Police
are investigating the deaths of twins after a home birth gone wrong in a commune in the Byron
Bay area.
The
parents are part of a movement called ‘wild birthing’ where little to no
medical care, including ultrasounds or heartbeat checks is done during pregnancy
and birth. So the parents had no idea they were having twins.
The
first twin was stillborn and the second died shortly thereafter in hospital.
Wild birthing or ‘free birth’ is where a mother chooses to have a child without any assistance or intervention, including heartbeat checks or ultrasounds, thought to harm the baby.
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