Cynthia “Cindy” Rene Morrow (Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office).
A Georgia woman has been convicted of conducting unlicensed home births after prosecutors said two mothers experienced serious medical emergencies and one newborn died.
Cynthia “Cindy” Rene Morrow, 64, was found guilty on nine counts, including practicing medicine without a license, practicing nursing without a license and possessing the dangerous drug Pitocin. She was also convicted of two counts each of unlawfully practicing midwifery and reckless conduct, according to the Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Morrow carried out a nearly fatal home delivery in 2022 through her company, Birth Servant Midwifery LLC. During the labor and after the baby was born, she performed multiple medical procedures without the required licenses, including administering pain medication by injection and inserting a catheter.
The mother experienced “significant blood loss” following the delivery. Despite her condition deteriorating, Morrow waited at least five hours to call 911, prosecutors said. When she finally sought help, she reportedly requested non-emergency medical transportation instead.
Paramedics found the woman vomiting, unconscious and suffering from shock. They stabilized her at the scene before taking her to a hospital for “emergency treatment of a severe postpartum hemorrhage.”
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Hospital records showed that the mother had lost half of her blood. Her blood pressure fell to 63/35, while her heart rate climbed to 139 beats per minute.
Doctors controlled the hemorrhaging after she arrived and gave her several blood transfusions.
During the trial, jurors were shown photographs of the intravenous equipment and expired medications Morrow used. Prosecutors also called two other women who said Morrow had handled their childbirths; one nearly died, while the other lost her baby.
The jury reached its verdict after roughly three hours of deliberation at the conclusion of the nine-day trial. Morrow is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday.
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