
Episode 111 - Is hospital birth dangerous for women?
Everyone always asks, is homebirth safe? But the bigger question to be asking is, Is hospital birth dangerous? Mel looks at the biggest Australian Study which included over 1 million women to find the...
18 Elo 202444min

Episode 110 - The Village Community
The Village Community is a unique and replicable model to bring back the village community when caring for women and mothers. Aimee Honness from the village community lays out the details of how it wo...
11 Elo 202449min

Episode 109 - The Birth House
Have you ever thought about opening your own birth centre or birth house? Learn about the oldest existing independent birth house here in Launceston, Australia with Jaimee Smith, a private midwife who...
4 Elo 202448min

Episode 107 - What are we rebelling against anyway?
What are we rebelling against here at the great birth rebellion? we are rebelling against the lies we are told about birth… and I’m going to explain it all from the perspective of understanding author...
28 Heinä 202419min

Episode 106 - Decolonisation of birth
The decolonisation of birth. Mel invites Aimee Aroha (@aimeearoha) and Kirrily Dawn (@the_returning_ @kirillydawn) to approach this topic from an Indigenous perspective. We learn that decolonisation i...
24 Heinä 20241h 7min

Episode 105 - Challenging the colonisation of birth
Mel takes a deep look at the journal paper ‘Challenging the colonisation of birth: Koori women’s birthing knowledge and practice’ which describes Aboriginal womens birthing knowledge and practice prio...
21 Heinä 202429min

Episode 104 - Why do women freebirth?
Dr Melanie Jackson, the host of the great birth rebellion finally shares the findings from her 2014 PhD thesis, ‘Birthing outside the system: wanting the best and safest’ and explores the question of ...
17 Heinä 202429min

Episode 103 - Is water birth dangerous?
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 handy episode for your birth support team so they kno...
14 Heinä 20241h 6min



















