Mother of baby who died after homebirth claims hospital failed to notify midwife of complication

Woman told inquest community midwife had not been made aware there was an issue during the birth of her daughter with a condition called shoulder dystocia, where there is a problem with the shoulder getting stuck after a baby’s head has been delivered

Baby Rob Cashin died in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin just hours after he had been delivered at home on August 27, 2020. Picture: Collins Courts

A woman whose newborn baby died following a homebirth has claimed she might have been prevented from having a home delivery if a maternity hospital had passed on details to a midwife of previous difficulties she had experienced during the birth of her first child.

Paula Cashin told an inquest at Dublin District Coroner’s Court she wondered “how events would have unfolded” if such information had been available.