<description> &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The UK used to be held up as an idyllic maternity care system worth replicating, but in the past 10 years, the caesarean section rate has increased to over 45% and poor maternal outcomes are rising as a result. Midwives are leaving in droves, birth services that once facilitate physiological birth are closing and the whole system is becoming hostile toward normal birth. There are people petitioning to put a stop to midwifery education from focusing on physiological birth which will fundamentally change midwifery in the UK relegating midwives to obstetric nursing roles. In this episode Mel speaks to Dr Sheena Byrom and Prof Soo Downe who explain the situation and offer practical solutions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The easiest way to help save physiological birth in the UK is to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://openletter.earth/an-open-letter-on-birth-in-defence-of-midwives-mothers-and-the-truth-b6b91d96"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;sign this open letter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/thepeoplesbirthtribunal/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;@thepeoplesbirthtribunal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;People power = change… sign the letter to help enact change. Together we can save physiological birth in the UK.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;This episode has been generously sponsored by Poppy Child from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/popthatmumma/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;@popthatmumma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;. Great birth rebellion listeners get 25% off the Birth box. Use the code &lt;/span&gt;“Melanie” &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hypnobirthing-positive-birth.com/birthbox"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;the check out&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; to claim your discount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Get more from the Great Birth Rebellion Podcast&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Join&amp;nbsp;the podcast mailing list&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to access the resource folder from each episode at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.melaniethemidwife.com"&gt;www.melaniethemidwife.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.melaniethemidwife.com/"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Join the rebellion and show your support! Grab your&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Great Birth Rebellion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;merchandise&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;now at&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.thegreatbirthrebellion.com"&gt;&lt;span&gt;www&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.thegreatbirthrebellion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Follow us on social media&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/thegreatbirthrebellion/"&gt;@thegreatbirthrebellion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/melaniethemidwife/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;@melaniethemidwife&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;If this podcast has improved your knowledge or pregnancy, birth or postpartum journey&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;please consider&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;thanking us financially&lt;a href="https://www.melaniethemidwife.com/offers/daGzmvGr"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;by leaving a tip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;to support the ongoing work of this podcast.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The information and resources provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice. Instead, all information provided is intended for education, with it’s application intended for discussion between yourself and your care provider and/or workplace if you are a health professional.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Great Birth Rebellion podcast reserves the right to supplement, edit, change, delete any information at any time. Whilst we have tried to maintain accuracy and completeness of information, we do not warrant or guarantee the accuracy or currency of the information. The podcast accepts no liability for any loss, damage or unfavourable outcomes howsoever arising out of the use or reliance on the content.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;This podcast is not a replacement for midwifery or medical clinical care.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The transcript below was generated with ai and may contain errors.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; </description>

The Great Birth Rebellion

Dr Melanie Jackson

Episode 177 - Defending birth and midwifery in the UK

NOV 16, 202573 MIN
The Great Birth Rebellion

Episode 177 - Defending birth and midwifery in the UK

NOV 16, 202573 MIN

Description

The UK used to be held up as an idyllic maternity care system worth replicating, but in the past 10 years, the caesarean section rate has increased to over 45% and poor maternal outcomes are rising as a result. Midwives are leaving in droves, birth services that once facilitate physiological birth are closing and the whole system is becoming hostile toward normal birth. There are people petitioning to put a stop to midwifery education from focusing on physiological birth which will fundamentally change midwifery in the UK relegating midwives to obstetric nursing roles. In this episode Mel speaks to Dr Sheena Byrom and Prof Soo Downe who explain the situation and offer practical solutions. 

The easiest way to help save physiological birth in the UK is to sign this open letter from @thepeoplesbirthtribunal People power = change… sign the letter to help enact change. Together we can save physiological birth in the UK.

This episode has been generously sponsored by Poppy Child from @popthatmumma. Great birth rebellion listeners get 25% off the Birth box. Use the code “Melanie” at the check out to claim your discount.

 

Get more from the Great Birth Rebellion Podcast

 

Disclaimer

The information and resources provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice. Instead, all information provided is intended for education, with it’s application intended for discussion between yourself and your care provider and/or workplace if you are a health professional.

The Great Birth Rebellion podcast reserves the right to supplement, edit, change, delete any information at any time. Whilst we have tried to maintain accuracy and completeness of information, we do not warrant or guarantee the accuracy or currency of the information. The podcast accepts no liability for any loss, damage or unfavourable outcomes howsoever arising out of the use or reliance on the content.

This podcast is not a replacement for midwifery or medical clinical care.

 

The transcript below was generated with ai and may contain errors.