Melbourne wellness influencer found short of breath and clammy after free birth hours before death

An inquest into the death of Stacey Warnecke has heard of the ‘heroic’ efforts of Frankston hospital staff to manage multiple cardiac arrests and ongoing bleeding. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

A Melbourne wellness influencer was found lying on the floor of her home in an altered state of consciousness beside a large blood clot in the hours before she died in hospital, an inquest has heard.

Stacey Warnecke, 30, died in September from a treatable complication after giving birth at home to her son Axel without any trained medical staff, the inquest which began on Monday into her death heard.