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The MedMal Room: The case of an Attempted Homebirth Gone Wrong

The Safety Ledger - When “Urgent” Wasn’t Urgent: Lessons from a $55 Million Birth Injury Verdict

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Amos Grünebaum, MD
Nov 02, 2025
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A Baltimore homebirth transfer exposes how miscommunication and missed urgency can turn a manageable complication into lifelong harm.

This is all public record: Rebecca Fielding thought she would deliver her baby at home, guided by a midwife she trusted. But when her labor stalled and the baby’s head became stuck, even after the midwife gave at home oxy…

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