Baby died ‘after Birmingham woman not induced for 60 hours’

She was sent home on 26 August, and told to return the next day, but about two hours later her waters broke and she was re-admitted to City Hospital.

The following day, traces of meconium – a baby’s first poo – were detected, which can be a sign of distress in a baby.

Ms Wootton, a first-time mother, then asked for a C-section, but she said this was rejected because of other emergencies, Irwin Mitchell said.

Ava-Lea’s heart rate then deteriorated, and Ms Wootton agreed to an assisted birth, and her daughter was delivered with the help of forceps.

However, Ava-Lea had been starved of oxygen as a result of breathing in meconium and died on 29 August, aged just 35 hours, the law firm said.