Mum who died giving birth was ‘very keen’ to have baby at home, midwife says

A mother who died after giving birth to her daughter at home should have been informed of the risks, her grieving husband told an inquest.

Jennifer Cahill, 34, and her newborn daughter Agnes both died after the birth despite having ‘one of the most intense birth plans’ her midwife had ever seen.

The mother, described as the ‘queen of acts of kindness’, wanted to go into labour at home after a ‘traumatic’ hospital birth for her first son,an inquest at Rochdale Coroner’s Court heard.

But her heartbroken husband said they were not informed of the ‘red flags’ by NHS staff, which could have made her reconsider the decision.

Community nurse Andrea Walmsley told the inquest she was called to the family home in Prestwich on June 2, last year.

She first noticed the ‘very dim’ lighting at the h