How Midwives Can Help Mothers To Understand That Working and Breastfeeding Can Be Combined Many new moms contemplating their return to employment believe that their choices are either to stay at home and breastfeed, or to give an artificial milk to their babies if they need to go to [...]
Breastfeeding Q&A with Midwife Specialist, Dr Margreet Welcome and thank you for listening! In celebration of World Breastfeeding Awareness Week, Dr Margreet Wibbelink addresses all breastfeeding related questions and concerns sent through by mom’s prior to the show. These include your most frequently asked, as well as [...]
Stem Cell Collection - Making Informed Decisions When it comes to making decisions about cord blood banking and delayed cord clamping, are parents given accurate, balanced and honest information? Recent years have seen the rise of cord blood banking (among those who can afford it), while at [...]
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 – [...]
The Health Of The Placenta Is Wrongly Used To Intervene In Normal Pregnancy The placenta plays a significant role in keeping Baby alive during pregnancy; supplying blood, nutrients, and oxygen, and continuing to benefit babies after birth. But if the placenta had its own movie, it would be [...]
Breastfeeding – An Economic Plan To Help Save The World! Not only is it suitable for all babies at all times, it adapts from one developmental phase to another, day to night, and even according to individual need! The health benefits are irreplaceable, and successful nursing markedly improves [...]
Topping Up Breastfeeds – The Uncomfortable Truth Are we midwives or petrol attendants? So you’re going on a long journey and you’ve got half a tank of petrol. You’d feel better if it was full, so you pull into a petrol station and ask them to ‘top-up’ for [...]
Early Initiation Of Breastfeeding After A Complicated Birth UNICEF and the World Health Organization recommend exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life starting within the first hour of birth. Looking at the South African statistics on caesarean sections, it’s important to consider how we can help [...]
Supporting Mothers After Complicated Birth And Loss As midwives, we hope to give our clients empowered birth experiences – births where they have been enabled to make informed decisions; where their hopes, wishes and desires are respected within the bounds of ensuring safety. When couples are viewed and [...]
Give Solutions To Infant ‘Sleep Problems’ – Don’t Create Them! Are you, the midwife, nurse or doctor, giving parents sleepless nights? Dealing with sleep queries can be tricky because tired parents can feel quite emotional and the wrong advice can have long-term effects for moms and babies. Here [...]
