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Episode 10 - Vaginal Examinations
In this episode B and Mel talk about the place and purpose of vaginal examinations during pregnancy and birth. Almost all birthing women will be offered vaginal examinations but the research doesn't support routine...
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Episode 9 - Surviving as a rebellious midwife
We speak directly to people wanting to become midwives, midwifery students, newly graduated midwives and the midwives helping to raise to midwives. This is also super handy for anyone wanting to understand the system...
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Episode 8 - Giving Birth at Home
Mel talks with Aimee Aroha (@aimeearoha) about giving birth at home along the full spectrum from freebirth to homebirth. We discuss the research about homebirth, freebirthing culture and what it means to be fully...
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Episode 7 - Birth after Caesarean
There is an all killer no filler version of this in episode 93 for those who prefer all the facts and no fluff.Â
we invited Dr Hazel Keedle to discuss birth after caesarean. We dispelled the myth of 'once a caesarean...
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Episode 6 - Group B Strep (GBS)
There is an all killer no filler version of this as episode 87 for those who just want all the facts and no fluff.
Mel and B lay out information about group B strep (GBS) and the GBS swab in pregnancy. We discuss why...
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Episode 5 - Preparing your vulva for matrescence
B had prepared a pelvic bowl full of information about how to prepare your body for pregnancy and birth, instead we got stuck at the very beginning on the clitoris, the right way to poo, the importance of regular...
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Episode 4 - Finding and interpreting research
We are ALL about sharing evidence-based information. That is, information that comes out of actual research papers. This week, along with our guest Prof. Hannah Dahlen, Mel and B talk about how anyone can find good...
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Episode 3 - Due dates
Here we talk about due dates, how they are calculated, how the timing of pregnancy has been medicalised, the shortfalls of 'estimated due dates' and the importance of knowing your due date in a world where...
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Episode 2 - The medicalisation spectrum
We discuss the medicalisation spectrum... if you don't know what that is then this episode is for you. We discuss the spectrum of physiological philosophy and along the spectrum to biomedical philosophy and how to...
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Episode 1 - Let the rebellion begin!
Welcome to our introductory episode to The Great Birth Rebellion Podcast. Meet Dr Melanie Jackson and her co host B for this first episode where you can learn about them and the great birth rebellion podcast.
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