Pain Free Birth #73 | Induced for No Reason? What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know with Dr. Melanie Jackson
What if birth didn’t need to be managed, induced, or controlled?
In this episode, Karen sits down with Dr. Melanie Jackson, known as Melanie the Midwife, to unpack why the modern maternity system so often views women’s bodies as “a ticking time bomb” and how that fear drives the epidemic of unnecessary inductions.
With 17 years of experience as an Australian midwife, Melanie brings evidence-based wisdom and a rebellious spirit to the conversation. She shares what she discovered in her PhD on birth outside the system, the truth about “preventative inductions,” and why trusting the design of birth might be the most radical act of all.
Tune in to hear:
- The surprising philosophy driving unnecessary inductions
- Why 45% of first-time mothers in Australia are being induced
- How fear of women’s bodies shapes modern maternity care
- What questions to ask before agreeing to an induction
- The truth about stillbirth statistics and relative vs. actual risk
- Why “going with the flow” often means going with hospital protocol
- The hormonal design of physiological birth (and how hospitals disrupt it)
- How to prevent obstetric violence and over-medicalization
- The sacred transformation of matrescence (from maiden to mother)
Connect with Melanie:
@melaniethemidwife
@thegreatbirthrebellion
The Great Birth Rebellion podcast
https://www.melaniethemidwife.com/
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