Alanna and Stephen Goetzinger lost their daughter Rana when she was stillborn during a waterbirth at their home in 2012 . Rana was found to have died of meconium aspiration , a condition where a foetus inhales their faeces before birth , preventing them from breathing . A coroner 's report found that their midwife failed to recognise signs of the meconium , changed the time of birth , and whether there was signs of life . She handed in her resignation at the end of 2014 after the report said her actions during the birth were 'grossly inadequate ' The Goetzinger 's have spoken out against the findings and claim that the midwife did nothing wrong and that the death could not have been stopped . In July 2015 it emerged that an inquest into the deaths of two babies who had suffered severe brain damage caused by water births would be reopened following new evidence which showed they may have been killed as
Alanna and Stephen Goetzinger lost their daughter Rana when she was stillborn during a waterbirth at their home in 2012 . Rana was found to have died of meconium aspiration , a condition where a foetus inhales their faeces before birth , preventing them from breathing . A coroner 's report found that their midwife failed to recognise signs of the meconium , changed the time of birth , and whether there was signs of life . She handed in her resignation at the end of 2014 after the report said her actions during the birth were 'grossly inadequate ' The Goetzinger 's have spoken out against the findings and claim that the midwife did nothing wrong and that the death could not have been stopped . The want an apology from the coroner 's office who conducted an autopsy without their permission and the reinstatement of their midwife 's licence .