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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 to get

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01:13:13

Episode 196 - Breech Whisperer - Resigned not Retired

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/03/29

Dr Andrew Bisits, Australian Obstetrician, built a name for himself over his 40 year career as ‘the breech whisperer’ owing to his willingness to attend vaginal breech births, but there is more to him than his obstetric courage around breech birth. In this episode Mel interviews Andrew about his 40 year career and about his declaration that he has ‘resigned not retired’ from his work. At the age of 70, Andrew reflects on his career and the changes he’s seen in the maternity care system and what he’s

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00:59:12

Episode 195 - The high powered hospital bag

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/03/22

Some items make a difference to your birth and postnatal experience. Have a listen to this episode to make sure you don’t miss something on your packing and preparation list for birth. A Full check list of the high powered hospital bag is available here to print and check off. To prepare for your high powered hospital birth, get the guide to giving birth without pain medication so you and your care team are mentally and physically prepared for the work of labour and birth. You can do it! You just

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Episode 194 - monitoring your baby in labour

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/03/15

Melanie welcomes back Dr. Kirsten Small, author of the book Monitoring Your Baby in Labor, an evidence-based guide to help you plan your birth, to delve deep into the culture, safety, benefits, and potential side effects of fetal monitoring during labour. How your baby will be monitored in labour has both risks and benefits and the decision is YOURS to make. In order to make an informed decision you have to KNOW. This episode will grow your knowledge so you can make informed decisions. Dr Kirsten

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Episode 193 - What to do if your labour is FAST

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/03/08

Precipitous labour and birth can be a real surprise if you were mentally preparing for a longer labour. Around 15% of women will have a labour that is less than 3 hours and these quick ones require a little bit of understanding and preparation to help you not become overwhelmed by it. There is often no time for pain management, you are on the ride! In this episode, Mel gives some strategies to help you plan and manage a fast labour and birth and also what to do if your baby comes before you get to

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00:50:22

Episode 192 - Mel's mastitis protocol

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/03/01

I came up with this Mastitis protocol early in my career and it’s just always worked. For this reason I have had no inclination to update or change it, because it has proved it to be effective. In this episode I explain my protocol and provide a detailed list of what to do if you think you might have mastitis. My protocol has elements within it that are not aligned with some of the current guidelines and I explain where it diverges and why I persist in using it despite the change in the

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Episode 191 - Optimal cord management

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/02/22

The umbilical has a purpose in the minutes following your baby’s birth. Leaving it intact enhances the health of your baby and assists in the transition to breathing air. In this episode, Mel explains what the cord does in the minutes following birth and what happens to your baby if this transition is interrupted. Mel also covers the special circumstances of collecting cord blood, what if your baby needs resuscitation, keeping the cord intact after a caesarean and cord blood banking. This

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Episode 190 - When do I NEED an obstetrician?

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/02/15

Often women are provided with too much medical intervention during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. How do we know when we actually need it? Or when it’s just part of the usual over-medicalised care routine? In this episode Mel offers some suggestions about which circumstances warrant obstetric care and looks at the research about which circumstances midwifery-led care would allow for more favourable outcomes than obstetric careThe Great Birth Rebellion Podcast is made possible by generous

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Episode 189 - Midwives Save Lives

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/02/08

The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) shares that if 1 million more midwives provided care to women through their childbearing years, they would be healthier, happier and fewer women and babies would be damaged or die during their childbearing years. It’s time to stop pretending that Midwives don’t make a difference to outcomes for women and babies. Help us tell governments, regulators and people in power that we want 1 million more midwives in order to save women and babies

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Episode 188 - Waterbirth risks and safety

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/02/01

If you are planning a waterbirth, care for women using water, or you are just waterbirth curious, this episode is for you! You’ll also find this a handy episode for your birth support team so they know how to best help facilitate a waterbirth for you. In this episode we cover the risks and benefits of waterbirth and how to unlock access to one if you come up against resistance.In this episode Mel shared her ‘Guide to giving birth without pain medication’, you can get it here. This episode

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Episode 187 - Midwifery without borders with Diane...

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/01/25

A rebellion can take many forms, for Diane Lockhart her brand of rebellion involved her reluctantly and somewhat accidentally opening a birth center in a Ugandan slum. Amani Birth Center has now been running for 10 years and Diane shares how they have managed to care for women without the loss of a single mother or baby at the birth center. Diane is a true midwifery rebel and she shares what you can do for Amani - there are some epic opportunities in this episode for any midwife or doula

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Episode 186 - Is your baby too big or too small?

