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Episode 33 - Induction
Induction of labour is getting out of control. Professor Hannah Dahlen talks about her research on induction of labour, we speak about post dates, bigger and smaller babies, the place of ultrasound and the risks and...
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Episode 32 - Raspberry leaf tea and dates
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...
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Episode 31 - Shoulder Dystocia
This episode gives you strategies to prevent and manage shoulder dystocia. Have you had a shoulder dystocia before? Midwives will receive specific tuition on how to manage a shoulder dystocia and it's within the...
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Episode 29 & 30 - Big Babies Small Babies
Does size matter? Well sometimes it does - but how do we know the size of your baby? In this episode Mel explores the accuracy of technologies that can help determine the size of a baby before it’s born, the factors...
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Episode 28 - How to be a 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 practical tips to...
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Episode 27 - Low Platelets in pregnancy (Gestational Thrombocytopaenia)
This episode explores the very sexy topic of gestational thrombocytopaenia (a.k.a low platelets during pregnancy). If you find yourself looking after someone with low platelets or you are one of the 15% of women who...
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Episode 26 - Breech birth
The Breech whisperer Dr Andrew Bissits is here to talk about breech birth, breech birth options in Australia, the research about breech and inspiring news about how practitioners are becoming skilled in breech birth...
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Episode 25 - Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH)
Many women fear bleeding after birth... but do we have to be affraid of postpartum haemhorrage? In this we define what postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is, how they can be prevented and management strategies for how to...
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Episode 24 - Giving birth to your placenta
There are 3 options you have to choose from when making plans for how you want to give birth to your placenta. Once you give birth to your baby, then comes the placenta - let's chat through how to do it. You could opt...
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Episode 23 - Obstetric violence and birth trauma
Dr Hazel Keedle (@hazelkeedle) and Amber-Lee Buendicho (@powerofbirth) to discuss the new research around Obstetric violence, Birth Trauma and healing strategies.
If you need help with Trauma recovery you may consider...
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Episode 21 - If I tear during birth, do I need stitches?
Let's discuss the repair of perineal tears. If you give birth in hospital and you tear during birth, you'll most likely be offered to have it repaired using stitches, but is this the best method? There are actually...
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episode 20 - Sterile water injections
Sterile water injections are a really effective pain management strategy for labour. Nigel Lee presents some the substantial evidence base to support it’s use for the range of pains in labour. Sterile water injections...
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