When Things Don’t Go As Planned Welcome and thank you for listening! Mother of three as well as a Doula, Drienie Viljoen wanted her dream birth at home with a midwife – ended up with a Caesarean Section after Prolonged Rupture of Membranes and a Failed Induction. She [...]
Right to Birth Movement Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode Dr Margreet Wibbelink interviews Independent Midwife Glynnis Garrod - activist and founder of the Right to Birth Movement. For the first 10 years of her career Glynnis worked at the Groote Schuur Hospital, then joined [...]
Interview With Guest Seba Tsaoane Welcome and thank you for listening! In today's episode Midwife Margreet connects with guest Sebabatso Tsaoane, young midwife leader and founder of the Women’s Health Foundation: Black Woman Arise. The aim of this organization is to promote women’s sexual reproductive health and rights [...]
5 Tips To Boost Your Immune System During The COVID-19 Pandemic During this challenging time, the best way to limit your chances of contracting or spreading the virus is to practise strict social distancing. Keeping your immune system strong is also essential. This post is sponsored [...]
Flying Solo As An Independent Midwife Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode Dr Margreet Wibbelink talks about the exciting journey of establishing your own nursing or midwifery practice. If you’re using a mobile device, download the Podcast app, search for ‘Birth & Baby - Advice [...]
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Birth Plans - Understanding The Real Message Welcome to the third episode and thank you for listening. Today Midwife Margreet talks about Birth Plans, why women have them, and to help midwives understand the real message behind them. If you’re using a mobile device, download the Podcast app, [...]
The Birth & Baby Podcast - Advice You Can Trust Welcome to the second episode and thank you for listening. Today Dr Margreet Wibbelink shares a little bit more about her story, her journey and why she started this podcast.
Together It’s Better, Taking Pregnancy Care To The Next Level In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its new recommendations for antenatal care with the subtitle ‘for a positive pregnancy experience’. Wouldn’t you agree it’s interesting that they chose this subtitle? It certainly shows that the ‘experience’ [...]
