Episode 105 - Challenging the colonisation of birth
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 prio...
21 Jul 202429min
Episode 104 - Why do women freebirth?
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 ...
17 Jul 202429min
Episode 103 - Is water birth dangerous?
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 kno...
14 Jul 20241h 6min
Episode 102 - Decentralising Maternity care
Dr Max Gulhane @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 thi...
10 Jul 20241h 13min
Episode 101 - The Brain and Body in labour with Dr Sarah Buckley
Dr Sarah Buckley, academic and author of the best selling book ‘Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, joins Mel to discuss how the brain works during labour and it’s interaction with the body. We speak abou...
7 Jul 20241h 9min
Episode 100 - Movement for management of blood sugar
Mel 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 le...
3 Jul 202418min
Episode 99 - Real food for Gestational Diabetes with Lily Nichols
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 ...
30 Jun 202458min
Episode 98 - Gestational diabetes screening
This episode Mel addresses the inaccuracies of gestational diabetes screening and how we still don't have good research evidence on how to diagnose diabetes in pregnancy. Get more from the Great Birth...
26 Jun 202426min
