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TIRUPUR: In a do-it-yourself delivery learnt from YouTube, a 28-year-old woman died after giving birth to a healthy 3.3kg baby at her home in Tirupur on Sunday. She was assisted by her husband and two of their friends, none medically qualified.

The woman, Krithiga, taught at a private school while her husband Karthikeyan worked in a knitwear company. They have a three-year-old daughter. “Though she delivered the first baby in a hospital, Krithiga wanted to have delivery at home for the second child as she and her husband were in love with natural medicine. The couple gained confidence after coming to know that Lavanya, wife of his colleague, had delivered her baby at home,” Krithiga’s father Rajendran told TOI.

“We have seen the video. The woman had willingly agreed to be a part of the delivery,” said a senior police officer.

