Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Annalee Atia speaks with Debbie Rayfield about Homeopathy during pregnancy, birth & early childhood.Specialising in Child and Family Healthcare, Debbie is a practitioner of homeopathy and naturopathic nutrition with over 25 years of practical experience, as well as a registered nurse and a qualified Montessori teacher.Links for Debbie Rayfield's work:1. http://debbierayfield.com2. http://www.fountaincentre.com.au/natural-therapies-practitioners/debbie-rayfield-homeopath/Links for Microbial Resistance information:1. University of Minnesota, Academic Health Center. "Infant antibiotic use linked to adult diseases." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 13 May 2015:www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150513140929.htm2. WHO facts on Antimicrobial resistance:http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs194/en/3. The Guardian - a genuine threat:http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jul/12/chief-scientist-antibiotic-resistance-warning&http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/02/australian-government-to-crack-down-on-antibiotic-overuse-in-humans-and-animals4. Australia's National Anti-microbial Resistance Strategy, published June 2015:http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ohp-amr.htm

Sally's interview with Tamara Newlands facilitator of Rites of Passage to Womanhood Camp about the importance of acknowledging rites of passage for young women.Refs: tamaranewlands.com and doctorarne.comAnd Dudley Leggett, co-founder of Dharamananda Community and Sustainability Research Institute about natural learning and models for families living in community.www.sustainable-research.orginfinitechoices.com.au conference - 1-3 October 2015Aired on BayFM on 27 July 2015Produced and presented by Sally CusackCopyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2015www.pbbmedia.org

Sally's interview with local musician and free surfer Ziggy Alberts (ziggyalberts.com) about his homeschooling experiences with his family until he was 13 years old.Other refs: "Live Learn Love" by his mother Csilla TotzerAired on BayFM on 13 July 2015Produced and presented by Sally CusackCopyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2015www.pbbmedia.org

Annalee Atia interviews Dr Lauren Tober on the Highly Sensitive Person. HSPs comprise approximately 20% of the population & their unique trait affords them greater insight & attunement. Dr Tober discusses living as an HPS & familiarising yourself with the best tools to support high sensitivity.The links we discuss on the show are:Dr Lauren Tober's website - www.laurentober.comCapturing Gratitude - www.capturinggratitude.comDr Elaine Aron's website - www.hsperson.comDr Neff's Ted Talk - http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/The-Space-Between-Self-Esteem-a

Sally Cusack on the state of maternity services in the Northern NSW Local Health District. In 2009 national health reforms led to the signing of the National Maternity Services Plan (NMSP), which obliged the implementation of midwifery-led continuity of care for all women by 2015. All state health ministers signed this agreement at the COAG of 2010. In 2010 NSW Health created the Towards Normal Birth, a policy directive in line with the NMSP to be implemented by 2015 for all women using maternity services in LHDs. So far, we have the wonderful services at Mullumbimby, Lismore and until recently Murwillumbah, but other than that, our LHD is unlikely to implement with TNB and the NMSP for all women. And it's a very retrograde step to be removing the service at Murwillumbah.With thanks to Carolyn Hastie and Rachel Bryant.To find out more: go to www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Tweed-Valley-Birthing-Service/andwww.facebook.com/groups/FriendsofNNSWLHDBirthingServicesHow are maternity services in your area? We'd love to hear from you!And you can make your voice heard at:nnswlhd.health.nsw.gov.au/about/northern-nsw-local-health-district/complaints-and-compliments/Aired at 99.9 BayFM on 29 June 2015Produced and presented by Sally CusackCopyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2015www.pbbmedia.org

Sally's interview with local certified Non-Violent Communication instructor, Paulette Bray-Narai about NVC and its value in parenting.www.expresspeace.comwww.cnvc.orgMarshall Rosenberg's Book "Non-Violent Communication"Aired on 99.9 BayFM on 15 June 2015Produced and presented by Sally Cusack.Copyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2015.www.pbbmedia.org

Annalee Atia's interview with Sarah Armstrong on how her own personal experiences with IVF, gentle, respectful c-section and aware parenting informed her characters in her new novel "His Other House". Aired on 99.9 BayFM on 8 June 2015.www.sarah-armstrong.com

Importance of parents expressing their creativity and tips for doing so.Zannilouise.commylittlesunshinehouse.comAired on 99.9 BayFM on 1 June 2015Motherhood and Creativity: The Divided Heart by Rachel Powers, featuring conversations with some of Australia’s most prominent female artists like Rachel Griffiths and Clare Bowditchhttp://rachel-power.blogspot.com.au/The North Coast Creative Business Women’s Community - a closed Facebook group for connection and inspiration https://www.facebook.com/groups/creativebusinesswomen/Mama Creative: Interviews with women who balance creativity with motherhood on My Little Sunshine House blog: http://mylittlesunshinehouse.com/category/mama-creative/Meet Me At Mikes: a blog by Pip Lincoln who is a very creative mother. She’s also written a book called “Craft for the Soul" http://meetmeatmikes.com/Produced and presented by Sally Cusack.Copyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2015

