An Australian court probing the death of Stacey Warnecke has heard emergency care was delayed because her "birth keeper" would only call an ambulance if she consented.

In the months before her son, Axel, was born, Stacey Warnecke expressed a deep fear of birth trauma and was adamant she wanted to have her baby on her own terms.

The inquest into the death of a 30-year-old Victorian mum Stacey Warnecke has been told she died from blood loss after she opted for a “free birth”.

Stacey Warnecke, 30, died from a treatable complication after giving birth without any trained medical staff, an inquest hears

A Victorian doula has told the Coroners Court she initially believed Stacey Warnecke was having a panic attack as she lay dying.

An Australian court probing the death of Stacey Warnecke has heard emergency care was delayed because her "birth keeper" would only call an ambulance if she consented.

A doula who stopped practising after Melbourne woman Stacey Warnecke died in childbirth has told an inquest it was not her role to make a birth safer.