Baby's death after mother fell asleep while breastfeeding recorded as open verdict

When she woke up one and a half hours later, she found vomit and bloodstains on the baby’s swaddling cloth. He was conveyed to the Sengkang General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The baby was born at KKWCH on 17 August last year. He was found to be generally well and a routine screening on the first day of his life revealed no abnormalities. His mother stated that when she was at the hospital, she declined the offer by several nurses to teach her how to breastfeed as she could still remember the methods from her firstborn, a girl whom she had breastfed until 11 months old.His mother started breastfeeding her second child soon after his birth.

The baby and his mother were discharged from KKWCH on 20 August last year. They returned to the home of the baby’s maternal grandparents. The mother placed the baby on the bed on her left side and fed him with her left breast, while her left arm was stretched out above her head, underneath the pillow.

The mother immediately called for an ambulance and the unresponsive baby was conveyed to Sengkang General Hospital . “Dr Lee further clarified that suffocation can occur when an infant’s nose and mouth becomes obstructed, such as by pillows, bedding material or other individuals when they co-sleep on the same bed together.”

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