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 [...]
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 [...]
Supplements In Pregnancy During pregnancy a woman’s body has an increased need for certain vitamins and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and iron. The ideal way to achieve micro-nutritional status is through eating healthy food, including a wide variety of fruit, vegetables, and legumes. Unfortunately, the value [...]
Self-Care 101 Finding balance while being a midwife, a partner, mother, friend is not easy; that’s why we asked writer and very busy professional Marjorie Arnold to share her self-care thoughts with readers. To start off, we need to understand what self-care is, what it entails and how [...]
The Importance Of A Woman Befriending Her Hormones A woman’s hormones are intimately connected to her emotional and physical well-being. Here are a few thoughts on how to live easily alongside these often maligned natural chemicals. Hormones are chemical substances produced in organs and glands of the human [...]
Circadian Solutions To Mind And Body Burn Out If you’re quite simply not coping with the demands of your life, you may need to re-tune your body clock. Stress is an emotional response to a trigger. There are many kinds of stress, some even essential to life and [...]
Small Change, Big Difference Health And Midwifery Challenge Sometimes, tiny tweaks can make a huge difference to one’s overall health, as well as to the practice of midwifery. Yet, because of busy lifestyles and workplace protocols, we tend to fall into routines and patterns that are tremendously difficult to [...]
