Ep 240. Birthing on Country: What Culturally Safe Care Looks Like

Podcast: The Science of Motherhood · Dr Renee White

Opublikowano: 2026-08-17

For generations, birth belonged to community, culture and country. That belonging is being reclaimed inside hospital rooms across Australia today, one birth at a time. That's the belief driving birthing on country, a way of caring for mothers built on trust, culture and community. In this episode of The Science of Motherhood, Dr Renee White sits down with Melanie Briggs, a proud Dharawal and Gumbaynggirr woman and endorsed midwife who manages the Birthing on Country program at Waminda, to explore what birthing on country truly means. Together they unpack the model's remarkable outcomes, the systemic...