Birth & Baby - Advice You Can Trust

Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode we spoke to Nicolé Vos about pregnancy's effect on skin and more specifically, stretchmarks. Nicolé is a mom to three kids (one of whom is four-legged) and enjoys being part of a network of people who love making a difference in the lives of many. She manages all the marketing for Mozaic Marula Oil and is the sales representative in the Garden R...

Welcome and thank you for listening! This episode's special guest is Midwife Rebecca Graham, founder of the Grace Birthing Centre in Westville, Durban. We chat about entrepreneuring as a midwife and why moms are choosing a midwife-led birth centre to bring their babies into this world. Grace Birthing Centre provides individualised prenatal, birth and postnatal care to mothers who have low-risk pre...

Welcome and thank you for listening! Sr Marion qualified as a registered nurse at the Johannesburg Academic Hospital in 1980. She went on to do midwifery and worked in postnatal wards and antenatal clinics, before studying paediatrics. After having her two daughters, she worked in a private well-baby clinic and began studying perinatal education at RAU University. She now has her own baby clinic w...

Welcome and thank you for listening! One of the biggest threads for exclusive breastfeeding up till six months, is the fact that women need to go back to work. In this episode Dr Margreet Wibbelink talks with Refilwe Nompumelelo Maponya, Midwife Specialist, researcher and working mother, around breastfeeding as a working mom (and midwife). She holds a Bachelor's degree in Nursing Science which she...

Welcome and thank you for listening! We love real life stories! This time I chatted with a new mom and dad, Sheree and Ricky Stone. They share about their experiences being pregnant, learning to wait for mother nature to do her thing (natural labour and birth), and then dealing with feelings that mother nature has failed them. Not shying away from the real challenges in the process, this episode i...

Welcome and thank you for listening! Tammy Mayes is an inspiring homeschooling mom of four lively children, she is a holistic health coach and has particular interest in essential oils, food and health hacks for families. She is passionate about empowering women to make practical and healthy choices in their lives for themselves and their families. She has a heart for natural motherhood and has be...

Welcome and thank you for listening! One of the women I've had the privilege of joining along her journey is Dr Caroline van der Werff – a doctor from Port Alfred, Eastern Cape. This doctor recently birthed her firstborn and chose to have a midwife-led homebirth. Caroline shares her experiences in and around pregnancy and birth as well as how she had to shift her mind from being a doctor to becomi...

Welcome and thank you for listening! Our latest podcast tackles the important topic of baby positioning – more specifically, the occiput posterior position.. For this episode, I chatted with Midwife Specialist Ingrid Groenewald from Gentle Touch Midwifery. As a very experienced midwife, she shares her wisdom on natural birth in general and how to approach and manage different baby positions during...

Welcome and thank you for listening! November is prematurity awareness month and more specifically, 17 November is WORLD PREMATURITY DAY. For this special day, I have been talking to Tasmin Botha. She is a mom who had a premature baby herself. After being discharged from the hospital, the safety net of doctors and nurses was taken away and she found herself searching online for a support group, sp...

Welcome and thank you for listening! 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. We, as healthcare workers, have to make sure that we are not the ones giving parents sleepless nights, but rather giving solutions to so-called 'sleep problems'. But how, you might wonder? I interviewed our...

Welcome and thank you for listening! I recently interviewed a mother of two, who's had two natural births, but two completely different experiences. We all know every birth is different, but this really is a beautiful story, in the midst of this pandemic. Her experience of having had an episiotomy with her first birth (which got badly infected and did not want to heal properly) left her terribly a...

Welcome and thank you for listening! Professional Nurse and Midwife Heilet van Endt-Maritz, has been one of the many heroes out there during these testing times. She is one busy lady and has certainly not sat still during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, she went out of her way to assist women in her care where she could. Life has taken her on a beautiful adventure where she is now finding herself...

Welcome and thank you for listening! Homeopathic remedies have been tried and tested over many years and can be used safely for adults, children, and babies during illness, health, and pregnancy without counteracting conventional medicines. Few people, however, know how homeopathic remedies actually work. For our latest podcast episode, I chatted with Ian Wheeler, Homeopathic Pharmacist and founde...

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 before she went into labor and was caught off guard completely when she tested Positive. She had no symptoms whatsoever, but it has made her journey to birthing her baby very interesting. Please leave us a review or give us a rating...

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 completed her South African Certified Lactation Consultant qualification in 2018, and loves supporting new mothers and babies o...

Welcome and thank you for listening! Karen Wilmot the 'Virtual Midwife' was ahead of her time by becoming 'virtually available' and has some great tips and ideas for other birth workers on how you can use technology to provide the best possible care – especially during uncertain times. Please leave us a review or give us a rating. And don't forget to subscribe! We'd love to stay in touch and keep...

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 it all! Lessons learnt. Please leave us a review or give us a rating. And don't forget to subscribe! We'd love to stay in touch and keep you updated with all ou...

Welcome and thank you for listening! In this episode Dr Margreet Wibbelink interviews Independent Midwife Glynnis Garrod - activist and founder of the Right to Birth Movement. For the first 10 years of her career Glynnis worked at the Groote Schuur Hospital, then joined Kate Christie and co-founded the Independent Midwife Practice: 'Birth Options'. This independent midwife practice has gone from s...

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 empowering them with information that empowers them to take better care of their bodies and make informed deci...