The death of a baby girl 18 hours after she was born was unconnected to her mother’s decision to have a natural birth, an inquest has heard.
Erin Blaides died at the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street on January 16, 2019 as a result of complications with her lungs and brain caused by meconium, a baby’s first faeces.
A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard her mum, Louise Blaides, had wanted a natural birth and had chosen to avail of the antenatal Domino care service provided by community-based midwives.
