Homebirth ath of Carole Lovell: Coroner remends charg agast midwife Gaye Demanuele

GAYE DEMANUELE AND THE POLICS OF HOMEBIRTH

Gaye Demanuele and Melody Bourne were wh Carole Lovell when she livered her send dghter a birthg pool January 2012 * gaye demanuele *

WARNING: This story ntas graphic ntent that rears may fd pots:Prosecutors are ttg the evince agast midwiv Gaye Demanuele and Melody BourneThe Melbourne Magistrat' Court heard Carole Lovell staed tears and started bleedg durg the homebirthMs Bourne's barrister, Robert Richter QC, told the urt that his client and her -acced vigoroly ny that they were negligentGaye Demanuele, 60, and Melody Bourne, 44, appeared the Melbourne Magistrat' Court, where they were acced of the negligent manslghter of Carole Lovell, who died hospal after givg birth at home 2012. The midwiv at the birth, Gaye Demanuele, 60, and Melody Bourne, 44, are charged wh manslghter and are acced of negligently failg to provi aquate re to the mum.

On March 24 Coroner Peter Whe remend the Director of Public Prosecutns exame whether crimal charg should be laid agast Gaye Demanuele followg the tragic ath of Carole Lovell after she gave birth to her send child at home wh Gaye and another midwife. Gaye has mataed all along that she followed procre. Gaye Demanuele.

DPP MT PROSECUTE MIDWIFE GAYE DEMANUELE FOR THE ATH OF MY DGHTER, CAROLE LOVELL.DPP MT PROSECUTE MIDWIFE GAYE DEMANUELE FOR THE ATH OF MY DGHTER, CAROLE LOVELL.

From the var ritur the news media, one would assume that Gaye was a villa, wilfully obstctg the re of a dyg woman – allowg her to “bleed out” liberately.

Anecdote is not evince, but let me say this to unter the hyperbole: this is not the Gaye I know who red for me at home durg a post-partum bleed wh great skill and empathy. This is not the Gaye whom I lled and asked for advice about my third pregnancy and who gave me an hour of her time to listen and offer different possibili (cludg givg birth a hospal); nor the Gaye I protted wh support of women’s birth rights; nor the Gaye who has served a large muny of Melbourne women who have cid to birth at home spe an stutnalised culture of opposn and hostily. This article is not about asssg the facts of the se, however, which has been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutns, nor is about Gaye Demanuele as a person who is loved and rpected by many; rather, is an examatn of the wir ntext of homebirth polics – specifilly, the liberate stctn of pennt midwifery Atralia over the last and a half.

This is the polil ntext agast which Gaye’s se needs to be unrstood. Now this legislatn and s regulatory aftermath is relevant Gaye Demanuele’s se bee she was polilly opposed to the guil. It has been prented the mastream media that Gaye registered herself to avoid culpabily and, ed, to keep practicg agast the law bee apparently she is “dangero” and hell bent on breakg the l.

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GAYE DEMANUELE AND THE POLICS OF HOMEBIRTH

DPP MT PROSECUTE MIDWIFE GAYE DEMANUELE FOR THE ATH OF MY DGHTER, CAROLE LOVELL.DPP MT PROSECUTE MIDWIFE GAYE DEMANUELE FOR THE ATH OF MY DGHTER, CAROLE LOVELL.