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Join us as we hubble, bubble, toil, and trouble our way through aspects of midwifery, birth, lactation, and womanhood. We tackle and discuss a variety of topics within the sphere of womanhood, birth, and lactation and what this entails in today's society. We want to be able to share in the strengths of women gathering together and being more informed, for their birth, their feeding experience, and the transition into knowing ourselves better. This is the podcast to connect us as a greater circle of women united.
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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? · ...
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 (the w...
1In 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 nausea...
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 t...
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 film ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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.· &nb...
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, sexi...
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 labo...
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 ...
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...
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 milk ...
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 bi...
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 d...
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...
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 has...
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...
Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, and the CEO of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's health. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Psychological Trauma and was Founding Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Lactation. Dr. Kendall-Tackett specializes in women's-health research including breastfeeding, depression, trauma, and health psychology, and has won many awards for her work includi...
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Thankful for this podcast, felt like someone was finally able to put words into what I was going through. Unfortunately I had to exclusively express when I had my son, and every pumping session I would experience an overwhelming sense of dread/hopelessness in the initial 30 seconds or so of pumping and then it'll go away after the first let down. I exclusively expressed for months and it happened every session. I hope my experience with my next would be different.
Just wanted to say thanks so much for your wonderful podcast. It has been one of the great resources that helped me to have confidence to decline induction for ama a few weeks ago, and then again to decline intervention for slightly prolonged rupture of membranes. I got the intervention free water birth I was hoping for and am really grateful for your help. I was also lucky enough to have wonderful midwives and continuity of care in the public system in the ACT. I wish continuity care was available to everyone. Thanks again and keep up the good work 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Wonderful work, it was this podcast that led me down the path to a beautiful homebirth. Thank you Thank you thank you!
Honestly the podcast I recommend to all birthing women and partners. The level of passion, wisdom and accessible information shared by Katie and Rachel is incredible, along with some epic guest. Throw in the humour and this is the podcast you want to be subscribed too for all this pregnancy, Birth and beyond!
Absolutely LOVE this podcast! Often find myself crying laughing at your bloopers!! I’m a registered nurse and student midwife in the UK. You guys are completely guiding me as to the kind of midwife I want to be!! Can’t wait for the next instalment. Thank you so much
Such an important topic! It was bringing back all the feels from the time my baby was in special care nursery.
Thanks for great content Can't wait for more episodes
This is my favourite podcast! As a nurse and postpartum doula it has taught me so much. Keep up the amazing work!
What an inspirational woman. Thank you to all of you for a great episode.
This is such an excellent podcast. I'm telling all my colleagues to listen in. Mind blown in every episode. Golden nuggets everywhere 😁🤣
Absolutely love this podcast and Rachel's blog, Midwife Thinking. As a first time mum (due any day now) it is great to hear evidence based research that supports physiological birth and helps parents make truly informed decisions. Love the humour too and English accents!
As a midwife, love this podcast. 100% Brilliant. Thankyou
Another great episode :) there is also Dr Stuart Fishpine (aka Dr Stu) OB from the US who practices breech and twin homebirth. he has also published a paper on his breech numbers
I'm hooked I'm starting my midwifery degree in September and really enjoying the podcasts When's the next one out please 😍❤️