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The Great Birth Rebellion

Dr Melanie Jackson

You can have a GREAT pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience. You just need the information and strategies to make it happen. The Great Birth Rebellion podcast, hosted by Midwife Dr Melanie Jackson offers evidence- based information to help you make informed decisions about your maternity care. The Great Birth Birth Rebellion helps you get the best out of your pregnancy, birth and postpartum journey. Want more? Follow along at @melaniethemidwife and @thegreatbirthrebellion on SM Subscribe

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episode 17 - Waterbirth

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/11/27

This week B is back (back again, B is back, tell a friend) and 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 are a midwife, how you can assist women to access this. To get access to the research we used for this podcast, get on the pocast mailing list at www.melaniethemidwife.com Disclaimer: The information and resources

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Episode 16 - Doulas

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/11/20

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 complex interactions between doula's and other health care providers. We chat about if you can every REALLY be both doula and midwife and we look through the research on doula's and their impact on womens birth experiences and the maternity care system. To get access to the

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67:20

Episode 15 - The hormones of labour

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/11/12

In this Episode, 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 physiology. Private, Safe and unobserved. Sarah also shared how to fill hormonal gaps when your labour process has been interrupted. Sarah is a GP and homebirth mumma of 4 babies with a research focus on the hormones of labour... but so much more! To get on the

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55:46

Episode 14 - Pushing out your baby

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/11/06

On this episode Mel and B discuss the research behind pushing out your baby, we discuss the difference between physiological/spontaneous pushing and coached/directed pushing and how one of them is more dangerous than the other for the mumma and babe. As always, we talk you through every detail and also bring up the importance of descent as part of the pushing phase. The research on this is pretty exciting (we think so anyway!) To get on the mailing list for this podcast go to

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51:26

Episode 13 - Birth Mapping

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/10/30

On this episode Catherine Bell comes on to talk all about birth mapping, it's not birth planning, it birth mapping - they are different! She has a stack of free resources to get you started and is in the process of doing a PhD on birth mapping. Come and have a listen and see if birth mapping is something that will help you have the birth experience you want. To get on the mailing list for this podcast go to www.melaniethemidwife.com To find out more about Catherine Bell go to

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Episode 12 - CTG with Kirsten Small

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/10/23

Mel and B sit down with Dr Kirsten Small to discuss the research related to CTG use during birth and all the risks and benefits of this monitoring option. The use of CTG to monitor babies in labour is common practice and almost all women will be offered it during labour... but is it beneficial? Does it make birth safer for babies? or safer for women? or safer for your care provider? Check out Kirstens work @birthsmalltalk on instagram and twitter and www.birthsmalltalk.com If you want to

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Episode 11 - The labour process

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/10/16

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 women experience it. We are advocating for the abolishment of labour stages! If you want to get on the mailing list for the podcast to get access to all the resources we use to inform each episode, join the mailing list at www.melaniethemidwife.com you can also find out more about

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Episode 10 - Vaginal Examinations

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/10/09

In this episode B and I 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 vaginal examinations. Most women are offered vaginal examinations for the benefit of the system and not for themselves or their babies. Get on the mailing list at www.melaniethemidwife.com If you are interested in the assembly of rebellious midwives or hearing more about the

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Episode 9 - Surviving as a rebellious midwife

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/10/02

In this episode 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 using some of our insider knowledge. We put out a call out to rebellious midwives working in the system; midwives who see it's flaws and are trying to rise above them and care for women and themselves as best they can. We discuss strategies for surviving (and

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64:25

Episode 8 - Giving Birth at Home

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/09/25

B couldn't be with us today, so in this episode Mel talks with Aimee Aroha (a.k.a @ripsnorter) 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 autonomous and liberated at and by your birth wherever you choose to birth. We discuss authoritative knowledge about birth and why decolonising and demedicalising birth is a rebellious act in a society that values making birth

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Episode 7 - Birth after Caesarean

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/09/18

In this episode we invited Dr Hazel Keedle to discuss birth after caesarean. We dispelled the myth of 'once a caesarean always a caesarean', discussed the risks and benefits of planning a vaginal birth vs repeat caesarean and talked about the best things women can do to set themselves up from the beginning to have the birth experience they hoped for when planning their next birth after caesarean. As always, there is a butt load of evidence to support our discussion and B adds a new word to

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Episode 6 - Group B Strep (GBS)

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/09/11

In this episode Mel and B lay out information about group B strep (GBS) and the GBS swab in pregnancy. We discuss why it is a bacteria found normally in 20% of the female population, the difference between colonisation and infection, the risks during, pregnancy, birth and the first week of your babies life. We talk about how it's accidentally discovered, what the usual treatment is and if this is even needed. As usual, it's information, but rebellious. We dare you to make an informed

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Episode 5 - Preparing your vulva for matrescence

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/09/04

In this episode B 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 orgasims to prepare for birth and the function of your skenes glands in sex and birth. We both learnt more about our bodies and ourselves than we thought, and we think you will too. After hearing this episode you won't ever think of sex, orgasms, birth or your cervix

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Episode 4 - Finding and interpreting research

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/08/28

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 (maternity care providers, women, families, birth workers, etc) can find good quality research without having to pay for it. We give secret hacks about getting access to research papers that might help you better negotiate your care options and we discuss how to interpret and use it once

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Episode 3 - Due dates.

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/08/21

Due dates - this week 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 'post-dates' pregnancy is taboo. We also discuss how women who go beyond 41 weeks of pregnancy are 'cared for' by the system and navigate the pressure that women feel to have an induction of labour. We learn about the history of full term pregnancy and catch the bloopers

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Episode 2 - The medicalisation spectrum

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/08/11

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 match your philosophy with the choices you make of care provider and birth location. We dig deep into the research about the safety of birth and the lies we are told about the dangers of birth. We put forth an argument for why we should all be rebelling from the authoritative

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Episode 1 - Let the rebellion begin!

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/08/11

Welcome to our introductory episode to the great rebellion podcast, Meet Dr Melanie Jackson and her co host B for this first episode where you can learn about them, and why they are worth listening to. Disclaimer: The information and resources provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice. Instead, all information provided is intended for education, with it’s application intended for discussion between yourself and your care

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The Great Birth Rebellion Trailer

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2022/07/31

A small glimpse into The Great Birth Rebellion podcast. What it is, who it is for, and how it can help you have a great birth.

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