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Episode 92 - Midwifery changes in Australia with Alison Weatherstone
Alison Weatherstone (Chief Midwife) is here to discuss the new legislation that will open Australian Midwives up to even more autonomous practice including changes to professional indemnity insurance, increase in...
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Episode 91 - Belly binding
Midwife Sarah Smits shares the knowledge she has around the traditional practice of belly binding and ways to apply this to your pregnancy and postpartum journey. Sarah has picked up these skills and teaches them from...
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Episode 90 - Midwifery lessons from Guatemala
Midwife Sarah Smits tells us what she learnt from the Mayan midwives in Guatemala and how she/we can apply these in our circumstances. We discuss robozo, mayan abdominal massage and the place of steam and heat and...
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Episode 89 - Intrepid Midwifery with Sarah Smits
Mel interviews endorsed midwife Sarah Smits @bridging_worlds_midwifery who has spent her midwifery career travelling and collecting skills from other cultures which she now applies to her midwifery work in Australia...
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Episode 88 - What if I need to push before Iām fully dilated?
The premium hub has since retired but In this episode Mel answers the questions submitted by the premium hub members. Mel discusses what to do if you get an urge to push your baby out, but your cervix isnāt fully...
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Episode 87 - Group B Strep Testing and Treating
Almost every pregnant woman will need to make a decision about Group B strep, what decision would you make?Ā
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Episode 86 - Internal release work with Fiona Hallinan
Fiona Hallinan has over 30 years of experience working with women as a midwife, nurse and pelvic space therapist. Internal release work involves physically interacting with the pelvic space by accessing it through the...
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Episode 85 - Light messes with labour
Artificial light exposure has a direct impact on labour timing and labour progress. Mel explores the importance of circadian rhythms and melatonin on labour activity and discovers the connection between oxytocin and...
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Episode 84 - The myth of the failing placenta
The āagingā and āfailingāĀ of placentas in late term pregnancy is talked about all over the place. Women get told that the longer they are pregnant, the more likely it is that their placenta will get old and stop...
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Episode 83 - Warnings about the birth bed and what to do instead
Lets take a walk through theĀ research and historical background behind the use of a bed and laying down during labour and birth. Is this where you imagine yourself giving birth? If so, this episode is for you. There...
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Episode 82 - Failure to progress or just normal?
Marina Weckend and Dr Clare Davison share their work on Physiological Plateaus in labour. This is truly rebellious work because it challenges the false medical language about how labour and birth unfolds and they...
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Episode 81 - How do homebirth midwives manage birth emergencies
Mel invites her work-wife Ashlee Anslow to discuss how they manage birth emergencies at home. We discuss foetal distress in labour, cord accidents, shoulder dystocia, neonatal resuscitation, retained placenta,...
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