In this episode, we interview Lily Nichols RDN. Lily is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author with a passion for evidence-based prenatal nutrition. Her work is known for being research-focused, thorough, and critical of outdated dietary guidelines. She is co-founder of the Women’s Health Nutrition Academy and the author of two books, Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes. Lily’s bestselling books have helped tens of t...

Real Food for Pregnancy -An interview with Lily Nichols RDN

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? ·      ...

Newborn 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...

The importance of the amniotic sac

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 nausea...

Pregnancy sickness and hyperemesis breakthrough with Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly FRS

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...

Periods and perimenopause with Dr Lara Briden

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 ...

Real Food for Pregnancy -An interview with Lily Nichols RDN

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