All Episodes
The Great Birth Rebellion — 207 episodes
Episode 216 - Childbirth for Children
Episode 215 - Strategies to avoid tearing during birth
Episode 214 - Spicy Question Time with Mel
Episode 213 - What if I have an epidural
Episode 212 - It’s Not ‘False’ Labour, It’s Prodromal Labour
Episode 211 - Manage your labour pain with sterile water injections and hypnobirthing
Episode 210 - It's bad but there's hope
Episode 209 - The 5 BIG induction studies
Episode 208 - Beyond 40 weeks pregnant
Episode 207 - The First 2 Weeks Postpartum (part 2)
Episode 206 - The First 2 Weeks Postpartum (Part 1)
Episode 205 - Anti-D for Rh Negative women
Episode 204 - Advocating for yourself in the maternity system
Episode 203 - Swollen cervix in labour
Episode 202 - Pre-eclampsia management: the balance between protection and prematurity
Episode 201 - Preeclampsia: Red Flags, Risk Factors, and Reducing Your Chances
Episode 200 - How to choose great maternity care for you
Episode 199 - Light, Sun and Vitamin D for Health
Episode 198 - Optimising your circadian rhythm for better health
Episode 197 - Having a vaginal birth in hospital
Episode 196 - Breech Whisperer - Resigned not Retired
Episode 195 - The high powered hospital bag
Episode 194 - monitoring your baby in labour
Episode 193 - What to do if your labour is FAST
Episode 192 - Mel's mastitis protocol
Episode 191 - Optimal cord management
Episode 190 - When do I NEED an obstetrician?
Episode 189 - Midwives Save Lives
Episode 188 - Waterbirth risks and safety
Episode 187 - Midwifery without borders with Diane Lockhart
Episode 186 - Is your baby too big or too small?
Episode 185 - Guide to a great birth
Episode 184 - Orgasmic birth
Episode 183 - the great rebellious wrap up 2025
Episode 182 - Induction of Labour Part 2
Episode 181 - Induction of Labour Part 1
Episode 180 - Protecting yourself from microplastic in pregnancy
Episode 179 - The transition to motherhood with Jane Hardwicke Collings
Episode 178 - Normal baby movement in pregnancy
Episode 177 - Defending birth and midwifery in the UK
Episode 176 - Using birth mapping to make confident choices
Episode 175 - Post-traumatic growth is possible
Episode 174 - Buffering for emotional safety at birth
Episode 173 - How to give great birth support
Episode 172 - Do I have to consume raspberry leaf tea and dates?
Episode 171 - The midwives mission with Betty Anne Daviss
Episode 170 - Managing labour without pain medication
Episode 169 - The Epidural
Episode 168 - Your incredible birth reflexes!
Episode 167 - Pushing out your baby
Episode 166 - An ode to Odent
Episode 165 - How to have a long and lovely midwifery career
Episode 164 - Navigating homebirth transfer
Episode 163 - Is homebirth a good choice for you?
Episode 162 - Creating a great birth after previous caesarean
Episode 161 - That new research on private obstetric care
Episode 160 - Keeping yourself safe from obstetric violence
Episode 159 - Antibiotics, probiotics and your healthy vagina in pregnancy
Episode 158 - What is a Doula and Why Should I get One?
Episode 157 - VBAC Tips and tricks
Episode 156 - Hypnobirthing! Can it really help?
Episode 155 - Optimising the function of your body during labour
Episode 154 - How to curate a great birth
Episode 153 - How to avoid tearing during childbirth
Episode 152 - The 5 BIG induction studies
Episode 151 - What is it like to be in labour?
Episode 150 - Considering Homebirth?
Episode 149 - Increase your chance of vaginal birth in hospital with these strategies
Episode 148 - Why do they put their fingers in your vagina?
Episode 147 - Your Ultrasound options in pregnancy
Episode 145 - Nausea and Vomiting in pregnancy
Episode 144 - What to do when you’re overdue
Episode 143 - Declining medical recommendations
Episode 142 - Iron deficiency in pregnancy
Episode 141 - Big babies small babies
Episode 140 - Baby Brain
Episode 139 - So you’ve got preeclampsia (part 2)
Episode 138 - Preventing pre-eclampsia (part 1)
Episode 137 - Reclaiming Midwifery a modern day battlecry
Episode 136 - RSV vaccine in pregnancy
Episode 135 - Common breastfeeding issues and how to fix them
Episode 134 - The risks of induction - Part 2
Episode 133 - The risks of induction - Part 1
Episode 132 - Who is Mel and what is she doing?
Episode 131 - Myth Busting - big baby, homebirth, postdates, CPD
Episode 130 - How bad is it? the 2024 mothers and babies report
Episode 129 - Giving birth to your placenta
Episode 128 - Birth keepers an investigation with journalist Charlotte King ABC
Episode 127 - Do I need stitches if I tear at birth?
Episode 126 - Consumer advocacy triumphs and turmoil
Episode 125 - The medicalisation spectrum
Episode 124 - Pregnant over 35 years old
Episode 123 - Vaginal Breech or Caesarean with Dr Rixa Freeze
Episode 122 - Getting your baby to sleep
Episode 121 - How to become a private midwife in Australia
Episode 120 - Preparing for posterior labour
Episode 119 - What choices did Mel make for her births?