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/01/18

Have you been told that your baby is too big or too small during your pregnancy? Do they want to induce you or give you a caesarean because your baby is too big or maybe it was too small? Are pregnant and have been told that your baby is too big or too small?In this episode Mel shared her Guide to giving birth without pain medication, you canget it here. This episode is sponsored by Poppy Child from Pop That Mumma. Discover how to manage pain during the transition of labour.Check out her

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Episode 185 - Guide to a great birth

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/01/11

It’s possible to have the time of your life at your birth and describe it as GREAT afterwards. So great that you are excited to do it again. In this guide to a great birth episode Mel explains the science behind the enjoyment of birth and how you can tap into the joy and bliss of birth and at the end feel that you had a great birth. This is a must list from the great Birth Rebellion Catalogue.In this episode Mel shared her Guide to giving birth without pain medication, you can get it

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Episode 184 - Orgasmic birth

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2026/01/04

Orgasmic birth doesn’t mean you are going to orgasm at birth… but that certainly is a possibility when you realise how involved your clitoris and oxytocin (the orgasm hormone) are during labour and birth. In this episode Mel speaks with Deborah Pascali Bonaro about Orgasmic birth and how we are wired to feel joy, bliss and euphoria during birth. We talk about how women can tap into the possibility of joy and how to avoid things that will inhibit your ability to feel joy during birth. This

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Episode 183 - the great rebellious wrap up 2025

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/12/28

And that’s a wrap on 2025! Mel and her right and left hand man, Dan, host this final episode of 2025 and spill all the tea on the highs and lows of the year. Mel shares what happened to THAT episode, why her hair went grey and what spurs us on to make better and better episodes. This one is a sneak peak behind the curtain of the great birth rebellion podcast. Thank you for a fabulous year, we’ll be back stronger than ever first thing 2026.This episode has been generously sponsored by Poppy

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Episode 182 - Induction of Labour Part 2

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/12/21

Part 2 of the risks of induction. Episode 181 was all about the assessment and first steps of induction and this episode follows on with the risks of the final steps of induction of labour. These are a must-listen if you are being presented with the option of induction - especially if it’s a routine inductionThis episode has been generously sponsored by Poppy Child from @popthatmumma. Her Sonic Rooms has just launched with a limited half-price offer, available right now. If you want in

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Episode 181 - Induction of Labour Part 1

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/12/14

Having your labour induced has risks and benefits. This episode is part 1 of a discussion of the labour induction process and the associated risks that go along with each stage of an induction. The discussion continues in episode 182. Sometimes the benefits of an induction outweigh the risks, but sometimes an induction is more risky than staying pregnant. This episode offers information to help inform your decisions around labour induction options.To learn more about the opportunity to

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Episode 180 - Protecting yourself from microplastic...

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/12/07

Women are warned about environmental hazards in pregnancy, but why not microplastics?In this episode I share the research about how microplastic gets into your placenta and baby and give you practical strategies to help you avoid microplastics during pregnancy. If you are interested in the guide to giving birth without pain medication that Mel mentioned in today's episode, you can get the guide here This episode has been generously sponsored by Poppy Child from @popthatmumma. Great birth

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Episode 179 - The transition to motherhood with Jane...

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/11/30

Just as children transition into adulthood through adolescence, women transition into motherhood through matrescence. Jane Hardwicke Collings joins Mel on the podcast today to speak about the transitions through our different life stages including to motherhood and onto menopause where we are gifted new powers! Discover the power of each life stage and how to transition through them

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Episode 178 - Normal baby movement in pregnancy

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/11/23

Is your baby moving normally during pregnancy? 15% of women report reduced movement of their baby at some point during their pregnancy, but what are normal movements, how you monitor movement and what could it mean if your baby is moving less? In this episode Mel takes you through the current recommendations for how to monitor your baby’s movement during pregnancy and what to do if you are worried and also the research behind these recommendations.This episode has been generously sponsored

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Episode 177 - Defending birth and midwifery in the UK

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/11/16

The UK used to be held up as an idyllic maternity care system worth replicating, but in the past 10 years, the caesarean section rate has increased to over 45% and poor maternal outcomes are rising as a result. Midwives are leaving in droves, birth services that once facilitate physiological birth are closing and the whole system is becoming hostile toward normal birth. There are people petitioning to put a stop to midwifery education from focusing on physiological birth which will

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