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Episode 113 - CTG use in labour and birth
Most women will be offered CTG monitoring through their labour⌠but does it make a difference to the health of the mum and baby? In this episode Mel invites Kirsten to talk about the use of CTG foetal heart rate...
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Episode 112 - Is CTG in pregnancy beneficial?
Women are offered CTGâs through pregnancy in the hope that complications can be identified and intercepted⌠but is this what happens? Are there better outcomes when we include CTG as part of pregnancy care or...
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Episode 111 - Is hospital birth dangerous for women?
Everyone always asks, is homebirth safe? But the bigger question to be asking is, Is hospital birth dangerous? Mel looks at the biggest Australian Study which included over 1 million women to find the answer of, is...
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Episode 110 - The Village Community
The Village Community is a unique and replicable model to bring back the village community when caring for women and mothers. Aimee Honness from the village community lays out the details of how it works and how to...
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Episode 109 - The Birth House
Have you ever thought about opening your own birth centre or birth house? Learn about the oldest existing independent birth house here in Launceston, Australia with Jaimee Smith, a private midwife who attends births...
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Episode 108 - Important Podcast Announcement
Mel has a quick but important announcement to our regular podcast listeners... we love you and want to keep you in the loop. This is your podcast and we love you for being here. To help support this podcast...
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Episode 107 - What are we rebelling against anyway?
What are we rebelling against here at the great birth rebellion? we are rebelling against the lies we are told about birth⌠and Iâm going to explain it all from the perspective of understanding authoritative knowledge...
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Episode 106 - Decolonisation of birth
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Todays topic is the decolonisation of birth. Mel invites Aimee Aroha (@aimeearoha) and Kirrily Dawn (@the_returning_ @kirillydawn) to approach this topic from an Indigenous perspective. We learn that decolonisation...
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Episode 105 - Challenging the colonisation of birth
Mel takes a deep look at the journal paper âChallenging the colonisation of birth: Koori womenâs birthing knowledge and practiceâ which describes Aboriginal womens birthing knowledge and practice prior to Colonisation...
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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, âBirthing outside the system: wanting the best and safestâ and explores the question of âwhy do women...
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Episode 103 - Is baby in danger during waterbirth?
In this episode Mel answers listener questions. This question asks about the outcomes and safety for babies who are born during water birth. We discuss additional guidance around what to do if the is meconium stained...
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Episode 102 - Decentralising Maternity care
Click here for tickets to the live stream of the Regenerate health summit coming up on August 3rd and 4th 2024. Get your tickets here and learn more about the Regenerate Health Summit. Live stream tickets are...
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