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The Midwives' Cauldron — 72 episodes
What you didn't know about donor milk and milk sharing
Waterbirth
Kangaroo mother care and zero separation with Dr Nils Bergman
To Nipple Shield or not to Nipple Shield?
OP position in pregnancy, labour and birth
Newborn weight loss
The importance of the amniotic sac
Pregnancy sickness and hyperemesis breakthrough with Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly FRS
Periods and perimenopause with Dr Lara Briden
Born at Home with Amanda Banks and Eleanor Currie
Breastfeeding and medication with Wendy Jones BSc, MSc, PhD, MRPharmS
Taking up space and the power of anger with Bonnie Hughes
Freebirth stories - with Professor Emerita Mavis Kirkham
Labour pauses - Failure to progress or just normal? - An interview with Dr Marina Weckend
Late preterm and early term infants - why these babies struggle so much with breastfeeding
Plus Size Pregnancy - an interview with Dr Sara Wickham
Early labour
Our special edition: "We hit one million downloads" episode!
Breastfeeding aversion, agitation and dysphoric milk ejection reflex - An interview with Zainab Yate
The unbelievable tactics of the formula industry- Do not think you can skip this episode!
Childbirth education, home birth, attachement styles and the "F%k1ng epidural" - An interview with Rhea Dempsey
Vaginal Examinations
Nipples, shields, infant sucking, pumping, and milk volumes - An interview with Prof Donna Geddes
Peri-menopause, elderhood, cultural mythology, psychology and midwifery -An interview with Dr Sharon Blackie
SIDS, bed sharing and an anthropological look at motherhood and infancy - An interview with Prof Helen Ball
Why breastfeeding doesn't need to suck, postpartum depression, placental encapsulation and ACE (adverse childhood experiences) - An interview with Dr Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
The benefits of working within a midwifery carer model which works for midwives and women; male midwives, and the magic of being a traditional midwife - An interview with James Bourton
Listening to babies during labour
Infant sleep! - An interview with Lyndsey Hookway
Assessing labour progress -An interview with Dr Clare Davison
Breastfeeding and formula supplementation – the traps and escapes
End of Season 3 trailer
Antenatal hand expression - An interview with Anita Moorhead
Freebirth, transition phase in labour and polyvagal theory -An interview with Ellie Young
VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) - An Interview with Dr Hazel Keedle
All things clitoris -An interview with Professor Helen O'connell
Leaving midwifery and speaking out for women's rights -An interview with Kemi Johnson
Are vaginal examinations necessary? Inverted nipples. Declining libido with breastfeeding. Placental function. Breastfeeding whilst pregnant. Plus more! Your questions answered #3
Mother in the mother -An interview with Pippa Grace
The things they don't tell you about skin-to-skin contact!
Hormones from conception to pregnancy, birthing to feeding, bonding & attachment -An interview with Dr Sarah Buckley
Real Food for Pregnancy -An interview with Lily Nichols RDN
Placentas and cord blood
Striving to improve outcomes for women and infants - An interview with Professor Hannah Dahlen
How western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop -An interview with Dr Sara Wickham
Low milk supply
Through the lens of an NHS obstetrician -An interview with Dr Florence Wilcock
End of season 2 trailer
Obstetric violence, and the rights of women over body autonomy -An interview with Bashi Kumar-Hazard
Gestational Diabetes: the baby's perspective
Gestational diabetes: the pregnancy perspective
Anti D -An interview with Dr Sara Wickham
Women’s experiences of breastfeeding their babies - An interview with Prof Amy Brown
Birth trauma and trauma informed care practices -An interview with Billie Harrigan
Breastfeeding: the early days
Connecting to our menstrual cycle and ancient medicine -An interview with Dr Danielle Arabena
Reclaiming childbirth as a rite of passage
The baby’s microbiome during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding -An interview with Toni Harman
Pushing and cervixes
Birth Time the documentary -An interview with the film makers
The importance of good postnatal care and recovery -An interview with Sophie Messager
Being 'with woman' while working in the system: part 2
Being 'with woman' while working in the system: part 1
Breech birth, twins, galactogogues to increase milk supplyand more -Your questions answered #2
Tongue tie, induction of labour, advanced maternal age and becoming an IBCLC -Your questions answered #1
The herstory of breastfeeding - a fascinating, hilarious and sometimes gruesome, tour of breastfeeding over the past few hundred years
Perineal bungles
Women's rites of passage and how they shape our lives -peri-menopause and the role of Autumn Women -An interview with Jane Hardwicke Collings
Induction of labour from the baby's perspective
The herstory of modern birth practices
Introducing the midwives and their cauldron
The Midwives' Cauldron – Trailer Season 1