Episode 154 - How to curate a great birth
You can be the mistress of your birth experience. Let’s talk about what part YOU play in what happens to you during your birth. This week I speak to Alice Bleathman and we derive lessons from her birt...
8 Jun 20251h 8min
Episode 153 - How to avoid tearing during childbirth
There are controllable factors that you can start using today that will reduce the chances of your vulva or vagina tearing during childbirth. This episode lists the strategies that you, your care team...
1 Jun 202553min
Episode 152 - The 5 BIG induction studies
The BIG BABY trail, The SWEPIS study, the ARRIVE trial, The INDEX trial and the 35/39 trial. The 5 BIG studies that often get used to endorse the use of induction for suspected big babies, women over ...
25 Mai 20251h 14min
Episode 151 - What is it like to be in labour?
Mel is talking all about the labour process. The focus is on how you can identify and understand labour and how it progresses so you can be prepared for each part of it. We start from early labour all...
18 Mai 202552min
Episode 150 - Considering Homebirth?
Are you exploring the option of homebirth? Today Renee Bargh, mum of 2 and television host tells the story of her 2 different births. One through MGP with an epidural and posterior baby and the other ...
10 Mai 202558min
Episode 149 - Increase your chance of vaginal birth in hospital with these strategies
Want to increase your chances of a low-intervention vaginal birth in hospital? This episode is for you! If you attend hospital to give birth, you have approximately a 50% chance of having a vaginal bi...
4 Mai 202552min
Episode 148 - Why do they put their fingers in your vagina?
Routine vaginal examinations can cause more harm than good. Sometimes they are needed but most of the time they are not. Vaginal examinations are offered as routine surveillance during most births, bu...
27 Apr 20251h
Episode 147 - Your Ultrasound options in pregnancy
Today we talk about all of your ultrasound options in pregnancy. Mel and her guest Phil Jones (sonographer) discuss the full menu of ultrasound options offered to women during pregnancy, right from th...
20 Apr 20251h 11min
