The former child care worker wept after telling the General Medical Council she had comforted "negligent" Dr Lynda Coughlin after losing her baby.
Dr Coughlin, a specialist registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, is appearing before the GMC's fitness to practice panel after the woman's child was delivered stillborn.
The doctor has admitted "inadequate and inappropriate" medical care but denies serious professional misconduct.
The mother, known only as Miss A, told the hearing that after the child was stillborn Dr Coughlin came to see her.
Sorry
"She came into my room and sat by my bed and had her hand on mine and said how sorry she was and I said, because I felt sorry for her, `Don't worry, these things happen'.
"I was not aware at that time what had happened. I just thought it was one of those things."
The hearing in Manchester was told there was "hostility" between Dr Coughlin and a midwife over the medication the woman was receiving, with the midwife suggesting a caesarian section.
A cardiotocograph ("CTG") trace was attached to the patient A, and she was being administered Syntocinon, a drug used to induce labour, at the rate of 18 mls per hour.
A midwife said she was concerned about increasing the dosage of Syntocinon because of the CTG trace.
Dr Coughlin nevertheless instructed the midwife to increase the dosage, from 18 mls, eventually up to 96 mls.
By 3am, the patient started active pushing to deliver the child, and 40 minutes later made two aborted attempts before the baby was delivered by forceps at 4.10am.
The GMC heard Dr Coughlin did not request assistance or advice from a consultant. She denies failing to recognise the need to deliver the baby urgently from 1.30am.
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