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Episode 192 - Mel's mastitis protocol
Episode 192
I came up with this Mastitis protocol early in my career and it’s just always worked. For this reason I have had no inclination to update or change i…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 191 - Optimal cord management
Episode 191
The umbilical has a purpose in the minutes following your baby’s birth. Leaving it intact enhances the health of your baby and assists in the transit…
7 months ago
Episode 190 - When do I NEED an obstetrician?
Episode 190
Often women are provided with too much medical intervention during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. How do we know when we actually need it? Or when …
7 months, 1 week ago
Episode 189 - Midwives Save Lives
Episode 189
The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) shares that if 1 million more midwives provided care to women through their childbearing years, the…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 188 - Waterbirth risks and safety
Episode 188
If you are planning a waterbirth, care for women using water, or you are just waterbirth curious, this episode is for you! You’ll also find this a ha…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 187 - Midwifery without borders with Diane Lockhart
Episode 187
A rebellion can take many forms, for Diane Lockhart her brand of rebellion involved her reluctantly and somewhat accidentally opening a birth center …
8 months ago
Episode 186 - Is your baby too big or too small?
Episode 186
Have you been told that your baby is too big or too small during your pregnancy? Do they want to induce you or give you a caesarean because your baby…
8 months, 1 week ago
Episode 185 - Guide to a great birth
Episode 185
Have you been told that your baby is too big or too small during your pregnancy? Do they want to induce you or give you a caesarean because your baby…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 184 - Orgasmic birth
Episode 184
Orgasmic birth doesn’t mean you are going to orgasm at birth… but that certainly is a possibility when you realise how involved your clitoris and oxy…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 183 - the great rebellious wrap up 2025
Episode 183
And that’s a wrap on 2025! Mel and her right and left hand man, Dan, host this final episode of 2025 and spill all the tea on the highs and lows of t…
8 months, 4 weeks ago