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Get practical ways to support recovery in the first 2 weeks after birth. Learn how to prepare your home for easier access to supplies, early breastfee...

The first two weeks after birth have a lot going on… So I'm doing 2 episodes on it. Here you will learn what recovery can look like for both mother an...

Women with negative blood groups are routinely offered at least 3 doses of anti-D throughout pregnancy. The question is, what is anti-D, do you really...

Being pregnant may be the very first reason you’ve had prolonged exposure to the health care system. Interacting with the maternity care system can fe...

If you get a swollen cervix during labour, your care provider might recommend an epidural or caesarean section. There are many other things you can tr...

If you’ve been diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, this is a must-listen episode to prepare you for the journey ahead. Mel continues the pre-eclampsia 2-par...

In this episode Mel casts a critical eye over the serious pregnancy complication of preeclampsia. She explains what pre-eclampsia is, how to diagnose ...

The medicalisation spectrum is 101 when it comes to understanding how to plan pregnancy, birth and postpartum care. In this episode Mel explains the m...

We know sun contains nutrients, vitamin D is one of the most well-known, but there are other health properties that are garnered from sunlight both di...

Your circadian rhythm is part of a web of body clocks that keep your body ticking through the day and regenerating and repairing through the night. In...

Want to increase your chances of a low-intervention vaginal birth in hospital? Then this episode is for you! If you attend hospital to give birth, you...

Dr Andrew Bisits, Australian Obstetrician, built a name for himself over his 40 year career as ‘the breech whisperer’ owing to his willingness to atte...

Some items make a difference to your birth and postnatal experience. Have a listen to this episode to make sure you don’t miss something on your packi...

Melanie welcomes back Dr. Kirsten Small, author of the book Monitoring Your Baby in Labor, an evidence-based guide to help you plan your birth, to del...

Precipitous labour and birth can be a real surprise if you were mentally preparing for a longer labour. Around 15% of women will have a labour that is...

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 it...

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 transiti...

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 i...

The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) shares that if 1 million more midwives provided care to women through their childbearing years, they...

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 han...

A rebellion can take many forms, for Diane Lockhart her brand of rebellion involved her reluctantly and somewhat accidentally opening a birth center i...

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 ...

It’s possible to have the time of your life at your birth and describe it as GREAT afterwards. So great that you are excited to do it again. In this g...

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 oxyt...

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 th...

Part 2 of the risks of induction. Episode 181 was all about the assessment and first steps of induction and this episode follows on with the risks of ...

Having your labour induced has risks and benefits. This episode is part 1 of a discussion of the labour induction process and the associated risks tha...

Women are warned about environmental hazards in pregnancy, but why not microplastics? In this episode I share the research about how microplastic get...

Just as children transition into adulthood through adolescence, women transition into motherhood through matrescence. Jane Hardwicke Collings joins Me...

Is your baby moving normally during pregnancy? 15% of women report reduced movement of their baby at some point during their pregnancy, but what are n...