A MIDWIFE has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a baby who she helped deliver at a home birth.

Oyebola Coxon , 36, a privately practising midwife attended a home to assist a woman with her birth.

The home birth "guru" from Australia with over 40,000 social media followers allegedly left the mum in labour for two days without calling for an ambulance.

Cops said the death came eight days after the attempted home birth on October 2, 2024 after the Italian-born midwife allegedly ignored complications and requests to be taken to hospital .

The mum eventually went to Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital and delivered the baby by emergency cesarean - but the baby boy could not be saved and died over a week later.

The influencer mid-wife had been building a social media pre

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