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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 116 - Acupuncture and Acupressure

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/09/22

For tickets to the convergence 2025 to hear Ina May Gaskin go to www.melaniethemidwife.com We speak with Dr Kate Levett and Heidi Williams about the use of acupuncture and acupressure in pregnancy. We discover the weight of evidence on the side of acupuncture and Kate and Heidi explore novel ways of integrating it within the maternity care system and acuneedling for midwives. Kate website: https://drkatelevett.com/ https://drkatelevett.com/video-resources-acupressure-for-labourDr Kate

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Episode 115 - Spinning Babies® with Gail Tully

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/09/15

The Spinning Babies® techniques are well known the world over for providing the opportunity for women to promote the physiological function of their bodies and prevent pathology in the birth process. Today we welcome Gail Tully, Midwife and creator of Spinning Babies®to discuss her work. This episode is generously sponsored by The Birth Sling by Dr Jess Michaels.As a special gift to Great Birth Rebellion listeners, use code GBR24 for a 10% discount at www.thebirthsling.com. To get on the

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Episode 114 - Is CTG ever beneficial?

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/09/08

Women are offered CTG’s in the hope that complications can be identified and intercepted… but is this what happens? Are there better outcomes when we include CTG as part of maternity care? Today Mel invites Dr Kirsten Small to ask if there is EVER a good reason to offer or accept a CTG. Kisten is a career academic, retired obstetrician and an industry expert in the use of CTG foetal heart rate monitoring, Kirstens PhD is on the topic of CTG and She is the mistress and owner of

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Episode 113 - CTG use in labour and birth

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/09/01

Most women will be offered CTG monitoring through their labour… but does it make a difference to the health of the mum and baby? In this episode Mel invites Kirsten to talk about the use of CTG foetal heart rate monitoring during labour and birth. This is a conscious re-edit of episode 12 - we’ve bumped it here to be part of our CTG series through episodes 111, 112 and 113.Check out Kirstens work @birthsmalltalk on instagram and twitter andwww.birthsmalltalk.com To get on the mailing list

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Episode 112 - Is CTG in pregnancy beneficial?

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/08/25

Women are offered CTG’s through pregnancy in the hope that complications can be identified and intercepted… but is this what happens? Are there better outcomes when we include CTG as part of pregnancy care or assessments? Today Mel invites Dr Kirsten Small who is a career academic, retired obstetrician and an industry expert in the use of CTG foetal heart rate monitoring, Kirstens PhD is on the topic of CTG and She is the mistress and owner of birthsmalltalk.com where she offers free and

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Episode 111 - Is hospital birth dangerous for women?

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/08/18

Everyone always asks, is homebirth safe? But the bigger question to be asking is, Is hospital birth dangerous? Mel looks at the biggest Australian Study which included over 1 million women to find the answer of, is hospital birth dangerous for women? And also takes a poke into history to discover how it came to be that 97% of women will give birth in hospital in AustraliaTo get on the mailing list for the podcast and to access the resource folders for each episode, visit

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Episode 110 - The Village Community

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/08/11

The Village Community is a unique and replicable model to bring back the village community when caring for women and mothers. Aimee Honness from the village community lays out the details of how it works and how to bring back the village into your life and community. Caring for women postpartum has become countercultural… the village community is bringing it back. You can find out more about The village community on instagram @the.village.community And participate or donate to this

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48:40

Episode 109 - The Birth House

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/08/04

Have you ever thought about opening your own birth centre or birth house? Learn about the oldest existing independent birth house here in Launceston, Australia with Jaimee Smith, a private midwife who attends births at the birth house and who collated 35 years of statistics about the outcomes of births that occur there.You can learn more about the birth house and Jaimee To get on the mailing list for the podcast and to access the resource folders for each episode, visit

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Episode 108 - Important Podcast Announcement

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/07/31

Mel has a quick but important announcement to our regular podcast listeners... we love you and want to keep you in the loop. This is your podcast and we love you for being here. To help support this podcast consider:Free options: 1. Get out your phone and Subscribe/follow the great birth rebellion podcast on which ever platform you listen on. 2. While you are there, leave a 5 star rating and write a review. 3. Pop onto your instagram account and recommend the podcast to your followers and

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Episode 107 - What are we rebelling against anyway?

