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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Birth Options Series - When Midwife-Led Care, When Ob&Gyn-Led Care? Welcome and thank you for listening! Dr. Howard Manyonga is the founder of Network One Health (Pty) Ltd a health management company that establishes and operates Integrated Maternity Practices. These are multidisciplinary teams with a presence in [...]
