Episode 86 - Internal release work with Fiona Hallinan
Fiona Hallinan has over 30 years of experience working with women as a midwife, nurse and pelvic space therapist. Internal release work involves physically interacting with the pelvic space by accessi...
15 Touko 20241h 1min
Episode 85 - Light messes with labour
Artificial light exposure has a direct impact on labour timing and labour progress. Mel explores the importance of circadian rhythms and melatonin on labour activity and discovers the connection betwe...
12 Touko 202424min
Episode 84 - The myth of the failing placenta
The ‘aging’ and ‘failing’ of placentas in late term pregnancy is talked about all over the place. Women get told that the longer they are pregnant, the more likely it is that their placenta will get ...
8 Touko 202431min
Episode 83 - Warnings about the birth bed and what to do instead
Lets take a walk through the research and historical background behind the use of a bed and laying down during labour and birth. Is this where you imagine yourself giving birth? If so, this episode is...
5 Touko 202437min
Episode 82 - Failure to progress or just normal?
Marina Weckend and Dr Clare Davison share their work on Physiological Plateaus in labour. This is truly rebellious work because it challenges the false medical language about how labour and birth unfo...
1 Touko 202456min
Episode 81 - How do homebirth midwives manage birth emergencies
Mel invites her work-wife Ashlee Anslow to discuss how they manage birth emergencies at home. We discuss foetal distress in labour, cord accidents, shoulder dystocia, neonatal resuscitation, retained ...
28 Huhti 20241h
Episode 80 - Caring for your preterm baby
Mel draws on her experience and the research evidence to discuss care of late pre-term babies born between 34-37 weeks. Mel offers some alternative care strategies such as delayed cord clamping, kanga...
24 Huhti 202445min
Episode 79 - Wise woman Sheryl Sidery
Mel interviews wise woman midwife Sheryl Sidery who has been a private midwife for 40 years. Learning from experienced midwives, in our western culture, is one of the only ways to learn new things abo...
21 Huhti 20241h 17min
