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Episode 34 - Exercise in Pregnancy
Mel and B talk about exercising/moving during pregnancy and break down the myths and barriers to healthy movement in pregnancy. To get access to B’s exercise courses go to www.coreandfloor.com
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Episode 33 - Induction of Labour
Mel and B invited Professor Hannah Dahlen to talk about her research on induction of labour, we speak about post dates, bigger and smaller babies, the place of ultrasound and the risks and benefits of induction. This...
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Episode 32 - Consuming dates for labour
Mel and B offer this short and sweet little episode on consuming dates during pregnancy. Many women eat dates during the later stages of their pregnancy because they believe that it has an impact on labour outcomes....
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Episode 31 - Shoulder Dystocia
Mel and B challenge the mainstream management of shoulder dystocia and break down the fear to give you simple strategies to prevent and manage shoulder dystocia. Midwives will receive specific tuition on how to manage...
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Episode 30 - Small Babies, Big Babies part 2
Part 2 from last weeks episode ‘Small babies, big babies’ and this week we talk all about big babies, why they grow that way and how to navigate the consequences of being diagnosed with a ‘Big baby’.
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Episode 29 - Small Babies, Big Babies part 1
Mel and B start their 2 part series on ‘Small Babies, Big Babies’. In this episode they explore the accuracy of technologies that can help determine the size of a baby before it’s born, the factors that influence the...
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Episode 28 - How to be a great birth support
Mel and B draw on their collective 28 years as midwives and share what they have witnessed from great birth supporters. As birthing women ourselves and watching the good the bad and the ugly side of birth support, we...
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Episode 27 - Low Platelets in pregnancy (Gestational Thrombocytopaenia)
Mel reached into the research vault to bring you what she knows about the very sexy topic of gestational thrombocytopaenia (a.k.a low platelets during pregnancy). If you find yourself looking after someone with low...
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Episode 26 - Breech
In this episode, Mel and B invited Dr Andrew Bissits to talk about breech birth, breech birth options in Australia, the research about breech and inspiring news from abroad about how practitioners are becoming skilled...
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Episode 25 - Postpartum Haemorrhage
This episode is about Postpartum Haemorrhage we define what it is, how they can be prevented and management strategies for how to prevent life threatening blood loss after childbirth.
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Episode 24 - Placental Birth
Mel and B discuss placental birth and the 3 options you have to choose from when making plans for how you want to give birth to your placenta. Once you give birth to your baby, then comes the placenta - we chat...
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Episode 23 - Obstetric violence and birth trauma
On this episode Mel and B welcome Dr Hazel Keedle (@hazelkeedle) and Amber-Lee Buendicho (@powerofbirth) to discuss the new research around Obstetric violence, Birth Trauma and healing strategies.
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