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- 🇬🇧GB · Parenting#31100K to 300K
- 🇦🇺AU · Parenting#6930K to 100K
- 🇨🇦CA · Parenting#1835K to 30K
- 🇮🇳IN · Parenting#2330K to 100K
- 🇲🇽MX · Parenting#5210K to 30K
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76K to 248K
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What you didn't know about donor milk and milk sharing
Sep 25, 2024
44m 36s
Waterbirth
Sep 4, 2024
56m 10s
Kangaroo mother care and zero separation with Dr Nils Bergman
Aug 7, 2024
1h 07m 10s
To Nipple Shield or not to Nipple Shield?
Jul 3, 2024
44m 02s
OP position in pregnancy, labour and birth
Jun 6, 2024
58m 22s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 9/25/24 | What you didn't know about donor milk and milk sharing | In this episode, Katie takes Rachel behind the scenes for an in-depth exploration of donor milk—an intriguing topic that might just challenge everything you thought you knew about this practice. I have to caveat that some of the information in this episode is possibly going to get your knickers in a twist tho... | 44m 36s | ||||||
| 9/4/24 | Waterbirth | In this episode Rachel and Katie dive into the fascinating topic of waterbirth (excuse the pun, but it was too good to leave out!). I ask Rachel my burning questions and she stirs up the cauldron exploring everything from the history of waterbirth to the practicalities and the science behind it. Listen in as we find out about: · When did women start birthing in water? · What does the research say about waterbirth improving outcomes? · ... | 56m 10s | ||||||
| 8/7/24 | Kangaroo mother care and zero separation with Dr Nils Bergman | Dr Nils Bergman calls himself a Public Health Physician, and currently promotes and researches skin-to- skin contact on a full time basis. He is a Research Associate at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Dr. Bergman was born in Sweden and raised in Zimbabwe, where he also later worked as a mission doctor. He received his medical degree (MB ChB) at the University of Cape Town, a Diploma in Child Health at Uppsala University, and later a Masters in Public Health at the University of the Western ... | 1h 07m 10s | ||||||
| 7/3/24 | To Nipple Shield or not to Nipple Shield? | In this episode Katie takes Rachel into a conversation about why the nipple shield topic gets Katie’s knickers in a Twist. We discuss: The history of their use from1500s to present day How the research might not be telling the right story? Why are they so controversial? We ask do nipple shields affect how much milk the baby can take out of the breast? When might be a good reason to use a nipple shield – way more reasons than you probably think! How d... | 44m 02s | ||||||
| 6/6/24 | OP position in pregnancy, labour and birth | In this episode Rachel takes me on the path to enlightenment about the topic of the occipito posterior (OP) position in pregnancy, labour and birth! I ask Rachel why she’s always been reluctant to cover this topic on the podcast! And sit down to discuss: What exactly is an OP position? Why it is considered a problem in our current maternity systems Are there any problems caused by a baby in an OP position? Some really interesting facts about the no... | 58m 22s | ||||||
| 5/8/24 | Newborn weight loss | In this episode it’s us together again in the cauldron and Katie chats with Rachel about all things early weight loss… and gain in babies. We look at: · Why do babies lose weight? · What is normal weight loss? · Are there some babies who are more likely to lose more weight than others? · What’s with the panic once we hit the (not so magical) number of 10% weight loss? · &... | 55m 42s | ||||||
| 4/11/24 | The importance of the amniotic sac | In this episode Rachel talks to Katie about all the wondrous and darn right fascinating things about the amniotic sac. · Why is the baby surrounded by fluid, and what is it made of? · Women are often told they have too much or too little fluid. Is this a problem? · We also discuss why Rachel is (slightly!) obsessed with the function of the amniotic sac during labour · We ask does breaking the amniotic sac (t... | 59m 30s | ||||||
| 3/18/24 | Pregnancy sickness and hyperemesis breakthrough with Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly FRS | In this episode I discuss with Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly all things pregnancy sickness and Hyperemesis. Just a few months ago the scientific evidence was published highlighting what causes pregnancy sickness and hyperemesis. This breakthrough discovery came from the work of Prof Sir O’Rahilly, his team and the team from Dr Marlena S. Fejzo in the US. This ground breaking work gives hope to thousands of women globally who suffer terribly throughout their pregnancy with extreme na... | 45m 13s | ||||||
