Postpartum Contraception

Dr Helen Lawal

Your baby is in your arms and the amazing, manic whirlwind that is motherhood has begun. It is unlikely that sex is the top of your priority list straight away, or for a little while until it is and then begins a rush to seek contraception. You are extremely fertile post baby, and most parents try to have a little gap between children, a period of recovery is also often recommended for women as birth is a massive ordeal on your body. But what contraception can you start post birth? When can you start it? What is safe with breastfeeding? and what side effects of contraception can we expect?

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Pips Journal- Part 1: It Is Time with Midwife Pip

Sharing the very first snippet from my journal through my first pregnancy- it is raw and unedited. If you would like to hear more like this, please let me know!

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Stages of Labour with Midwife Pip

Labour can be broken down into 4 different stages- latent phase, first stage, second stage and third stage. Understanding what changes are happening during each stage is an important part of preparing your mind for birth.

For more on the physiology of this and to learn how to support your body and baby through each stage check out my Antenatal and Hypnobirthing Course options- live and online at www.midwifepip.com

Enjoy listening.

Midwife Pip x

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The truth about Colic in babies with Philippa Murphy

If you have had or know anyone who has had a baby you will be sure to have heard the term Colic at some point, it is seemingly super common but yet no one really seems to know the best way to manage it, or even better to prevent it ever happening in the first place. 

This week’s guests is Philippa Murphy, @babycues_nurturewithnature Baby Cues Infant Gut Health Practitioner with an impressive amount of expertise and qualifications within the health and development of children for over thirty years. Philippa is a very keen advocate for natural preventative and remedial treatments for our newborns, and the ideal avoidance of a medical pathway. Use Code HealDOPip for a discount on Philippa's courses: https://babycues.com/

I hope you enjoyed listening.

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The Early Days and Sleep with a New Baby with Cat Cubie & Sarah Carpenter

…. And just like that you are home with your new baby and now what? 

All the newborn pictures seem to feature peacefully sleeping babies and yet your well-meaning relatives have all told you to sleep as much as possible in pregnancy because you’re never going to sleep well again. 

No wonder we enter parenthood so confused about baby sleep. 

This week’s guests Cat Cubie and Sarah Carpenter known as @thesleepmums and hosts of The Sleep Mums Podcast are here to empower you this week with their practical and intuitive with zero-judgement sleep advice. 

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Midwife Pip x

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How exercise aids your psychological birth preparation With Carla Meijen

Giving birth is often compared to a marathon, a long journey that requires grit, endurance, pacing and patience, pain management and motivation to stay on track.

This weeks guest Dr Carla Meijen, a sports psychologist, explains how pregnant women can use mental strategies commonly adopted by sports people to help focus on their strengths to see the childbirth experience as a positive challenge, not a threat

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Packing Your Hospital Bag With Midwife Pip

As you get towards your estimated due date one of the things that often crops up is when to and what to pack into your hospital bag.

In my experience, this is a task that often occupies far more energy and time of expectant parents than it actually needs to, so we are going to break this down, simplify it and help you to have a well organised bag ensuring none of your essentials get left behind!

To learn how to support your body and baby through each stage check out my Antenatal and Hypnobirthing Course options- live and online at midwifepip.com

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What you need to know about Ultrasound Scans in Pregnancy Alison Ball

We have all heard about ultrasound scans for pregnancy but do you really understand what they are for and your options around pregnancy scans?

This weeks guest is Alison Ball, the Lead Sonographer and National Clinical & Quality Manager at Ultrasound Direct, the UK's most experienced private ultrasound scan provider.

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The importance of creating your birth environment with Midwife Pip

Sometimes birth environment is considered a bit of an optional ad-on, a ‘nice if you can’ or maybe even a bit of a hippy consideration. I want us to challenge that because the environment you labour in can have a huge impact on the way your labour goes and in the way you feel about the whole experience too.

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Mindfulness for Pregnancy and Motherhood with Sophie Fletcher

Pregnancy and motherhood are wonderful, crazy times of significant change In our lives, often we experience completely new feelings, or an increased intensity of existing feelings and all of this can leave us feeling a little anxious, overwhelmed or uncertain.

This week I am joined by Sophie Fletcher, where we are going to talk about Mindfulness and Hypnosis and how these practices can change the game in the challenges of pregnancy and motherhood. Sophie is a best-selling author to; mindful hypnobirthing, mindful mamma and mindful menopause and has been supporting women through hypnosis for over 15 years.  

Check out Sophie’s incredible work here: https://www.sophiefletcher.co.uk/mindful-hypnobirthing-practical-tools-and-tracks-1

I hope you enjoyed listening.

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Midwife Pip. x

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