When Things Don't Go As Planned Series - Premature Labour And Birth Welcome and thank you for listening! Jessica is a new Mama from Makhanda (previously Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape. Jessica grew up on a farm in KwaZulu-Natal and now calls the Eastern Cape home. She [...]
Perinatal Psychology – How To Create The Right Conditions for a Gentle Birth and Parenting journey Welcome and thank you for listening! Marianne Littlejohn is a registered nurse and midwife, who qualified in 1979 and began practising as an independent midwife in 1982. She has worked in hospital, [...]
When Things Don't Go As Planned Series - Postnatal Depletion and/or Depression Welcome and thank you for listening! Our special guest is Keshia van Rooyen, a Pastor in CRC Church, Johannesburg, working within the Women’s Ministry. Before full time ministry, Keshia practiced as an attorney after gaining [...]
Assisting Mothers After A Caesarean Section Midwives and postnatal sisters encounter moms who have had caesarean births more frequently nowadays, than those who have had natural deliveries in private clinics. These moms have special needs in the time of recovery and should not be neglected, no matter [...]
When Things Don’t Go As Planned Series - Emergency Cesarean Section Welcome and thank you for listening! Our guest today is Elani, who grew up in Jeffreys Bay and lived there for twenty-seven years. In her early twenties she went to the United States as an au [...]
When Things Don’t Go As Planned Series – Birth Before Arrival (BBA) Welcome and thank you for listening! We did a series on Birth Options, knowing your options and making informed choices. But when it comes to birth, we never know how things will unfold. All births [...]
When Things Don’t Go As Planned Series – Prolonged Rupture of Membranes and Induction of Labour Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode we interviewed Mona, who is a stylist and personal shopper and resides in Jeffreys Bay with her husband and two girls. She’s [...]
A Critical Eye On Induction Of Labour Midwife Ingrid Groenewald lives in Cannon Rocks in the Eastern Cape. She is also a wife, and a mom to three children. Ingrid says, ‘As an independent midwife, I see low-risk women throughout their pregnancies, do home- and water-births, and [...]
Breastfeeding Awareness Week - What All (New) Moms And Dads Need To Know About Breastfeeding Welcome and thank you for listening! Nompumelelo Maponya is an Advanced Midwife and Neonatal Specialist, who is passionate about mother and child care, especially breastfeeding. She is currently a doctoral student enrolled [...]
Supplements In Pregnancy During pregnancy a woman’s body has an increased need for certain vitamins and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and iron. The ideal way to achieve micro-nutritional status is through eating healthy food, including a wide variety of fruit, vegetables, and legumes. Unfortunately, the value [...]
