Homeopathy For Labour, Birth And Life After Birth Welcome and thank you for listening! For our latest podcast episode, I chatted with Ian Wheeler, Homeopathic Pharmacist and founder of the well-known Pegasus Homeopathics range. He grew his own group of retail pharmacies over 33 years but was always intuitively drawn to natural [...]
Middle Ear Infections In Little Ones Ears are self-cleaning and if there is a discharge, this needs further investigation. Cotton buds should only be used to clean the outer ear shell and not the ear canal. Ear infections are often linked to teething and allergies which, if treated, often resolve [...]
Dealing With COVID-19, From A Mother’s Point Of View What I would like my caregivers to know…. Testimonial, birth story Welcome and thank you for listening! Juliet Belasyse-Smith is a mother of three, who recently gave birth to her third baby. As per protocol she was tested for COVID-19 [...]
Breastfeeding Challenges During COVID-19 Welcome and thank you for listening! Our special guest on this episode is nurse and midwife Annerié Conradie, whose special interest in breastfeeding and antenatal education led her to start a private practice in 2016, after working in a private hospital for 14 years. She [...]
The Stars Aligned – Our Perfect Birth Story Welcome and thank you for listening! At Sensitive Midwifery, we always strive to broaden our horizons and today we want to share a beautiful birth story with you. It will help you to understand a couple’s desire to do anything they [...]
Dad's Labour Of Love You’ve been waiting nine months for this moment… The day when you finally get to meet your new little baby. Amidst all the frenzy and anticipation, the Sister Lilian Centre’s tips will help soon-to-be Dads to keep things running smoothly. Preparation is better than cure… [...]
When Things Don't Go As Planned Welcome and thank you for listening! Mother of three as well as a Doula, Drienie Viljoen wanted her dream birth at home with a midwife – ended up with a Caesarean Section after Prolonged Rupture of Membranes and a Failed Induction. She had [...]
Low-risk pregnancies and early elective C-section delivery Do parents know what to expect? When it comes to early elective C-sections, there are many potential harmful effects which parents may not be aware of, says retired neonatologist Professor Suzanne Delport. Newborns are increasingly being delivered by elective C-section (i.e. planned [...]
Interview With Guest Seba Tsaoane Welcome and thank you for listening! In today's episode Midwife Margreet connects with guest Sebabatso Tsaoane, young midwife leader and founder of the Women’s Health Foundation: Black Woman Arise. The aim of this organization is to promote women’s sexual reproductive health and rights by [...]
Labour Signs Welcome and thank you for listening! Midwife Margreet chats around how your body prepares for the big day, when labour begins and when to go to the hospital. Labour isn’t an exact science, but if you trust your instincts and let nature run its course you should [...]
