{"id":2351,"date":"2026-06-17T16:39:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2351"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:39:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:39:55","slug":"food-influencer-stacey-hatfield-refused-ambulance-during-fatal-homebirth-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2351","title":{"rendered":"Food influencer Stacey Hatfield refused ambulance during fatal homebirth: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Australian food influencer Stacey Hatfield twice refused to call an ambulance as she bled out during a homebirth last year, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2349\">What\u2019s closed Friday in the Bay Area for the Juneteenth holiday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hatfield \u2013 who went by @naturalspoonfuls on Instagram \u2013 died on Sept. 29, 2025, hours after delivering her son Axel without any assistance from a midwife or nurse. She was just 30 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>During a coroner\u2019s inquest in Melbourne this week, the court listened to the 12-minute emergency call made the day Hartfield died as well as testimony from her doula, Emily Lal, who has been banned from working as a birth companion, the Sydney Herald reported. Her husband, Nathan Warnecke, also provided a statement to the court, explaining that his wife was adamant about delivering their child without medical intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Lal echoed the sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer autonomy was very important to her,\u201d she said. \u201cThere was no way I was going to call an ambulance against her wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hatfield repeatedly declined their suggestions to call for help, the inquest heard, but her condition quickly deteriorated and she finally gave in upon their third offer.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2347\">Real estate firms eye 400-plus homes at San Jose office building site<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wife just given birth, and she is having trouble breathing,\u201d Warnecke tells the operator in the emergency call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got help coming as quickly as we can for her, OK?\u201d they reply.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By the time paramedics arrived on the scene, Hatfield\u2019s skin was cold and yellow. She was lying on the floor in a dark room, between the couch and the birth pool, and she was highly agitated, according to the Sydney Herald.<\/p>\n<p>The wellness influencer was subsequently rushed to the hospital, where she lost a \u201cbig gush of blood,\u201d triggering a severe obstetric emergency, the coroner\u2019s inquest heard. Her cause of death was later determined to be \u201cpostpartum hemorrhage in the setting of a home birth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2345\">Sipbie Caffe owner\u2019s \u2018taste buds\u2019 help create drinks for his Los Gatos pop-up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her son, the couple\u2019s first child, survived the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian food influencer Stacey Hatfield twice refused to call an ambulance as she bled out during a homebirth last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Food influencer Stacey Hatfield refused ambulance during fatal homebirth: report - 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