Baby girl’s death raises fears about childbirth coaches being used by parents

Doulas are unregulated and non-medical professionals (Picture: Getty)

A coroner has issued a warning over doulas impeding the work of midwives after a baby girl died just two weeks after birth.

The coroner for Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton, Henry Charles, gave the warning after an inquest last month into the death of Matilda Pomfret-Thomas.

The baby’s parents had hired a doula as part of a plan to give birth at home after they had previously experienced a traumatic hospital birth.