A hospital exhausted its supply of a wellness influencer’s blood type in an unsuccessful attempt to save her life as she bled uncontrollably after a free birth at home, a court has been told.

Stacey Warnecke, 30, was with her husband, Nathan Warnecke, and unregulated doula Emily Lal when she delivered her son at her Melbourne home on 29 September.

The baby boy was healthy but Warnecke’s condition rapidly declined and an ambulance was called about 4.30am, the Victorian coroner’s court was told on Wednesday.

Paramedics arrived to find Warnecke looking yellow and struggling to breathe as she sat on the floor near the birthing pool, counsel assisting Rachel Ellyard said.

She was taken to Frankston hospital but could not be saved.

It is suspected she died from complications after a postpar

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