Making a difference as a Sensitive Midwife - it’s all about the journey! In this episode Mbali Tshabalala shares her journey of becoming a Professional Nurse & Midwife and how she persevered against the odds and is now a passionate ‘Sensitive Midwife’. Mbali received her education at [...]
Nutrition for (wanting to be) Moms & Dads! Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode, Jacqui Niehaus shares incredible truths and empowering messages about Nutrition and Hormonal Wellbeing. Jacqui is a biostatistician turned women's wellness coach. Her goal is to empower women to understand more [...]
Pre- and Postnatal Exercise with Lisa from Inspired Movements Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode, Dr Margreet Wibbelink talks with Lisa Came, a passionate Pilates Instructor and mom of two, about Pre- and Postnatal Exercise. We all know the importance of movement and exercise [...]
Butts vs Bumps: A Battle We Can’t Afford To Lose Welcome and thank you for listening! The guest in this episode is Dr Kieran McLeod, a South African medical doctor and founder of ByeGwaai. Drawing on his passion for behaviour change and digital health, Kieran founded mobile [...]
Introducing Solids In The Early Days Welcome and thank you for listening! Our special guest today is, Amy van der Merwe, a mom to an almost 4 year old little girl and pregnant with their second child, passionate about giving them the healthiest start to life. She [...]
Premature Birth – How Can Parents Be Best Prepared For It? Welcome and thank you for listening! Our special guest today is, Dr Ida du Plessis-Faurie, a Registered Nurse and Midwife, with a PhD in Maternal and Child Nursing: Advanced Midwifery and Neonatal Nursing Science. A model [...]
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 [...]
