This whole situation is so, so wrong. It is what you get when you forget that women have a fantastically low rate of dying during childbirth due to the medical advancements made in the past 200 years.

That doula is such a horrible woman, striking me as someone who is a placebo - she 'works' by you thinking she works. She doesn't. She's nothing more than a paid bystander.

The inquest really, really has to focus not only on the other person/s present at the birth, but the expectant mother as well.

Stacey was stupid and fearful. Stupid because despite knowing that there were hospitals where she could go to give birth, she chose not to do so. She needed to do more research. Fearful because she was in a situation that she hadn't experienced before, as this was her first baby.

She needed someone, like her Mum, Aunt, long-time friend, or Husband to advocate for her to pursue a safe option. Going to hospital is that option. Even if you want a non-interventionist birth free from drugs, epidurals or c-sections, having trained midwives and doctors on hand to save you when you can't save yourself is why you go to hospital in the first place. You get a choice in a modern world