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.

29/04/2026

... and that's the first thing I would say about that... get the full story on episode 200 of the Great Birth Rebellion Podcast

Going into your birth hoping for the best without any preparation or information is stepping onto a ride you didn’t want...
28/04/2026

Going into your birth hoping for the best without any preparation or information is stepping onto a ride you didn’t want to go on. Not even going to sugar coat it.

Knowledge in birth = power and choices

The 2 things I will never stop recommending if you want to be ready for what’s coming is:

1. Listen to the great birth rebellion podcast
2. Get the guide to giving birth without pain medication. It’s cheaper than lunch, and way more valuable.

Comment GUIDE 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 and I’ll send you the link. Being prepared really is as simple as that.

27/04/2026

Making wise decisions about your pregnancy birth and postpartum care does not rely on evidence, opinion, clinical reasoning or information alone… the decision making sweet spot lies within a network of factors.

Here is how NOT to make a wise decision:
• see an influencer or celebrity make a decision or have an opinion and accept it as truth (NO make your own decisions)
• listen to your care provider and don’t consider your own knowledge wisdom or intuition (NO you have information about what is good and right for you too)
• choose something suggested on the great birth rebellion podcast (NO the podcast is just information and not specific to your circumstances)

Get more information about how to make maternity care decisions in episode 200 of podcast

27/04/2026

The convergence of rebellious midwives (but for anybody!) payment plan tickets ending in 3 days!

Join over 400 rebels in Melbourne (Australia) for 3 days of filling your cup (and a bit of your brain), feel loved by like minded folks and get looked after better than ever.

It really is the best conference ever. This year we sold over 100 tickets in the first week of ticket sales and we didn’t even have a solid date or venue! People bought tickets based solely on their experience of the conference.

Meg said ‘the convergence changed her whole midwifery career’ and Georgina says ‘I will never not come to the convergence, it’s too important’.

Get your ticket and all the details at melaniethemidwife.com (link in bio).

26/04/2026

When making decisions about your maternity care options and setting yourself up for the most satisfying options, you have to consider 5 things:

1. Your own personal philosophy about birth
2. What model of care options you have access to
3. the location you would like to give birth at
4. the type of care provider
5. your personal health needs

Then you have to assess your resources and opportunities to determine which of these options you actually have access too... if you align your philosophy as closely as possible to your model of care, care provider, birth location and personal health needs, you've set yourself up for the best opportunity at a satisfying birth.

Listen to episode 200 of the great birth rebellion podcast for the full story on how to plan maternity care that feels best for you.

26/04/2026

... and the sooner you recognise that, the better equipped you are to understand and interact with the maternity care system and make preparations for your birth.

Get the full story on episode 200 of podcast

The medicalisation spectrum… the topic of discussion for episode 200 of podcast The medicalisation spectrum explains th...
26/04/2026

The medicalisation spectrum… the topic of discussion for episode 200 of podcast

The medicalisation spectrum explains the very basics of the maternity care system and how to navigate it.

Get the full story on episode 200 of the great birth rebellion podcast and comment PODCAST 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 to get access to the podcast resource folder to get a good look at the medicalisation spectrum graphic

The Great Birth Rebellion Podcast Catalogue for episodes 1-200 coming out tomorrow! to mark episode 200 of . With so man...
26/04/2026

The Great Birth Rebellion Podcast Catalogue for episodes 1-200 coming out tomorrow! to mark episode 200 of . With so many episodes I know they can be hard to find. The catalogue lists each episode at a glance in a convenient checklist format, an alphabetical index page so you can find topics easily and listening collections around popular topics.

All the information sheets and QR codes to access the podcast resource folder are also in there. It’s a handy printable PDF to keep track of your listening and make sure you’ve covered off all the episodes in your sphere of interest

The internet tells me that only 2.6% of podcasts get to 200 episodes… we made it this far rebels! No time for slowing down. Check out the first 200 episodes now!

Get the catalogue on the ‘freestuff’ page at www.melaniethemidwife.com from April 27th or comment PODCAST 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 and I’ll send you the link to join the mailing list to get access to all the podcast resources including the catalogue

22/04/2026

How much sun do you need in order to get adequate amounts of vitamin D?

has the answers to all of your questions about sun nutrition in episode 199 of podcast. Listen now on any of your favourite podcast platforms.

20/04/2026

The sun and light contains nutrients and substances that we need as humans in order to maintain our health. Sun nutrients are unique and can't be replicated in a supplement.

Today Melanie The Midwife and talk through sun nutrients (including vitamin D) and how to use modern supplements in conjunction with appropriate sun exposure to optimise your health.

Get the full story on episode 199 of The Great Birth Rebellion Podcast - light, sun and vitamin D for health

20/04/2026

Pregnant women are perpetually vitamin D deficient! Today on the great birth rebellion podcast episode 199. Melanie The Midwife and talk about how to get adequate nutrients from the sun and how to boost your vitamin D levels.

get the full story now on episode 199 - light, sun and vitamin D for health.

14/04/2026

Meeting the contractions of labour is a huge mental task... you're initial instinct might be 'oh no, not another one!'.... BUT the contractions of labour are important and necessary, so what can you do to be welcoming of each contraction?

There are some simple mind tricks to help build your mental toughness through labour so you have the grit to keep going, if you want to give birth without pain medication:

1. Instead of 'no', say 'yes'... even if you don't believe it - fake it til you make it!
2. remind yourself after every contraction 'I can do another one'
3. mental phrases like 'my body is working as it should'

If you are in the privileged position of having contractions and birthing a baby... and you want to do it without pain medication, mental toughness strategies are your friend.

For the full story on working through labour without pain medication, get my guide to giving birth without pain medication. Comment GUIDE 👇👇👇 and i'll send you the purchase link... it's only $27, that's cheaper than lunch.

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