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.

05/12/2025

There are 3 things that need to work together in order to efficiently push your baby out. Many clinicians will assume that you are ready to start pushing once your cervix if fully dilated... it's important that you don't push until:

1. You feel the urge because your baby is in the correct position to trigger an urge
2. You feel like pushing in response to the hormonal changes of the pushing phase, and
3. your cervix is fully dilated (BUT this is the least important part... it doesn't need to be confirmed unless you have been pushing for a while and nothing is changing - sometimes you get an urge before your cervix if fully dilated)

Get the full story on pushing out your baby on the great birth rebellion podcast ep. 167 - pushing out your baby.

You can’t believe everything you see on the internet, she’s right… but you can get a heck of a lot closer to the birth t...
04/12/2025

You can’t believe everything you see on the internet, she’s right… but you can get a heck of a lot closer to the birth that you want with what you’ll learn on the great birth rebellion podcast. 5 million streams and counting.

Thanks for an amazing year and special shoutout to my 1 percenters on Spotify… you know who you are ❤️

03/12/2025

I really do stand behind this.
The pain of labour is purposeful and when you take it away you change birth. Comment GUIDE below to get the purchase link to my guide to giving birth without pain medication - you might just meet the new woman in you!
Full story at The Great Birth Rebellion Podcast ep. 170 - Managing labour without pain medication.

02/12/2025

The ring of fire? NO! It's just a stretch... changing the way you talk to yourself during labour can BOOST your mental game. Listen to episode 167 of the great birth rebellion podcast - pushing our your baby.
Comment GUIDE below to get access to my guide to giving birth without pain medication... it's only $27... that's cheaper than lunch!

02/12/2025

Mental toughness strategies in labour… it doesn’t matter how physically prepared for labour you are, if your mental game isn’t strong, you’ll fall at the first hurdle

These are 3 strategies for mental toughness but there is more where these came from… comment GUIDE below in the comments and I’ll send you a link to purchase the full guide to giving birth without pain medication… it’s only $27… that cheaper than lunch!

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01/12/2025

You are a different person at different times of your menstrual and life cycle. This is just part of what Myself and Jane Hardwicke Collings spoke about this week on ep. 179 of the Great Birth Rebellion podcast

01/12/2025

Calling all Australian midwives who a keen to start their own midwifery business. I’m running a free webinar just for you on December 10th from 12-2pm (Sydney time).

The webinar will walk you through the legal and logistical things that you need to do in order to set up and run a midwifery business, and if you especially interested in being mentored by me to get your business up and running in 2026, this webinar is where I announce my midwifery mentorship opportunity to.

The webinar is next week so register here:

https://www.melaniethemidwife.com/ppm-webinar-opt-in

30/11/2025

Are you in the motherhood trenches? Today on the Great Birth Rebellion Podcast I speak to Jane Hardwicke Collings Jane Hardwicke Collings about the transition to motherhood, what happens to our bodies, minds and hormones... and then what happens again as we transition through menopause.

It's an insightful overview of how we are primed with different powers and capacity at different stages of our lives and helps you to understand why you're doing the things you do.
Get the full story 179 - The transition to motherhood

30/11/2025

This snippet is from the great birth rebellion podcast episode 169 ‘the epidural. In it I talk about the benefits and side effects of epidural

If you are hoping to avoid an epidural, comment GUIDE 🥑🥑🥑 below and I’ll send you a sales link to me ALL FACTS NO FLUFF guide to giving birth without pain medication…. It includes everything I’ve seen work for my clients who give birth at home

I’ve been watching women give birth without pain medication for 18 years… I can tell you what works and I’ve included them all in the guide to giving birth without pain medication. Comment GUIDE and I’ll send you the link to get it… it’s only $27… that’s cheaper than lunch!

29/11/2025

Listen up midwives and doctors

the best strategy for helping a woman push out her baby is to understand and meet her expectations. It's about giving the woman the type of care she wants to have rather than the care you want to give.

28/11/2025

I've got you covered sisters! This weeks episode of the great birth rebellion podcast is all about your baby's movements, what is normal and what is not. Listen to ep. 178 now on your favourite podcast platform and comment PODCAST below if you want access to all the research.

27/11/2025

The two things that impact most upon the events of your birth are 1. Who you have with you and their ability to support you AND 2. Where you give birth.

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If you are worried that your partner won’t know how to support you well in labour I’ve created a guide for you both. In the guide to giving birth without pain medication there is a whole section for your partner. It will take them around an hour to watch and could make all the difference to you. Nothing worse than a poorly prepared support person!

Comment GUIDE 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 and I’ll send you the purchase link to my guide to giving birth without pain medication which has a whole section for your support people - so they know how to support you … it’s only $27… that’s cheaper than lunch!

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