Jordan Michaela Holland charged over home birth death as Oyebola Coxon faces trial in Newcastle

A second midwife has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a newborn baby following a home birth in NSW’s Hunter region, as legal proceedings continue against influencer midwife Oyebola “Bibi” Coxon.

Jordan Michaela Holland, 28, was arrested and charged at Newcastle Police Station about 7am on Friday. Police allege she was privately practising when she attended a home in Wallsend on October 2, 2024 to assist a woman in labour.

The Branxton woman appeared via video link in bail court and was granted conditional release, NSW Police reported.

Prosecutors did not oppose bail, noting Holland had no prior criminal history, had been aware of the investigation since 2024 and surrendered herself to police as arranged.

The development comes almost eight months after Coxon, an Italian-born midwife, was charged with manslaughter and grievous bodily harm over the same incident.

Police allege Coxon failed to respond appropriately to complications during the labour and did not act on requests from the mother to attend the hospital, leaving her in labour for two days.

The latest charges alleged that Holland failed to “act upon signs of complications and requests by the woman to attend hospital”.

On October 4, the woman attended John Hunter Hospital where the baby was delivered via emergency caesarean.

The newborn boy died in the hospital six days later.

Coxon, 36, was arrested on August 14, 2025, following a lengthy police investigation into the child’s death. She has been granted bail and remains before the courts.

Her bail conditions include that she must not practise, assist with or provide education relating to pregnancy or childbirth, and that she surrender both her Italian and Australian passports.

Coxon previously worked as a registered midwife in hospitals across several states after studying midwifery through Southern Cross University.

She later developed a social media following under the profile Mamma Informata, where she promoted “positive births” and shared content about motherhood, health and family life.

In 2022, Coxon shared details of the home birth of her own twins in a post that circulated widely online.

“At 5:25 (am) with no push, I just bare down and twin 1 was out,” she said.

“I yelled at that point but mum and my hubby came and that baby was out.”

Coxon said she gave the first twin to her husband before moving to the shower.

“And then I got a cramp on my leg and bare down... and twin 2 just slipped out.”

She later attended hospital for treatment.

“It was the most amazing experience,” she continued in her online post.

“There was a lot of unwind I had to do in my life during this pregnancy being a midwife.

“But I trusted my babies and my body.”

Coxon’s trial is scheduled to begin at Newcastle Crown Court on October 15.

Both matters remain before the courts.