Dealing With ‘Baby Tummy Troubles’ The Sensitive Way Welcome and thank you for listening! Sr Marion qualified as a registered nurse at the Johannesburg Academic Hospital in 1980. She went on to do midwifery and worked in postnatal wards and antenatal clinics, before studying paediatrics. After having [...]
Baby & Toddler Food – Setting Them Up For Life Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode we chatted with Amy Van Der Merwe about Baby & Toddler food: what foods are best, basic elements for a mommy's pantry and working mom realities. Amy is [...]
Is Reflux The New Colic? As more and more babies are being diagnosed with reflux, La Leche League Leader Jane Maasdorp suggests we ask why. With an alarming number of mothers being told (or deciding for themselves) that their babies have reflux, it is tempting to ask – [...]
Exclusive Breastfeeding And The Working Mother, Can It Be Done? Welcome and thank you for listening! One of the biggest threads for exclusive breastfeeding up till six months, is the fact that women need to go back to work. In this episode Dr Margreet Wibbelink talks with Refilwe [...]
Did Mother Nature Let Us Down? Story Time With Sheree And Ricky Stone Welcome and thank you for listening! We love real life stories! This time I chatted with a new mom and dad, Sheree and Ricky Stone. They share about their experiences being pregnant, learning to wait [...]
How To Boost Your And Your Family’s Immune System Welcome and thank you for listening! Tammy Mayes is an inspiring homeschooling mom of four lively children, she is a holistic health coach and has particular interest in essential oils, food and health hacks for families. She is passionate [...]
Weight Gain In Pregnancy Weight gain in pregnancy is incredibly variable – so how much is too much? Or too little? Sister Lilian weighs in. The average weight gain in a woman who is not under- or overweight and has an uncomplicated pregnancy, is between 2–4kg in the [...]
Pregnancy Nutrition Made Easy A more instinctive approach to eating is what’s needed during pregnancy, says Sister Lilian. While one cannot totally reverse the impact of both the agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors on nutritional confidence, re-empowering pregnant women and their advising midwives is possible. The Sensitive Midwifery [...]
Heartburn And Indigestion In Pregnancy How to help your pregnant patient Heartburn and indigestion are common pregnancy problems. While indigestion often accompanies the nausea of the first trimester, heartburn tends to peak in the third trimester. Feeling the burn There is a misconception that pregnant women are [...]
Candida Auris – An Emerging Superbug? Midwife Louette Maccallum questions the impact of antibiotic treatments and asks – should Candida auris be considered a superbug? Candida is a naturally occurring yeast in the body, living alongside all our other natural organisms. However, if our immune systems are compromised, [...]
