Inside the Great Birth Rebellion with Dr. Melanie Jackson

About this episode

Margo Blackstone interviews Dr. Melanie Jackson about the Great Birth Rebellion and the state of midwifery in Australia.

Wowee wow wow I have gotten to talk so some cool people lately on the podcast. This week I have Mel from the Great Birth Rebellion Podcast on and we really get into some good stuff. I invited her on after I saw the clip that the birth world was resharing like crazy, where some official looking Australian folks were talking about limiting homebirth access (or so it sounded) to ultra low risk women, which is a pretty small percent of women. It all sounded very Handmaid’s Tale and I asked Mel if she could come help us north american folsk understand what’s going on and also learn more about the state of midwifery in Australia in general. I love that Mel and I have pretty different ideas of “how” we can get to the same place with women and midwives having autonomy and power, etc, etc. She is working in the system. I’m working outside any systems. And yet we have a lovely chat, and I think there is a lot of richness because of the differences. We talk educational pathways, how to find hope for the future of birth and midwifery, regulations, advocacy and so much more. Also be sure to check out The Convergence of Rebellious Midwives here and more of…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Melanie Jackson

Topics covered

• midwifery
• homebirth
• advocacy
• birth autonomy
• healthcare regulations

Keywords

• Great Birth Rebellion
• homebirth access
• ultra low risk women
• educational pathways
• hope for the future of birth

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Convergence of Rebellious Midwives

Books & works: Inside the Great Birth Rebellion, Handmaid’s Tale

Places: Australia

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