Can you reduce the risk of tearing in labour? What is an episiotomy and when is it used? Cath answers your questions.

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What are your options to manage pain during labour? Your questions answered.

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How different is a contraction in labour from Braxton Hicks? Your questions on contractions answered.

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Your questions answered in Season 5 of Birth, Baby and Beyond with Midwife Cath Curtin.

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If your waters break does this mean labour has initiated? Listener questions answered on waters breaking!

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Becoming a parent is an exciting time, as well as a time filled with uncertainty and anxiety.  In recent weeks the challenges of becoming and being a parent have been compounded by COVID-19.  Midwife Cath discusses with Brooke Carrigan the impacts to; new mothers, mothers and parent groups, support networks and seeks to remind us that despite the challenges, there has never been a better time in history to have and raise our families.

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There is a lot of fear around controlled crying. Midwife Cath Curtin calls it passive settling and discusses with Brydie Huggins why and how she uses it as a tool with her three children. Cath explains why it’s a technique she believes is valuable for some parents.

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Breastfeeding, is it a foolproof form of contraception? Join Midwife Cath Curtin, Brooke Carrigan and Dr Sue Hiscock and find out the varied contraception options available to you after birth.

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For everyone who is curious about having sex after babies. Midwife Cath Curtin, Brooke Carrigan and Dr Sue Hiscock breakdown in great detail ‘sex after birth’ and cover everything from hormones, lubricant, uterine prolapse and the notion of housework as foreplay.

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Give the grandparents a list and “spell out how they can help you”. Acclaimed Australian author Hazel Edwards, “There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof” talks with Midwife Cath Curtin and Brooke Carrigan about the importance of grandparents, the changing roles and responsibilities of grandparents and the meaning of ‘house rules’.

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