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/07/28

What are we rebelling against here at the great birth rebellion? we are rebelling against the lies we are told about birth… and I’m going to explain it all from the perspective of understanding authoritative knowledge - don’t worry! I’ll explain that too… I’m really proud of this one rebels, it's a goodie, for the baddies (you’ll get the joke once you hear the episode)If you want to join the other rebels at the Convergence of rebellious Midwives conference happening in Darling Harbour,

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Episode 106 - Decolonisation of birth

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/07/24

Todays topic is the decolonisation of birth. Mel invites Aimee Aroha (@aimeearoha) and Kirrily Dawn (@the_returning_ @kirillydawn) to approach this topic from an Indigenous perspective. We learn that decolonisation is about restoration of what was lost through colonisation. We start from the beginning for anyone who is new to this topic but go deep for people with a long term investment in decolonisationYou can follow Aimee’s work at: Instagram @aimeearoha Website

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Episode 105 - Challenging the colonisation of birth

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/07/21

Mel takes a deep look at the journal paper ‘Challenging the colonisation of birth: Koori women’s birthing knowledge and practice’ which describes Aboriginal womens birthing knowledge and practice prior to Colonisation and how these practices were impacted by invasion in 1788. This episode is best listened to in conjunction with episode 106. The decolonisation of childbirth.To get on the mailing list for the podcast and to access the resource folders for each episode, visit

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Episode 104 - Why do women freebirth?

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/07/17

Dr Melanie Jackson, the host of the great birth rebellion finally shares the findings from her 2014 PhD thesis, ‘Birthing outside the system: wanting the best and safest’ and explores the question of ‘why do women freebirth’ drawing directly from her thesis findings. You can read her full thesis or just the shorter academic publications in the resource folder (get on the mailing list to get access to that) Melanie is speaking at the all4Maternity seminar session on July 23rd 2024 alongside

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Episode 103 - Is baby in danger during waterbirth?

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/07/14

In this episode Mel answers listener questions. This question asks about the outcomes and safety for babies who are born during water birth. We discuss additional guidance around what to do if the is meconium stained liquor at the time of birth and if there is an issue with babies being born partly in and partly out of water. This is a premium hub member episode and the remaining answers for this podcast are in the premium hub: What questions should I ask my care provider if I am planning

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Episode 102 - Decentralising Maternity care

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/07/10

Click here for tickets to the live stream of the Regenerate health summit coming up on August 3rd and 4th 2024. Get your tickets here and learn more about the Regenerate Health Summit. Live stream tickets are incredibly cost effective and you don’t even need to leave home.Dr Max Gulhane from the Regenerative Health Podcast and Regenerate health summit interviews Mel about Decentralising Maternity care and childbirth. Mel and Max have collaborated on this episode to share on the great

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Episode 101 - The Brain and Body in labour with Dr...

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/07/07

Dr Sarah Buckley, academic and author of the best selling book ‘Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, joins Mel on the podcast to discuss how the brain works during labour and it’s interaction with the body. We speak about how to optimise brain function in labour in order to optimise birth physiology.Sarah is an invited speaker to the Convergence of Rebellious Midwives Conference happening in Sydney, Australia in August 2024. Click here to see more about this event and buy tickets For more

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Episode 100 - Movement for management of blood sugar

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/07/03

In this episode of the Great Birth Rebellion podcast,Mel celebrates the podcast's 100th episode and nears 1 million downloads, expressing gratitude to loyal listeners and tracing the podcast's evolution. She delves into the use of movement to regulate blood sugar levels during pregnancy, particularly for women managing gestational diabetes.Mel discusses research on how movement affects blood sugar levels and the implications of exercise in blood sugar control to reduce risks during birth

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Episode 99 - Real food for Gestational Diabetes with...

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/06/30

Lily Nichols, world renowned author of 3 books comes on the podcast to speak about her book ‘real food for gestational diabetes’. Mel asked her all about which foods help control and prevent diabetes in pregnancy and we discuss the problems with mainstream dietary advice given to women with gestational diabetesYou can learn more about Lily’s books and work at: Lily’s website Real food for gestational diabetes Lily’s books About Lily Institute for perinatal nutrition @lilynicholsrnd To

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Episode 98 - Gestational diabetes screening

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/06/26

Mel provides this re-edit of episode 18 about Gestational diabetes screening in preparation for episode 99 with Lily Nichols about real food for gestational diabetes. This episode pairs with her episode for anyone challenged with a gestational diabetes diagnosisTo get on the mailing list for the podcast and to access the resource folders for each episode, visit www.melaniethemidwife.com Premium podcast members Hub Being a premium podcast member gives you access to the transcript and

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Episode 97 - Apgar scoring invalid in physiological...

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2024/06/23

In this episode Mel proposes that the use of Apgar scoring is invalid for women under the care of midwives, for babies who have their umbilical cord intact for longer than 60 seconds and for women having a physiological birth. Find out why in the episodeTo get on the mailing list for the podcast and to access the resource folders for each episode, visit www.melaniethemidwife.com Premium podcast members Hub Being a premium podcast member gives you access to the transcript and additional

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