Melanie The Midwife

Melanie The Midwife Midwife in Private practice, Host of the Great Birth Rebellion Podcast, Midwifery Mentor and Research

Melanie lives in the Blue Mountains with her Husband and two children and has been a midwife in private practice, and providing homebirth services, since 2009. She has a passion for providing minimal intervention care and has respect for the physiological process of pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal period. Melanie loves to see the powerful process of birth unfold and watch families blossom as pregnancy and birth unfolds. Her passion for midwifery led her to complete her PhD, called "birth outside the system", in 2015, and she has held positions in midwifery research, midwifery lecturing and National Policy development at the Australian College of Midwives along side her work as a midwife. Melanie has a degree in Naturopathy and incorporates alternative therapies and nutritional guidance into her midwifery care.

16/02/2026

The least controversial thing i'll ever say is that Midwives are the profession who assist with uncomplicated pregnancy, birth and postpartum and Obstetricians are the specialists who take over when the midwives scope is exceeded. Will die on that hill.

Get the full story on this weeks episode of ep. 190 - when do I NEED an obstetrician.

15/02/2026

Birth memes. Olympic edition. Episode 9: you are confident, prepared, informed and willing for labour and birth because you listened to every episode of podcast

15/02/2026

When do you NEED and obstetrician - I give my full answer and the research findings in todays episode of podcast. Episode 190 - when do I need an obstetrician?

Of course, these episodes aren't just based on my opinion so I always make the full resource list with clickable links to full text research articles available to anyone who wants to check for themselves.
Comment PODCAST 👇👇👇 and i'll send you the link to join the podcast mailing list which has the link to the full resource folder

15/02/2026

This and more stuff like this in tomorrows episode of the great birth rebellion podcast. Episode 190 - when do I NEED an obstetrician.

First top tip for free - you don't need an obstetrician for a normal uncomplicated birth... but that doesn't mean you might not want one. No judgement here, just sharing factoids from the research. Get the full story in episode 190 of podcast

14/02/2026

Birth memes. Olympic edition. Episode 8: dads seeing their baby be born

Original video depicts a man watching is wife/girlfriend win gold

14/02/2026

Birth memes. Olympic edition. Episode 7 - your breech baby commentating its journey through your pelvis. Definitely sound on 🔈🔈🔈

14/02/2026

Some people think you can't have a great birth if you had interventions or medications BUT that's not true... there are 3 things that determine if your birth will be great and one of them is not 'having a vaginal birth':

1. You felt safe emotionally, physically, mentally, culturally, socially and spiritually
2. you were respected as the chief decision maker at your birth
3. your care providers listened and treated you with respect.

While I do beleive physiological birth without pain medication creates a pathway to experiencing a great birth, it's not the only way. Listen to Episode 185 of podcast for the full story and guide to a great birth

13/02/2026

Birth memes. Olympic edition- episode 6 - the only appropriate response to a joke about a husband stitch would be a hit to the groin for whoever suggested it. Because joking about mutilating a woman’s body after childbirth is not funny. Ever.

13/02/2026

Do I have to consume dates and raspberry leaf tea to have an efficient labour?
Get the full story and all the research on Episode 172

Comment PODCAST 👇👇👇 to get onto the mailing list and receive all the research papers from this and every other Great Birth Rebellion Episode

12/02/2026

The Winter Olympics are on… and I always consider labour and birth elite level living… so here we go with birth memes, Olympic edition - episode one - partners visualising the baby traversing the maternal pelvis 😂

Original video depicts skeleton competitors getting ready to go 130km. They visualise the course first before making their journey

12/02/2026

Ok Ok, but seriously, don't eat 7 of these choc dipped ones a day! These are my treatiest treat that I eat. You're welcome. For more date tips and recipes have a listen to episode 172 of

Recipe:
- Big juicy fresh Medjool date (pluck out seed keeping the bottom side of the date intact)
- Nut butter (add protein powder or h**p seeds)
- 80% dark chocolate (melted for dipping or drizzling)
- top with a sprinkle of salt
Make a batch and freeze

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Blue Mountains
Springwood, NSW

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
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