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An expert paramedic has described the "impossible decision" for emergency crews to decide whether to stay with a mother or her baby in a home birth that ended in tragedy.

Jennifer Cahill, 34, died in hospital on June 3, 2024 , after giving birth at her family home in Prestwich which she shared with her husband, Robert Cahill, and their first child. Their second child, baby Agnes, also died in hospital four days later.

The pair were rushed to hospital separately following a host of complications. Agnes was born not breathing, covered in meconium and with the umbilical cord around her neck, a midwife has told the inquest at Rochdale Coroner's Court. Agnes died from hypoxia, the coroner said.

Mrs Cahill suffered a postpartum hemorrhage, with experts totalling between 1

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