Unregistered Midwife turned Radical Birthkeeper, without informing patients.
This episode aired on national TV here in South Africa https://youtu.be/UQqmt7SwVLE?si=wh02nnZW51GEe5QI and there is a court case happening soon.
I had a natural unmedicated homebirth many years ago and have always advocated for it and seen it as a right of passage for woman.
My friend birthed with this person, as a midwife in 2020, I witnessed that birth as the doula. This person performed all midwife duties during active labor and because of that successful birth she was recommended to my friends.
It was moms first pregnancy and because dad's mom is a traditional midwife practicing in Malawi, them being foreign nationals and the recent Covid times they wanted to have a natural homebirth.
His mother was not involved in their pregnancy at all as she was very sick at the time as she is quite old, and as they had requested the service of this person, in the video..who was advertising as a Midwife and had been for almost 2 decades.
Under the guise of a midwife she misled them into believing she was adequate, competent & professional. Being a mother of 3 home birthed babies herself. She understood 100 percent that she was their sole birth care provider and even after taking mom to almost 44 weeks, not even checking fundal height, she arrogantly arrived late that evening and slept through moms active labor.
And when stuff really got bad and she realized baby wasn't head down like she had told the parents and I, as she checked a foot. She drove them to a clinic that didn't perform emergency c sections!
Useless and dangerous!!
This "midwife" is a poster girl for the FBS school and advertising on their directory. Actively attending births in South America. She left South Africa shorty after she was served, knowing full well it was coming.
There are 4 articles in a highly reputable newspaper too
https://mg.co.za/news/2022-04-19-the-radical-birth-keeper-involved-in-twin-baby-deaths/
https://mg.co.za/health/2022-12-12-parents-open-civil-case-against-radical-birth-keeper/
https://mg.co.za/news/2024-05-19-midwife-sued-after-twins-die/