Although she had carefully planned for a home birth, she soon realized things were not going as expected. The midwives encouraged her to change positions to help the baby move down the birth canal, but Childs was in "agony." "All I could think about was if my baby was going to be OK," she said. Medical staff later identified that her baby was in a back-to-back position, which can make labor longer and more painful. Shortly after the birth, Childs suffered a severe hemorrhage and lost around three times the normal amount of blood.