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VIC:Free birth complications rise, hospital dobbed in doula

A hospital director has revealed he referred an unregistered doula to police over concerns she was a risk to public health following a wellness influencer's fatal free birth.

Stacey Warnecke, 30, had been undergoing a free birth at her Melbourne home with unregistered doula Emily Lal and her husband Nathan on September 29.

A free birth, unlike a home birth where a registered midwife is present, is done intentionally without any medical professionals.

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