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, [...]
The Benefits Of Balanced Breathing A breathing exercise to quieten the mind Since breathing is second nature to us, we often take its benefits for granted. Breathing is a hugely beneficial tool for handling with stress – not only for you as you go about your day, but [...]
Self Care and Essential Oils - Interview with Joy King Welcome and thank you for listening! Our new podcast release is all about that. Special guest Joy King shares her journey of learning to take care of herself, as well as her experience with essential oils. Joy King [...]
Doctor Choosing A Midwife-led Birth Welcome and thank you for listening! For us midwives, every client’s journey is unique. It is an honour to follow along, through the ups and downs, the concerns and anxieties, the tender moments and the triumphs. One of the women I’ve had the [...]
Baby Positioning - How To Get It Right And What To Do With An Occiput Posterior Position Welcome and thank you for listening! Our latest podcast tackles the important topic of baby positioning – more specifically, the occiput posterior position.. For this episode, I chatted with Midwife Specialist [...]
Self-Care 101 Finding balance while being a midwife, a partner, mother, friend is not easy; that’s why we asked writer and very busy professional Marjorie Arnold to share her self-care thoughts with readers. To start off, we need to understand what self-care is, what it entails and how [...]
Holding Hands With NICU Parents Welcome and thank you for listening! November is prematurity awareness month and more specifically, 17 November is WORLD PREMATURITY DAY. For this special day, I have been talking to Tasmin Botha. She is a mom who had a premature baby herself. After being [...]
The Importance Of A Woman Befriending Her Hormones A woman’s hormones are intimately connected to her emotional and physical well-being. Here are a few thoughts on how to live easily alongside these often maligned natural chemicals. Hormones are chemical substances produced in organs and glands of the human [...]
