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Episode 93 - VBAC vaginal birth after caesarean
This episode is all about vaginal birth after caesarean section. In this episode I draw on our first interview with Hazel Keedle in episode 7 with some added updates. We discuss the strategies that you can apply to...
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Episode 92 - Midwifery changes in Australia with Alison Weatherstone
Alison Weatherstone (Chief Midwife) is here to discuss the new legislation that will open Australian Midwives up to even more autonomous practice including changes to professional indemnity insurance, increase in...
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Episode 91 - Belly binding
Midwife Sarah Smits shares the knowledge she has around the traditional practice of belly binding and ways to apply this to your pregnancy and postpartum journey. Sarah has picked up these skills and teaches them from...
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Episode 90 - Midwifery lessons from Guatemala
Midwife Sarah Smits tells us what she learnt from the Mayan midwives in Guatemala and how she/we can apply these in our circumstances. We discuss robozo, mayan abdominal massage and the place of steam and heat and...
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Episode 89 - Intrepid Midwifery with Sarah Smits
In this episode, Mel interviews endorsed midwife Sarah Smits @bridging_worlds_midwifery who has spent her midwifery career thus far travelling and collecting skills from other cultures which she now applies to her...
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Episode 88 - What if I need to push before I’m fully dilated?
In this episode Mel answers the questions submitted by the premium hub members. They have access to the ‘ask Mel a question’ button and Mel is answering their questions in their own exclusive hub episode (which...
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Episode 87 - Group B Strep (GBS) all killer no filler
Almost every pregnant woman will need to make a decision about Group B strep, what decision would you make? This episode is a re-edit of the most popular episode of all time, episode 6 on Group B Strep. In this...
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Episode 86 - Internal release work with Fiona Hallinan
Fiona Hallinan has over 30 years of experience working with women as a midwife, nurse and pelvic space therapist. Internal release work involves physically interacting with the pelvic space by accessing it through the...
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Episode 85 - Light messes with labour
Mel explores the research around the impact of light on labour timing and labour progress. Mel explores the importance of circadian rhythms and melatonin on labour activity and discovers the connection between...
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Episode 84 - The myth of the failing placenta
Mel explores the research around ‘aging’ and ‘failing’ placentas in late term pregnancy. Women get told that the longer they are pregnant, the more likely it is that their placenta will get old and stop functioning....
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Episode 83 - Moving in labour and birth
Mel takes you through the research and historical background behind the use of a bed and laying down during labour and birth. Is this where you imagine yourself giving birth? If so, this episode is for you. There are...
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Episode 82 - Failure to progress or just normal?
Mel speaks with researchers Marina Weckend and Dr Clare Davison about their work on Physiological Plateaus in labour. This is truly rebellious work because it challenges the false medical language about how labour and...
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