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.

13/11/2025

Midwifery and physiological birth is under active attack in the UK. Sign the open letter to help save the option of physiological birth in the UK. There should be riots in the street about this!

13/11/2025

Pain does not have to equal suffering. The pain of labour is different to other pain and you can do it… BUT you do have to be prepared with a few strategies and a supportive partner

Comment GUIDE in the comments below and I’ll send you a link to my mini course about working through labour without pain medication…. It’s all facts and no fluff… all killer no filler… comment GUIDE to get it all

13/11/2025

The foetal ejection reflex is different to the Ferguson reflex. The foetal ejection reflex can happen as a response to fear but also in a state of physiological balance when birth is undisturbed. the full story about your incredible birth reflexes on ep. 168 of the great birth rebellion podcast

Did you experience the foetal ejection reflex? or the Ferguson reflex? or both? Tell us about it in the comments:

11/11/2025

Have you met PregNancy yet?
*Whispers 'V***a, its a v***a'
She's for funsies

11/11/2025

She's tired of fighting for what she wants! The escalation process in hospital represents imbedded systematic bullying of the woman to coerce her to consent to something she didn't originally want. The escalation process is a subtle attempt to convince you out of your decisions.

10/11/2025

A little minute of peace from my house.

These little moments help keep me settled.

On Friday I opened another email from AHPRA to notify me that there has been another complaint submitted to them about the great birth rebellion podcast

The complaint was anonymous and they say it had so little information that they did not pursue it. It’s closed with nothing to answer but of course it’s on my record even though there is no wrong doing. Seems like it’s all going to be part of my life now… I’m willing to accept the complaints and stress of it all because the podcast is so insanely beneficial to women

This is the rebellion

Please continue to support the rebellion by purchasing some merch, link in bio, thegreatbirthrebellion.com

10/11/2025

If we look at what research says about homebirth outcomes for women, the resounding undeniable finding is that women do way better having given birth at home. Get the full story ep. 163 podcast which includes a discussion about the research.

NOTE: this goes for homebirth with a midwife NOT freebirth without one. We have no research evidence to be able to make comments about the safety or dangers of freebirth for women, all the data is about attended homebirth

09/11/2025

There is a power imbalance in maternity care where women automatically adopt a 'good girl' or 'visitors mindset' when attending appointments. We behave polite and subservient within our own care and find it difficult top assert ourselves as the boss over our own body. Ep. 177 of the great birth rebellion with Dr Catherine Bell from talks about how using birth mapping becomes a tool to help you confidently assert yourself. Listen to ep 177 for the full story.

07/11/2025

The words of a labouring woman... don't make her say it twice, it was hard enough to get out the first time. More tips on how to be a great birth support person on episode 173 of the great birth rebellion podcast

06/11/2025

When you discover your own birth philosophy and birth preferences, the next thing is to match that with your care provider. The most satisfied women have managed to find a midwife whose philosophy aligns with their own.

05/11/2025

Did you just wee your pants? or did your waters just break?
Here are a few key signs that your waters have broken:
- there is fluid flowing through your va**na
- it smells a bit like semen
- it's clear/yellowish/pinkish
- it keeps gradually dripping over time

04/11/2025

No shade from me... but sometimes the people around you want you to have an epidural so that they don't have to experience the discomfort of your labour. These are not the right people to have if you want a medication-free birth. Full story episode 169

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101 Great Western Highway, Sun Valley NSW
Springwood, NSW
2777

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