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Episode 22 - Pain, Oxytocin and attachment
This weeks episode B chats with Rhea Dempsey about her work in the birth space, her 2 phenomenal books, pain, bravery and how this all comes together with connection and attachment - it's the oxytocin story. To learn...
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Episode 21 - Perineal suturing
Mel and B discuss repair of perineal tears. We look into the research on the need to suture first and second degree tears and what would happen if they were left unsutured. We also look at strategies to speed up...
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episode 20 - Sterile water injections
Mel and B continue their conversation with Nigel Lee and pick his brain about sterile water injections, which (unlike the perineal bundle) as a substantial evidence base to support it’s use for the range of pains in...
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Episode 19 - The perineal bundle
Mel and B invited Nigel Lee to discuss the perineal bundle, the research (or lack thereof!) behind it and all the reasons why we don't like it.Â
BIG PODCAST CHANGE OCCURSÂ from episode 75 onwards where Mel takes the...
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Episode 18 - Gestational diabetes screening
For no filler episodes on the topic of gestational diabetes screening and management go to eps 98, 99 and 100. In this episode, Mel and B explore gestational diabetes testing and spend a lot of time picking part the...
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episode 17 - Waterbirth
We are talking all about waterbirth, the safety, risks, mechanisms and how to access it. We look through the current research to help you as you make decisions on if you want to give birth in water or not, and if you...
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Episode 16 - Doulas
Today Mel invites ex-doula and now midwife Lucretia McCarthy to talk all things doula-ing. Mel asked the big questions like what makes a 'good' or 'bad' doula, we explored the impact of ego in the birth space and the...
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Episode 15 - The hormones of labour
Mel speaks with Dr Sarah Buckley about what starts labour, the hormones of labour and how to protect them from interruption. We learn about the fundamental and essential needs of a woman in labour to promote labour...
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Episode 14 - Pushing out your baby
Mel and B discuss the research behind pushing out your baby, we discuss the difference between physiological/spontaneous pushing and coached/directed pushing. As always, we talk you through every detail and also bring...
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Episode 13 - Birth Mapping
On this episode Catherine Bell comes on to talk all about birth mapping, it's not birth planning, it's different! She has a stack of free resources to get you started and is in the process of doing a PhD on birth...
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Episode 12 - CTG with Kirsten Small
There is an all 'killer no filler' version of this on episode 113. Additional CTG episodes also include ep.111 and 112.
Mel and B sit down with Dr Kirsten Small to discuss the research related to CTG use during birth...
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Episode 11 - The labour process
The stages of labour are the stupidest invention medicine has ever created... we'll explain why stages of labour and the obsession with labour progress is the undoing of how we as midwives understand birth and how...
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