You are going to looooove this. In this last instalment of our 3 part series on positive Caesarean, Mel speaks with Dr Natalie Elphinstone all about maternal assisted Caesarean section, including how to get one, what they are, how to set up a process in your hospital to start doing them and the research and potential issues behind the push for maternal assisted Caesarean. To get on the mailing list for this podcast go to www.melaniethemidwife.com and click the ‘subscribe to the podcast’ button at the top of the website.

This is the second instalment of the 'Positive caesarean' series from Mel and B and goes beautifully with episode 37. If you are listening to this one, go back to the other one first. In this episode you'll hear our top tips for how to wrangle the system to add and minus elements of your care in order to improve your birth experience. The third instalment is also coming next week. Very cool!  To get on the mailing list for this podcast and receive the resources that we use to inform each episode go to www.melaniethemidwife.com 

In this episode Mel and B start their 3 part series on positive caesarean section. This is not just for women who are planning a caesarean but also those who want to be prepared for all possible scenario’s. We discuss the really good reasons for caesarean section and what motivates some women to elect for caesarean section. In following episodes we discuss the process/procedure of caesarean section, ways to change it to make it better and the option of maternal assisted caesarean section To get on the mailing this for this podcast and receive the resources that we use to inform each episode go to www.melaniethemidwife.com 

In this episode Mel and B look at all the options for what you can do to honour and use your placenta after birth, including the option of eating it. We particularly delve into the research on placentaphagy (aka eating your placenta) to help women make decisions about if they believe consuming their placenta would be beneficial to them. All the evidence that we used to create this episode is in the resource folder for anyone on the mailing list to access. To get on the mailing list for this podcast go to www.melaniethemidwife.com and click the ‘subscribe to the podcast’ button at the top of the website.

Mel and B had a good look at the research around the use of vitamin K for newborns to help you decide if this is something valuable for your baby or not. Every baby is offered the opportunity to receive vitamin K supplementation at birth, this episode might help you decide if this is right for your baby or not To get on the mailing list for this podcast go to www.melaniethemidwife.com and click the 'sign up to the podcast' button  If you are interested in following Mel and B on Instagram go to @melaniethemidwife and @coreandfloorrestore for more evidence-based content