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.

09/06/2026

That first poo post-birth... am I right?!

So much happens to our body when we grow and birth a baby, but through it all, you've got to keep pooping! Most women are frightened of this first poo and 99 times our of 100 it's actually completely fine!

Your poo mantra is 'it's not going to be as bad as you think it is'

For more top postnatal tips - The Great Birth Rebellion Podcast episode 206 and 207 - The first 2 weeks postpartum

08/06/2026

All killer, no filler.

Comment GUIDE and I’ll send you the link to get the guide to giving birth without pain medication…

the cheapest but highest value information you’ll ever find.

08/06/2026

Honestly, don't waste your money on v***a icepacks for after your birth. There is a much simpler and cheaper way to ice your f***y after birth... frozen condoms! In this video I give an explanation of how to prepare and use them...

1. fill them up just enough to create a flat 1-2 cm high icepack and tie it off. Don't make huge p***s sized icepacks - the condoms can accomodate that much volume but that size it not ideal for icing your v***a
2. freeze them flat and then put them in the clean container ready for post-birth v***a adventures
3. wrap in a paper towel and apply onto (not in to!) your v***a so the cold sits where it hurts or where the swelling is
4. repeat as needed

Perfect solution for post-birth swelling and soreness.

I talk about this and lot's of other cheap and practical post-birth recovery tips in episode 206 and 207 of the great birth rebellion podcast

04/06/2026

If you have a negative blood group, your care provider will be checking the blood group of the baby after birth. They’ll collect it from their umbilical cord so they don’t have to give the baby a needle… but often they’ll prematurely clamp the cord to capture the blood.

If you want to do optimal cord management after birth, it’s best to collect the blood from the placenta, not the cord. In this video I show exactly how to do this.

This placenta was born over an hour before collecting blood.

To understand more about why we check baby blood group after birth for women with a negative blood group, listen to episode 205 of the great birth rebellion podcast

04/06/2026

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The pink/blue and pink/green combo is 100% dopamine maxing IMO… but really, whatever the colour of the logo is, doesn’t even compare to what’s inside the box… have you found the great birth rebellion podcast yet?

It’s a game changer for pregnancy and birth prep. Free and always will be

Follow the great birth rebellion podcast on your favourite podcast platform and comment PODCAST in the comment to get on the mailing list so you don’t miss a thing.

03/06/2026

Labour and birth are mostly a mental game. Your body can go there, but you have to will your mind along. What you say to yourself and what others tell you will determine if you have the capacity to continue without pain medication.

These mental toughness strategies have been the single most loved element of my guide to giving birth without pain medication. These are just a few of the mental toughness prompts that powerfully walk you through each contraction and prepare you for the next one.

Comment GUIDE and i'll send you the link to invest in the rest of the guide to giving birth without pain medication, only $27 - cheaper than lunch

02/06/2026

Anti-D is not a medication, it's not a vaccination... it's a blood product.

Anti-D donors are voluntarily sensitised, meaning they have a negative blood group and they allow themselves to be injected with blood from someone with a positive blood group so their body starts making anti-D antibodies. Once they are sensitised, their blood is harvested, the antibodies are extracted and their blood plasma is mixed with other blood donors to create your single dose of anti-D.

Get the full story on episode 205 of podcast

01/06/2026

If you have a negative blood group, during pregnancy you'll be offered a blood product called anti-D. Anti-D is given preventatively through pregnancy and/or in response to 'sensitising events'. During a sensitising event, there is thought to be an increase chance of yours and your babies blood mixing.

If mixing does occur and there are fetal cells in your blood stream, the anti-D does it's work.

Get the full story on episode 205 of podcast

01/06/2026

Honestly… writing scripts as an advocacy strategy is practice for when you actually have to advocate for yourself… have you got some great script examples that other women can use when advocating for themselves in the maternity care system

Let’s fill this comment section with scripts for sisters to steal 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

31/05/2026

Mummas! if you've got a negative blood group, this weeks episode of The Great Birth Rebellion Podcast is for you!. If you want to fully understand the management for a negative blood group in pregnancy and after birth this is also for maternity care providers and students.

As a student I remember a shortage of Anti-D, so they just stopped giving it in pregnancy and saved it for after birth and sensitising events... this is when I first started questioning the routine use of anti-D.

See what you think of Episode 205 - Anti-D for Rh Negative Women

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