Hormonal Health for Women Jacqui Niehaus is back for a power packed interview, this time on hormonal health for women. She featured earlier in an episode on Nutrition for the (wanting to be) Mom. This time she unpacks our hormonal health and what a healthy cycle looks like, [...]
The Good Enough Mother Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode, Dr. Margreet chatted with Claire Bracher about ‘The Good Enough Mother’. Claire Bracher has practiced as a midwife for 35 years and over this time her passion for her chosen field has broadened and deepened. [...]
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 and [...]
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 [...]
World No Tobacco Day: We Need Food, Not Tobacco... All new moms want nothing but the best for their new baby and any mom who smokes, knows that smoking is harmful to her baby - but yoh, quitting is tough! You never smoke around your baby, but soon [...]
Birthing With A Midwife – Bringing It Back To Our Communities Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode Lindo Tshabalala talks about how she is bringing Midwifery back to her Community. Lindo is a young, dynamic Independent Midwife from Soweto. She shares about her journey as [...]
Claiming your Birth Rights - Words of Wisdom for Pregnant Mothers Welcome and thank you for listening! Marelise Snijders, wife and mother of four beautiful teenagers, shares her pearls of wisdom. Her story is about miracle babies, empowered natural births and claiming your own birth rights. This podcast [...]
An Overview of Down Syndrome There is little knowledge and a lot of fear about Down syndrome testing, screening, and having a baby diagnosed with the syndrome. Genetic Counselor, Merlyn Glass, explains all you need to know about Down syndrome and babies born with this syndrome. Women of advanced maternal [...]
Screening and Testing In Pregnancy Prenatal Screening and Testing, what is it and when is it best done? Merlyn Glass, from Genetic Counselling Network, explains. There is clear difference between prenatal screening and prenatal invasive testing and it is important to understand this. Background All of us usually [...]
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 Charlotte Maxeke [...]
