Cindy Morrow found guilty on nine counts in 2022 Georgia home birth case
The 64-year-old midwife performed unlicensed procedures that led to severe blood loss for the mother, prosecutors said.
By Pedro Barnes ·
A Georgia jury convicted midwife Cynthia Rene Morrow on nine counts on Wednesday, ending a legal process that began after a near-fatal home birth in 2022. The verdict from the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office covers Cherokee County and includes charges for practicing medicine and nursing without licenses.
During the labor in a Woodstock home, Morrow administered Pitocin injections and intravenous fluids. She also inserted a catheter and performed a manual uterine procedure. Prosecutors stated that these actions constituted medical practices Morrow was not licensed to perform. The mother suffered significant blood loss following the delivery.
Morrow failed to inform the family that the mother was in a medical emergency. When she finally called 911, she requested non-emergency transport. By that time, the patient was vomiting, unconscious, and in hypovolemic shock. Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services stabilized the woman and rushed her to the hospital for emergency treatment of a severe postpartum hemorrhage.
Medical records indicate the woman’s blood pressure fell to 63/55 and her heart rate reached 139 beats per minute. She lost approximately 50 percent of her blood volume. Doctors controlled the bleeding with medication, administered multiple blood transfusions, and performed emergency surgery. Experts testified that the patient should have been transported to a hospital at least five hours earlier.
The jury heard testimony from two other former clients and their families regarding similar incidents at Morrow’s practice, Birth Servant Midwifery, LLC. One woman nearly died during childbirth, while another lost her baby. These accounts provided additional context on Morrow’s conduct outside the specific 2022 incident.
Prosecutors introduced more than 100 exhibits, including the 911 audio, medical records, and client logs. Cellphone records and license verifications confirmed Morrow was not a physician, nurse, or certified nurse midwife. Photographs from a 2024 search warrant at her Woodstock home showed expired Pitocin, needles, sutures, and intravenous supplies.
Seven of the nine guilty verdicts stemmed from the 2022 Woodstock birth. These included one count each for practicing medicine and nursing without licenses, two counts of unlawful midwifery, two counts of reckless conduct, and one count of possessing the dangerous drug Pitocin. The remaining two counts involved criminal attempt for expired Pitocin and unlawful midwifery regarding a second victim in Cherokee County. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 10.
