By Jane Pitt - Breastfeeding Advisor Breast milk has antibodies that pass from mother to baby, protecting baby from infection and this could mean having fewer medical bills and less days off work caring for sick children. Babies in crèches can pick up more infections than...
Enjoy a warm relaxing soak in luxury bubbles Buy a foot bath and some nice smelling foot lotion, have a pedicure Herbal teas and a great magazine Taking time out to just “be” may seem odd, but for today’s busy moms taking a few...
What type of Delivery should I have? By Michele Hlava – Nursing sister, midwife, audiologist, behavioural optometrist Often, I have had to tell my patients about the pros and cons of the type of delivery we should have. Most of the parents are quite indignant and actually...
Your childbirth educator is an important person in your life – she is the person who can bring balance and knowledge into your experience. Every pregnancy and birth is special and unique, so it is important you don’t try to take advice from everybody who...
The opinion used to be that if you wanted to breastfeed, put your baby to the breast as soon as possible after birth. However new research has come out by Ann-Marie Widstrom, a Swedish researcher on skin-to skin contact between mother and baby. Widstrom describes...
Labour is as the word states – Hard Work, and it generally lives up to its name. However, to keep labour in perspective, it may be tiring but it is the best-rewarded work you will ever undertake. Knowing that there is hard work ahead of you...
Creating a baby together is nothing short of a miracle – and will be one of the most important decisions of your life. Your baby is created from two cells – and with much cell division and growth they develop into a miniature person. In...
By Merlyn Glass – Genetic nurse counsellor – NHLS University of Witwatersrand Genetic Counsellors attend to people who either have an inherited or genetic condition themselves, or have had a baby with an inherited condition, or who are at risk to have a baby with such...
By Barbara Hanrahan – Midwife and Educator Childbirth is not an illness. Neither does the birth of every baby have to be a medical procedure. Fit, healthy women can have the choice of being active and participative in the birth of their babies. Most women already have...
Research conducted during 2009 within the private maternity sector in South Africa showed the following:...