Episode 102 - Decentralising Maternity care
Dr Max Gulhane @dr_max_gulhane from the Regenerative Health Podcast and Regenerate health summit interviews Mel about Decentralising Maternity care and childbirth. Mel and Max have collaborated on thi...
10 Juli 20241h 13min
Episode 101 - The Brain and Body in labour with Dr Sarah Buckley
Dr Sarah Buckley, academic and author of the best selling book ‘Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, joins Mel to discuss how the brain works during labour and it’s interaction with the body. We speak abou...
7 Juli 20241h 9min
Episode 100 - Movement for management of blood sugar
Mel delves into the use of movement to regulate blood sugar levels during pregnancy, particularly for women managing gestational diabetes. Mel discusses research on how movement affects blood sugar le...
3 Juli 202418min
Episode 99 - Real food for Gestational Diabetes with Lily Nichols
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 about which foods help control and prevent diabetes ...
30 Juni 202458min
Episode 98 - Gestational diabetes screening
This episode Mel addresses the inaccuracies of gestational diabetes screening and how we still don't have good research evidence on how to diagnose diabetes in pregnancy. Get more from the Great Birth...
26 Juni 202426min
Episode 97 - Apgar scoring invalid in physiological birth
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 intact for longer than 60 seconds and for women hav...
23 Juni 202413min
Episode 96 - Cord ties vs clamps
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 clamps instead. Mel will also discuss concerns some ...
19 Juni 202423min
Episode 95 - Midwifery without borders with Wise Woman Kristine Lauria
Kristine Lauria is an American Midwife who apprenticed with Amish Midwives and attended births for 17 years before getting a ‘formal’ midwifery qualification. This paired with her training as a parame...
16 Juni 20241h 2min
