Let's Talk About It series: Cervical Cancer We are starting a new series: ‘Let’s talk about it’ addressing the topics we rather don’t want to talk about, especially topics that are related to sexual and reproductive health as it is subject to stigma. We are kicking the series [...]
When Working Impacts Breastfeeding, Let’s Make Sure It’s Positive! La Leche League Leader and resident Sensitive Midwifery breastfeeding contributor, Jane Maasdorp, advises midwives on how they can help mothers to understand that working and breastfeeding can be combined. Background It took a while for those in the [...]
Hormonal Health for Women Jacqui Niehaus is back for a power packed interview, this time on hormonal health for women. She featured earlier in an episode on Nutrition for the (wanting to be) Mom. This time she unpacks our hormonal health and what a healthy cycle looks [...]
The Good Enough Mother Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode, Dr. Margreet chatted with Claire Bracher about ‘The Good Enough Mother’. Claire Bracher has practiced as a midwife for 35 years and over this time her passion for her chosen field has broadened and deepened. [...]
Probiotics, Why Are They So Important? Experiences From A New Mom Cristina Torralbas is a first time mother and shares about her journey into motherhood. The first time her baby was sick, she was very disheartened. In her journey, she discovered the importance of a healthy microbiome [...]
Bacterial War In an age when it’s not size that counts as far as the cause of disease goes, we should all wise-up about anti- and probiotics. Humans are teeming with bacteria, most of which are good. Beneficial bacteria control how many nutrients you get, develop the body’s [...]
Birthing With A Midwife – Bringing It Back To Our Communities Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode Lindo Tshabalala talks about how she is bringing Midwifery back to her Community. Lindo is a young, dynamic Independent Midwife from Soweto. She shares about her journey [...]
Claiming your Birth Rights - Words of Wisdom for Pregnant Mothers Welcome and thank you for listening! Marelise Snijders, wife and mother of four beautiful teenagers, shares her pearls of wisdom. Her story is about miracle babies, empowered natural births and claiming your own birth rights. This [...]
An Overview of Down syndrome There is little knowledge and a lot of fear about Down syndrome testing, screening, and having a baby diagnosed with the syndrome. As Sensitive Midwives we need to know how to advice and counsel our clients whether to go for screening and [...]
Screening and Testing In Pregnancy Prenatal Screening and Testing, what is it and when is it best done? Merlyn Glass, from Genetic Counselling Network, explains. There is clear difference between prenatal screening and prenatal invasive testing and it is important to understand this. Background All of us usually [...]