| 2/23/24 | Periods and perimenopause with Dr Lara Briden | Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor and bestselling author of the books Period Repair Manual and Hormone Repair Manual — practical guides to treating period problems with nutrition, supplements, and bioidentical hormones. With a strong science background, Lara sits on several advisory boards and is the lead author on a couple of peer-reviewed papers. She has more than 20 years’ experience in women’s health and currently has consulting rooms in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she... | 1h 05m 46s | ||||||
| 1/26/24 | Born at Home with Amanda Banks and Eleanor Currie | Where and how women choose to birth matters. Born at Home is a stunning documentary film exploring what it takes to have a positive and transformative birth experience. Empowered by the homebirth of her second child in 2020, Amanda Banks together with long term dear friend Eleanor Currie, set out to create a film exploring Homebirth in QLD. With a passion for telling stories about the human experience. Their film 'Born At Home' explores the emotional journey of homebirth. The fi... | 47m 02s | ||||||
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| 1/10/24 | Breastfeeding and medication with Wendy Jones BSc, MSc, PhD, MRPharmS | Wendy Jones BSc, MSc, PhD, MRPharmS is known for her work on providing a service on the compatibility of drugs in breastmilk and has been a registered breastfeeding supporter for 36 years. She is passionate that breastfeeding should be valued by all and that medication should not be a barrier. In her employed life she was a primary care pharmacist. Wendy left paid work 12 years ago to concentrate on writing her books and developing her website to provide information for mothers and profession... | 1h 01m 13s | ||||||
| 12/13/23 | Taking up space and the power of anger with Bonnie Hughes | Bonnie Hughes is a midwife, with a background in musical theater and journalism. She is the creator of the podcast series Making a Midwife, and an animation film-maker hobbyist. Bonnie is passionate about the power of story, and how the stories we tell ourselves, the stories we live, the stories we are part of, and the characters we play in those stories shape the future. Bonnie explores, both through her midwifery work and her art how she can create a positive and uplifting impact for ... | 1h 08m 39s | ||||||
| 11/16/23 | Freebirth stories - with Professor Emerita Mavis Kirkham | Mavis Kirkham is Midwifery Professor Emerita at Sheffield Hallam University and has held honorary professorial positions at the University of Technology Sydney and Auckland University of Technology. After over forty years as a clinical midwife and researcher, she is interested in reflecting and writing on birth and midwifery in its wider context. A major theme of her research has been the way in which the context of their care impacts upon childbearing women and how their working experiences ... | 59m 20s | ||||||
| 10/26/23 | Labour pauses - Failure to progress or just normal? - An interview with Dr Marina Weckend | Dr Marina Weckend is a midwife and post-doctoral researcher based at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Building on 13 years’ experience in midwifery practice, education and research in Germany, UK and Australia, Marina is committed to improving maternity care services through better understandings of birth physiology. Her current program of research focuses on natural fluctuations and pauses during labour and birth, and seeks to normalise physiological plateaus as a strategy to red... | 56m 14s | ||||||
| 10/4/23 | Late preterm and early term infants - why these babies struggle so much with breastfeeding | In this episode Katie talks with Rachel about late preterm and early term infants. These are the babies who have flown under the radar for far too long and often are the babies who struggle the most to get going with breastfeeding. Come with us as we take a look at the current research, plans for feeding and what mothers are saying who have had babies born just that bit too early. · How many babies are born late preterm and why the numbers are growing. · ... | 57m 27s | ||||||
| 9/12/23 | Plus Size Pregnancy - an interview with Dr Sara Wickham | Welcome to season 5!! This episode we have the marvelous Dr Sara Wickham back in the cauldron with us talking all about what’s in her new book Plus Size Pregnancy. Sara talks to us about: · How women and families want, need and deserve better answers to their many questions about higher BMI and birth, and that midwives and birth workers need to know what the evidence says. · Clarification of what is the BMI and as Sara says “it’s a racist, ... | 1h 18m 38s | ||||||
| 7/31/23 | Early labour | In this episode Rachel takes us into the world of ‘early labour’. She’s been promising it for a long while, and here it is. Get your lug’ols around this one! In this episode we discuss: · What’s going on physiologically during this phase of childbirth · Beta endorphins and how they work for us during labour · The neocortex and what is so important about this part of our brain as we birth · Why women in early... | 59m 00s | ||||||
