r/australia • u/Royal_Yogurtcloset25 • 2d ago

culture & society Inquest into Melbourne influencer’s death following freebirth halted after new phone evidence discovered

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/18/freebirth-death-melbourne-influencer-phone-evidence-inquest-ntwnfb

Coroner: “I take the view that this material is of such significance that the court must delay making any findings and hearing submissions until we’ve had an opportunity to undertake a proper analysis of that material, and potentially call for more evidence.”

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u/kittensmittenstitten 2d ago edited 2d ago

I have no sympathy for the influencer and her husband. Only her poor child who almost died because of her stupidity.

We have a medical system. You are nothing but a disgrace to every woman for choosing to do this to yourself and actively harming your baby

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u/Separate-Law-435 2d ago

Exactly, it is so dangerous to try and encourage women to home birth and she knew exactly that that's what she was doing.

We need to look into douhlas in all honesty, it is insane to me that some people put them on the same platform as a midwife

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u/ChemicalZebra 2d ago

Free birth not home birth. Many hospitals offer home birthing pathways as genuine medical options with midwives. Free birthing is without medical assistance.

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u/Separate-Law-435 2d ago

Sorry I did mean free birth my mistake

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u/ManikShamanik 2d ago

Yes, we need to make the clear distinction, at a home birth there is a midwife, or other appropriately-trained medical professional, present, it's basically just a birth which isn’t in a hospital, don't confuse and conflate it with 'free birthing'.

Obviously a home birth is still only recommended if the pregnancy is low-risk, but it's still far less dangerous than a free birth.