The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic hits New York City hard, and Australia, like the rest of the world, battens down. What are the implications for the well-being of women and their babies?

A conversation about getting breastfeeding to work for you in the pandemic, between Pamela Douglas and Emma McCabe.

A conversation about caring for your baby in the pandemic, between Pamela Douglas and Emma McCabe. As crazy as it sounds (in a world going crazy), misunderstandings about burps and pukes can make life with your baby much harder than it needs to be.

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic hits New York City hard, and Australia, like the rest of the world, battens down. What are the implications for the well-being of women and their babies?

This is a conversation between Pamela Douglas, Emma McCabe, and Peter Hill, about the shocking but anticipated arrival of Disease X, about living in the epicentre of a pandemic when you are caring for a baby, about the added risks that new mothers face. About how vital it is now to offer more biologically aligned approaches to infant-care.

Dr Pamela Douglas is founder of Neuroprotective Developmental Care (or 'the Possums programs') for parents and babies; Adjunct Associate Professor with the Transforming Maternity Care Collaborative, Griffith University; and Senior Lecturer with the Primary Care Clinical Unit, The University of Queensland. She is based in Brisbane, Australia.

Emma McCabe is a popular breastfeeding counsellor in New York City, USA, and mother of two.

Honorary Associate Professor Peter Hill is a public health physician and academic from The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.