| 7/14/23 | Our special edition: "We hit one million downloads" episode! | Welcome to the biggest episode yet! Well not really, but we have met a milestone I couldn’t have fathomed 3 years ago on 20th July 2020. It has hit home what has happened over this time and how this 'little' podcast has grown into something really fantastic. And this is due to my dear friend Dr Rachel Reed, our amazing guests who have so kindly donated their time to come on, and to all of you who listen in each episode and make the effort to share it, talk about it, grab a bit of merch ... | 45m 04s | ||||||
| 6/26/23 | Breastfeeding aversion, agitation and dysphoric milk ejection reflex - An interview with Zainab Yate | In this episode Katie talks to Zainab Yate. Zainab is a Biomedical Ethicist, with a specialist interest in infant feeding. Zainab is Vice Chair and named qualitative lead on a paediatric flagged Research Ethics Committee Panel for the Health Research Authority (HRA) in the UK. She's also been a volunteer breastfeeding peer supporter with the NHS for a number of years, is the owner-author of the resource site for mothers and healthcare practitioners on Breastfeeding / Nursing Aversion an... | 1h 02m 37s | ||||||
| 6/6/23 | The unbelievable tactics of the formula industry- Do not think you can skip this episode! | In this episode I take Rachel and you into the world of underhand marketing tactics going on right under our noses from the commercial milk formula (CMF) industry. In Feburary 2023 the Lancet and WHO released a new 3 part series discussing the marketing of CMF. Rachel really did wonder if this would be of any interest to our listeners and I promised her that within a few minutes her knickers would be in a twist ... and they were! This is not a discussion about whether formula mi... | 48m 34s | ||||||
| 5/17/23 | Childbirth education, home birth, attachement styles and the "F%k1ng epidural" - An interview with Rhea Dempsey | Rhea is a former PE teacher turned childbirth educator, and counsellor and feels privileged to have attended more than a thousand births in hospitals and home settings as a birth attendant as well as connecting with many more women, their partners and support people during birth preparation workshops and personal birth counselling sessions. Rhea has spoken extensively around Australia and internationally and is the author of two books – ‘Birth with Confidence: savvy choices for normal... | 1h 30m 54s | ||||||
| 4/18/23 | Vaginal Examinations | On this episode of the Midwives Cauldron, it’s just me and Rachel hanging out and stirring the pot discussing vaginal examinations (VE's)! We take a step back in history to look at how midwives originally used vaginal examination during labour and for what purposeWe look at current guidelines Rachel goes on her history trail for us to find the original research which guidelines are based onWe talk about said research, the risks of vaginal examinations Language midwives could use to ... | 1h 03m 26s | ||||||
| 3/29/23 | Nipples, shields, infant sucking, pumping, and milk volumes - An interview with Prof Donna Geddes | Professor Donna Geddes is the director of the Geddes Hartmann Human Lactation Research Group. Based in Perth, Australia, the group is made up of innovative and dedicated scientists and students that have a passion for developing measurements of lactation and breastfeeding and then applying them to make a difference to clinicians and breastfeeding families. The group makes a point of not only publishing their findings in scientific journals but spreading their information via free online artic... | 1h 16m 22s | ||||||
| 3/6/23 | Peri-menopause, elderhood, cultural mythology, psychology and midwifery -An interview with Dr Sharon Blackie | In this episode of the cauldron we have Dr. Sharon Blackie; award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, lectures and workshops are focused on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of myth, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today. As well as writing five books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, and her new book Hagitude, her writing ha... | 1h 01m 02s | ||||||
| 2/13/23 | SIDS, bed sharing and an anthropological look at motherhood and infancy - An interview with Prof Helen Ball | In this episode we talk to Prof Helen Ball. Helen is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre. Helen studies infant sleep and the parent-infant sleep relationship from a biosocial perspective. Broadly defined, her research examines sleep ecology, of infants, young children and their parents. This encompasses attitudes and practices regarding infant sleep, behavioural and physiological monitoring of infants and their parents during sleep, infant sleep dev... | 1h 09m 27s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
23 placements across 16 markets.
Chart Positions
23 placements across 16 markets.