Let’s Talk About Birth Photography Welcome and thank you for listening! Jamie-Lee Burger, owner of New Shoot Photography, has always been drawn to babies and is fascinated with the entire process of pregnancy, birth, and the miracle of it all! She loves expressing her creativity through photography [...]
Entrepreneuring As A Midwife Welcome and thank you for listening! This episode's special guest is Midwife Rebecca Graham, founder of the Grace Birthing Centre in Westville, Durban. We chat about entrepreneuring as a midwife and why moms are choosing a midwife-led birth centre to bring their babies [...]
Dealing With ‘Baby Tummy Troubles’ The Sensitive Way Welcome and thank you for listening! Sr Marion qualified as a registered nurse at the Johannesburg Academic Hospital in 1980. She went on to do midwifery and worked in postnatal wards and antenatal clinics, before studying paediatrics. After having [...]
Baby & Toddler Food – Setting Them Up For Life Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode we chatted with Amy Van Der Merwe about Baby & Toddler food: what foods are best, basic elements for a mommy's pantry and working mom realities. Amy is [...]
Is Reflux The New Colic? As more and more babies are being diagnosed with reflux, La Leche League Leader Jane Maasdorp suggests we ask why. With an alarming number of mothers being told (or deciding for themselves) that their babies have reflux, it is tempting to ask – [...]
Exclusive Breastfeeding And The Working Mother, Can It Be Done? Welcome and thank you for listening! One of the biggest threads for exclusive breastfeeding up till six months, is the fact that women need to go back to work. In this episode Dr Margreet Wibbelink talks with Refilwe [...]
Did Mother Nature Let Us Down? Story Time With Sheree And Ricky Stone Welcome and thank you for listening! We love real life stories! This time I chatted with a new mom and dad, Sheree and Ricky Stone. They share about their experiences being pregnant, learning to wait [...]
How To Boost Your And Your Family’s Immune System Welcome and thank you for listening! Tammy Mayes is an inspiring homeschooling mom of four lively children, she is a holistic health coach and has particular interest in essential oils, food and health hacks for families. She is passionate [...]
Weight Gain In Pregnancy Weight gain in pregnancy is incredibly variable – so how much is too much? Or too little? Sister Lilian weighs in. The average weight gain in a woman who is not under- or overweight and has an uncomplicated pregnancy, is between 2–4kg in the [...]
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 [...]
