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Episode 102 - Decentralising Maternity care
Episode 102
Dr Max Gulhane @dr_max_gulhane from the Regenerative Health Podcast and Regenerate health summit interviews Mel about Decentralising Maternity care a…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 101 - The Brain and Body in labour with Dr Sarah Buckley
Episode 101
Dr Sarah Buckley, academic and author of the best selling book ‘Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, joins Mel to discuss how the brain works during labou…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 100 - Movement for management of blood sugar
Episode 100
Mel delves into the use of movement to regulate blood sugar levels during pregnancy, particularly for women managing gestational diabetes. Mel discus…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 99 - Real food for Gestational Diabetes with Lily Nichols
Episode 99
Lily Nichols, world renowned author of 3 books comes on the podcast to speak about her book ‘real food for gestational diabetes’. Mel asked her all a…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 98 - Gestational diabetes screening
Episode 98
This episode Mel addresses the inaccuracies of gestational diabetes screening and how we still don't have good research evidence on how to diagnose d…
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 97 - Apgar scoring invalid in physiological birth
Episode 97
In this episode Mel proposes that the use of Apgar scoring is invalid for women under the care of midwives, for babies who have their umbilical cord …
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 96 - Cord ties vs clamps
Episode 96
We explore the options for tying off or clamping your babies umbilical cord including why ties went ‘out of fashion’ and what instigated the use of c…
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 95 - Midwifery without borders with Wise Woman Kristine Lauria
Episode 95
Kristine Lauria is an American Midwife who apprenticed with Amish Midwives and attended births for 17 years before getting a ‘formal’ midwifery quali…
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 94 - VBAC after single layer uterine closure
Episode 94
This episode is a follow up to episode 93 and discusses the research around the different techniques when closing the uterus after a caesarean sectio…
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 93 - vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC)
Episode 93
In this episode I interview Dr Hazel Keedle and we discuss the strategies that you can apply to increase your chances of VBAC and also the risks and …
2 years, 3 months ago