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Episode 59 - Optimal umbilical cord management part 2
Optimal cord management in special circumstances, such as with actively managed placental birth, when collecting blood for cord gases and Rh- blood groups and for cord banking. This is part 2 of optimal cord...
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Episode 58 - optimal umbilical cord management part 1
2 parts on cord management - really?! Yep! In this first part we talk about optimal cord management and the importance of waiting for the baby to fully transition before cutting the umbilical cord. In episode 59 we...
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Episode 57 - Getting reported to AHPRA
midwife Jo Hunter to talks about the process of being reported to AHPRA. For Australian midwives this will help you better understand what it is like being reported to AHPRA as Jo takes us through her research. If you...
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Episode 56 - Hospital packing list
What to bring to the hospital for your birth journey. We emphasise the importance of being prepared and offer practical tips and suggestions for items to consider bringing. From pain management tools to postpartum...
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Episode 55 - Supplies to gather for labour at home
This episode is for anyone planning a home labour or homebirth to make sure your birth space is as comfortable as possible and you have everything you need to labour or give birth at home. B offers some helpful tips...
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Episode 54 - What midwives do at a homebirth
Mel and her work-wife Ashlee Anslow @thebirthingtreemidwifery answer listener questions on the topic ‘what do midwives do at a homebirth’. We talk about our emergency plans and equipment, what we carry with us to...
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Episode 52 - Haemorrhoids
It's all about haemorrhoids in pregnancy and postpartum and this episode gives you a list of at home remedies and strategies that you can use to prevent and manage haemorrhoids, or what we’ve affectionately called...
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Episode 51 - ART/IVF in Pregnancy and Birth
Have you used reporductive technologies to get pregnant, only to be told that your pregnancy and birth are now 'high risk' because of it? We talk about the research around assisted reproductive technology (ART) and if...
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Episode 49 - Ethics and Informed Consent
Dr Elizabeth Newnham (Senior Midwifery Lecturer) speaks about her work on Ethics, autonomy and informed consent in maternity care. We specifically drew on her research paper, "Beyond Autonomy: care ethics for...
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Episode 47 - Managing labour pain without medicine
There are a list of pain management options that you can use in your labour to help work with and through labour pain. Medical pain management options involve the removal and avoidance of pain, but we argue that pain...
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Episode 46 - Stretch and Sweep
What is a stretch and sweep and the reasons why someone would offer you one? Listen in to learn about if it’s ever a good idea to allow a clinician to do a vaginal exam or give a stretch and sweep in pregnancy.
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Episode 44 - Pre-labour rupture of membranes
We are talking about Pre-labour rupture (release) of membranes (PROM). This is when your waters break when you are full term (37 weeks or more), but your labour doesn’t start. We discuss the likelihood of you going...
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