedly feared the process of giving birth in a hospital.
Source: In.gr
