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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 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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52:34

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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52:46

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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61:45

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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Episode 176 Using birth mapping to make confident...

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/11/09

Birth mapping is an evidence-based tool to help with decision making in pregnancy and childbirth. Dr Catherine Bell @birthmapping, joins Mel to discuss the birth map and the research behind it. Birth mapping can help you make confident decisions at forks in the road on your journey through pregnancy and birth.This episode has been generously sponsored by Poppy Child from @popthatmumma. Great birth rebellion listeners get 25% off the Birth box. Use the code “Melanie” at the check out to

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Episodew 175 - Post-traumatic growth is possible

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/11/02

Some women feel stuck in a traumatic experience after childbirth, but another possibility is post-traumatic growth. Mel explores this possibility with Midwife and Psychotherapist Dr Athena Hammond. Athena specialises in trauma therapy, specifically around childbirth. In this episode we have a conversation about post-traumatic growth as Athena gives words to the long term experience of recovering from trauma. This is part 2 of my conversation with Athena, a continuation of episode 174.Our

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Episode 174 - Buffering for emotional safety at birth

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/10/26

Being alive at the end of your birth is different than being kept safe. In this episode Mel invites midwife and psychotherapist Dr Athena Hammond to talk about emotional safety during childbirth, how to enhance emotional safety and some strategies for nervous system preparation. This is part 1 of a 2 part series. Episode 175 is about the possibility of post-traumatic growth, a helpful discussion for women who feel emotionally and mentally traumatised by their birth experience who are

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Episode 173 - How to give great birth support

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/10/19

This episode is for your birth support people, your partner, doula, mum, friend… whoever you’ve chosen to be with you for your birth. Mel explains the role of a great support person clearly to give practical tips to your support people about how they can prepare to be the best support person ever!This episode has been generously sponsored by Poppy Child from @popthatmumma. She is offering great birth rebellion listeners 25% off the Birth box which includes the oxytocin bubble tracks. The

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Episode 172 - Do I have to consume raspberry leaf tea...

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/10/12

Raspberry leaf tea and dates are often recommended to you women with the thought that consuming them during pregnancy will assist with a more efficient labour and fewer complications. Today Mel looks at the evidence behind the use of raspberry leaf tea and eating date fruit during pregnancy. Find out what impact they might have on your pregnancy and birth.Watch this episode on YouTube now Get more from the Great Birth Rebellion Podcast Jointhe podcast mailing listto access the resource

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Episode 171 - The midwives mission with Betty Anne...

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/10/05

Betty-Anne Daviss has seemingly endless energy and motivation to continue her midwifery mission. This week Betty-Anne Daviss (Canadian Midwife of nearly 50 years!) speaks to Mel about her career as a midwife, her learnings about breech (she invented the crowning touch manoeuvre), her midwifery activism and where to from here. Betty-Anne is an inspiration to midwives who maybe are muddling around not quite sure what this midwifery life is about.The resource page for this episode contains

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Episode 170 - Managing labour without pain medication

The Great Birth Rebellion ·

2025/09/28

Sometimes labour can hurt a little or a lot. Either way, there are things that you can do to increase your capacity to manage the pain of labour. This includes your mental game, the capacity of your support team, some free things that can be done anywhere and some other tools that require pre-planning and money. For 18 years I’ve witnessed women giving birth without medical pain management and I’ve offered the full catalogue of what I’ve seen work in this episode.In this episode I refer to

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