The Great Birth Rebellion
Dr Melanie Jackson
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Episode 192 - Mel's mastitis protocol
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…
Episode 191 - Optimal cord management
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…
Episode 190 - When do I NEED an obstetrician?
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…
Episode 189 - Midwives Save Lives
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…
Episode 188 - Waterbirth risks and safety
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…
Episode 187 - Midwifery without borders with Diane Lockhart
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…
Episode 186 - Is your baby too big or too small?
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…
Episode 185 - Guide to a great birth
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…
Episode 184 - Orgasmic birth
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…
Episode 183 - the great rebellious wrap up 2025
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,…
Episode 182 - Induction of Labour Part 2
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…
Episode 181 - Induction of Labour Part 1
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…
Episode 180 - Protecting yourself from microplastic in pregnancy
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…
Episode 179 - The transition to motherhood with Jane Hardwicke Collings
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…
Episode 178 - Normal baby movement in pregnancy
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…
Episode 177 - Defending birth and midwifery in the UK
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…
Episode 176 - Using birth mapping to make confident choices
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…
Episode 175 - Post-traumatic growth is possible
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.…
Episode 174 - Buffering for emotional safety at birth
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…
Episode 173 - How to give great birth support
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…
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