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Nutrition for (wanting to be) Moms & Dads!

2023-03-02T13:04:39+00:00Podcast|

Nutrition for (wanting to be) Moms & Dads! Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode, Jacqui Niehaus shares incredible truths and empowering messages about Nutrition and Hormonal Wellbeing. Jacqui is a biostatistician turned women's wellness coach. Her goal is to empower women to understand more about [...]

Pre- and Postnatal Exercise with Lisa from Inspired Movements

2023-02-20T10:21:33+00:00Birth, Podcast, Pregnancy|

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 for [...]

Butts vs Bumps: A Battle We Can’t Afford To Lose

2023-02-22T09:05:44+00:00Podcast|

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 app-based [...]

Premature Birth – How Can Parents Be Best Prepared For It?

2022-12-05T14:10:53+00:00Birth, Podcast|

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 for [...]

When Things Don’t Go As Planned Series – Premature Labour And Birth

2022-10-26T08:21:54+00:00Birth, Podcast|

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 is happily [...]

Perinatal Psychology – How To Create The Right Conditions for a Gentle Birth and Parenting Journey

2022-10-05T08:53:52+00:00Podcast|

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

2022-10-03T09:10:04+00:00Podcast|

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 a Master’s [...]

When Things Don’t Go As Planned Series – Emergency Cesarean Section

2022-09-16T12:12:04+00:00Birth, Podcast|

When Things Don’t Go As Planned Series - Emergency Cesarean Section Welcome and thank you for listening! Our guest today is Elani, who grew up in Jeffreys Bay and lived there for twenty-seven years. In her early twenties she went to the United States as an au pair [...]

When Things Don’t Go As Planned Series – Birth Before Arrival (BBA)

2022-09-16T12:07:21+00:00Birth, Podcast|

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 are [...]

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