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Clotting in pregnancy and during the postpartum period can be a significant concern for a new Mum. To treat clots, doctors will try to adopt a prevent...

Can you choose the sex of your baby?  This is probably one of the most commonly asked questions when someone becomes pregnant and has been requested ...

We have all heard about how important iron is during pregnancy, but did you know that it is just as important when you are pre-pregnancy and breastfee...

If there was a gold standard for being a Dad, it’s sure to look like Mitch Papas, who joins us today to talk about how to be a supportive partner duri...

Nausea and vomiting during the first trimester of pregnancy is pretty common, which doesn’t make it any less yucky, but most women do start feeling be...

We have an important bonus episode for you today to keep all our listeners up to date with the latest Australian recommendations for the Covid vaccina...

We get a lot of questions coming in through our DM’s and this episode is a response to a request from one of those lovely listeners who was diagnosed ...

The phrase "your baby is in distress" can change the course of your baby's birth... and your experience of becoming mama. This topic is a request fro...

At your antenatal appointments, from about 20 weeks of your pregnancy you will (…should) be having some monitoring of your baby’s growth.  Firstly, by...

How long between babies is a question that pops up ALOT. It is a big topic with lots of different factors in helping you make your decision. Financia...

This episode Brigid talks with early parenting consultant, Jen Butler. Jen is a midwife, maternal and child health nurse, IBCLC trained lactation cons...

Today we talk to Founder and Director of @naturalgraceaustralia Libby Moloney. It is a truly beautiful and at times heartbreaking conversation about t...

This is the first of our two part series about baby loss. It was recorded ages ago but we've delayed publishing it again and again. We just thought th...

In this episode we talk to Keira Rumble, founder of Krumbled foods and Beauty Bites. She candidly, and calmly, walks us through her 5 pregnancy losses...

The umbilical cord is an incredible structure, the connection between mother and baby. It is beautifully adapted and designed to do exactly the job it...

Issues with your thyroid are common in the baby-making years. In Australia about 2-3% of pregnant women are hypo or hyperthyroid. Then there is post-p...

Epilepsy is pretty common, about 1% of our population take some form of anti-epileptic medication and about 2000 women in Australia each year have a p...

VBAC or vaginal birth after Caesarean is possible for lots of women. There are a few ‘rules’ to help get you to your goal of a vaginal birth after ha...

Did you know that by about 45 years old, nearly every women will have little fibroids, about 2-3 millimetres in their uterus? These are round hard sw...

One of the things we are measuring when you have an ultrasound during pregnancy is the length of your cervix. We want it to be long and strong right u...

Ectopic pregnancy is another 'not rare' situation that is worthwhile knowing something about. This comes from a listener's request where she felt lost...

We don't hear about assisted delivery as an intervention as commonly as we hear about Caesarean birth. BUT more than a third of mamas having their fi...

Unless you are a blood donor or have had an operation in the past, you may not know your blood type until you are pregnant. This is really common. W...

Tearing might be on your mind as you get nearer to the birth of your baby. We know you are worried about the pain and how it might impact on your pelv...

1 in 5 pregnancies will end in a miscarriage but even as common as this is, it's not an easy topic to talk about it. This episode may be hard for some...

Sometimes we need to go back to basics. This episode is for anyone who is thinking they might need a few hints on what they can be doing to increase t...

This is a tough subject. Bleeding or more specifically, a postpartum haemorrhage is a common fear women have as they get closer to the birth of their ...

PCOS or polycystic ovarian syndrome is not simply a disease of the ovaries. The ovaries are one part of this complex hormonal syndrome which CAN inclu...

Pre-eclampsia is not rare so it is worth finding out something about it. About 7% of all pregnancies are affected by pre-eclampsia. Sometimes it just ...

This is a long list of ALL of the symptoms in LATE pregnancy. Ok, not all. It is already the longest episode we have ever recorded. But if you’ve been...