India, Aug. 10 -- A newborn baby in Australia died after her mother delivered her in a 'home-birthing' pool hired from freebirth-promoting influencer Emily Lal. As per the findings of the Coroners Court of Victoria, it is "unlikely" that the baby girl would have died had she been born in a hospital or if a midwife had been present during the birth in December 2022.

The mother, referred to as Mrs E in the coroner's report, was 41 years old when she fell pregnant with Baby E in March 2022. She did not see a general practitioner (GP) or obstetrician for regular antenatal tests and scans, and she planned to birth at home in a birthing pool, the report said.

During her pregnancy, she went to a general practitioner only once, and that too to ...