Episode 118 - What is posterior labour like?
Episode 117 - How to change the system
Episode 116 - Acupuncture and Acupressure
Episode 115 - Spinning Babies® with Gail Tully
Episode 114 - Is CTG ever beneficial?
Episode 113 - CTG use in labour and birth
Episode 112 - Is CTG in pregnancy beneficial?
Episode 111 - Is hospital birth dangerous for women?
Episode 110 - The Village Community
Episode 109 - The Birth House
Episode 107 - What are we rebelling against anyway?
Episode 106 - Decolonisation of birth
Episode 105 - Challenging the colonisation of birth
Episode 104 - Why do women freebirth?
Episode 103 - Is water birth dangerous?
Episode 102 - Decentralising Maternity care
Episode 101 - The Brain and Body in labour with Dr Sarah Buckley
Episode 100 - Movement for management of blood sugar
Episode 99 - Real food for Gestational Diabetes with Lily Nichols
Episode 98 - Gestational diabetes screening
Episode 97 - Apgar scoring invalid in physiological birth
Episode 96 - Cord ties vs clamps
Episode 95 - Midwifery without borders with Wise Woman Kristine Lauria
Episode 94 - VBAC after single layer uterine closure
Episode 93 - vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC)
Episode 92 - Midwifery changes in Australia with Alison Weatherstone
Episode 91 - Belly binding
Episode 90 - Midwifery lessons from Guatemala
Episode 89 - Intrepid Midwifery with Sarah Smits
Episode 88 - What if I need to push before I’m fully dilated?
Episode 87 - Group B Strep Testing and Treating
Episode 86 - Internal release work with Fiona Hallinan
Episode 85 - Light messes with labour
Episode 84 - The myth of the failing placenta
Episode 83 - Warnings about the birth bed and what to do instead
Episode 82 - Failure to progress or just normal?
Episode 81 - How do homebirth midwives manage birth emergencies
Episode 80 - Caring for your preterm baby
Episode 79 - Wise woman Sheryl Sidery
Episode 78 - Meconium in the waters
Episode 77 - The place of policy
Episode 76 - Ask me anything
Episode 75 - Things are changing around here
Episode 74 - The cascade of interventions
Episode 73 - Episiotomy Part 2
Episode 72 - Episiotomy Part 1
Episode 71 - Strategies to help you have a great birth
Episode 70 - Freebirth in the Media with Charlotte King ABC reporter
Episode 69 - Low Lying Placenta
Episode 68 - Tongue tie
Episode 67 - Osteopathy for babies
Episode 65 - Breath work for birth with Emma Johnston
Episode 64 - Sleeping in pregnancy
Episode 62 - Thrush in pregnancy
Episode 61 - Osteopathy in pregnancy with Liz and Kate
Episode 59 - Is my baby moving normally
Episode 58 - Optimal Umbilical Cord Management
Episode 57 - Getting reported to AHPRA
Episode 56 - Hospital packing list
Episode 55 - Supplies to gather for labour at home
Episode 54 - What midwives do at a homebirth
Episode 52 - Haemorrhoids
Episode 51 - ART/IVF in Pregnancy and Birth
Episode 49 - Ethics and Informed Consent
Episode 48 - Australian Mothers and Babies stats
Episode 47 - Managing labour pain
Episode 46 - Stretch and Sweep
Episode 45 - How to change the system
Episode 44 - Pre-labour rupture of membranes
Episode 43 - How to have Breastfeeding Success
Episode 42 - Twins with Dr Stuart Fischbein
Episode 41 - Unusual cord insertions
Episode 39 - Maternal assisted caesarean section
Episode 38 - Positive Caesarean part 2
Episode 37 - Positive Caesarean Part 1
Episode 36 - Placenta Consumption and other uses
Episode 35 - Vitamin K for newborns
Episode 34 - Exercise in Pregnancy
Episode 33 - Induction
Episode 32 - Raspberry leaf tea and dates
Episode 31 - Shoulder Dystocia
Episode 29 & 30 - Big Babies Small Babies
Episode 28 - How to be a great birth support
Episode 27 - Low Platelets in pregnancy (Gestational Thrombocytopaenia)
Episode 26 - Breech birth
Episode 25 - Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH)
Episode 24 - Giving birth to your placenta
Episode 23 - Obstetric violence and birth trauma
Episode 21 - If I tear during birth, do I need stitches?
Episode 20 - Sterile water injections and Hypnobirthing
Episode 19 - The perineal bundle
Episode 18 - Gestational diabetes screening and diagnosis
Episode 17 - Waterbirth
Episode 16 - Doulas
Episode 15 - The hormones of labour
Episode 14 - How to have a baby
Episode 13 - Birth Mapping
Episode 12 - CTG - do you need it?
Episode 11 - The labour process
Episode 10 - Vaginal Examinations
Episode 9 - How to have a great birth
Episode 8 - Giving Birth at Home
Episode 7 - Birth after Caesarean
Episode 6 - Group B Strep (GBS)
Episode 5 - Preparing your vulva for birth
Episode 4 - Managing labour pain without medication
Episode 3 - Due dates
Episode 2 - The medicalisation spectrum
Episode 1 - Let the rebellion begin!
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