• Background: Probe in the death of seven children

Her mothers’ instinct said something was wrong, so the response from staff at Bacchus Marsh hospital left Rachel stunned.

‘I knew something was wrong … ‘I said please look at her’, but they didn’t even look at her,’ Rachel claimed while detailing a shocking first-hand birthing experience at the hospital that’s admitted to terrible mistakes today.

Rachel’s ‘miracle baby’, born only 16 months ago, lived despite a transposition of the great arteries and three holes in the heart not being discovered after Rachel practically demanded a home visit from a nurse who eventually noticed something was wrong.

‘That’s why she was blue.’

Click play to hear an emotional Rachel tell Neil Mitchell her baby’s shocking story