Sally's interview with Erica Nettle-Chik on the work of mums to create luminous youth, how we need to develop our intuition for raising our children, as we are the experts in what they need.http://www.luminousyouth.com/events.htmlRefs: Nassim Harramein, Robin Grille, Bruce Lipton, Anastasia and the Ringing Cedar Series, Lucy Cavendish, Heart Math InstituteProduced and presented by Sally CusackCopyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2015www.pbbmedia.org

Caroline's interview with Star Despres about self care for women. www.divinestar.com.auAnnalee Atia on why mothers aren't inclined to care for themselves, ancient cultures and what they do. Ref: bluezones.com on longevity and happinessProduced and presented by Caroline CowleyCopyright PBB Media and Caroline Cowley 2016www.pbbmedia.org

Aired live 27th April 2015, from the heart of Byron Bay at Bay Fm 99.9. Robbie Davis-Floyd, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas Austin, and Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology, is a medical anthropologist specializing in the anthropology of reproduction. Robbie lectures at childbirth, midwifery and obstetrical conferences around the world. Robbie has written over 80 articles and Author of 'Birth as an American Rite of Passage 1992, Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultral Perspectives" 1997, co-author of Birth Models Her research on global trends and transformations in childbirth, obstetrics and midwifery is ongoing. Thanks to Midwifery Today Conference Byron Bay Australia 2014.Produced and presented by Lara Martin Copyright 2014 PBB Media and Lara Martin www.pbbmedia.org

To mark the 3rd anniversary of commencement of Mullumbimby Community Birthing Service's Homebirth Programme, Sally's interview with midwife Debra Hayhoe and local mother Bridget Perry. Aired on 99.9 BayFM on Monday 4 May 2015.Produced and presented by Sally Cusack.Copyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2015Link: http://nnswlhd.health.nsw.gov.au/about/hospitals/mullumbimby-district-war-memorial-hospital/mullumbimby-birth-centre/the-home-birth-program/Other: Birth Afloat birthing pools

Sally's complete interview with retired French obstetrician Michel Odent and 'protector' of the labouring woman's natural process (or "foetus ejection reflex"). Recorded 30 March 2015.0-6 mins - Introduction6 min - Interview commences15 min - Natural childbirth advocates and medical view have been working to short term criteria of emphasis on live mother and baby at the end of the process, but he calls for us to expand our view to take into account longer term impacts of interventions.18:30 min - Hormones of childbirth20 min - Lack of general understanding of birth physiology and the needs of the labouring woman. Need to ask "what are the needs of the labouring woman, and not simply promote natural childbirth. We need to think "like physiologists" and identify possible inhibitory factors. Key word - to "protect" the natural process.24:30 - Our powerful neo-cortex and how it inhibits our birth process if engaged and active.27:30 - Human sense of smell is stronger than we realise and is inhibited by the neo-cortex.29:30 Need reduced neo-cortical activity to give birth.31 min - How to reduce neo-cortical activity (eg be in dark)35 min - Our cultural conditioning of "helping" the labouring woman - where there is an active role necessarily played by someone else, not the woman, which is disempowering for her. Socialisation of birth started in Neolithic times.37 min - Paleolithic women probably isolated themselves, so our cultural conditioning is around 10,000 years old.45 min - Turning 85 yrs this year and feels he is running out of time so must speak directly about these issues and not worry about being politically correct.48 min - Our fear of birth started during Neolithic times when women saw other women giving birth and built up culture around experts and helpers needing to attend birthing women, whereas Paleolithic women probably did it alone, ie their behaviour not observed so story couldn't build up around what they did when birthing.49 min - most women experience disturbed birth. Authentic midwifery needs to set up optimal conditions for foetal ejection reflex to occur. Difficulty for women is that when they birth instinctively their behaviour can be culturally unacceptable for those present.57 min - 1970 footage of Papua New Guinean woman giving birth alone. Her mother helps her set up birth space then moves away for the actual moment of birth.1:01 min - "Support" is the most toxic word as it gives women the idea that they can only do it with the help of others. Urgent need to reconsider words we use and look at using words like "protection" instead.1:06 - Natural childbirth advocates and medical practioners alike interfere with natural childbirth process by using words like "Support".1:07 - Newborns need love, microbes and stress - what is meant by stress. Impacts on pre-labour caesarean babies.1:13 - We need to study babies born without labour and those born with labour (and born either vaginally or by C/s)1:14 - Swedish study into sense of smell on newborns - comparison between babies born vaginally or by C/S. The sense of smell is 'switched on' by noradrenalin, a hormone produced by the baby in labour and it is needed to help a baby find the nipple.Produced and presented by Sally Cusack.Copyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2015

Epigenetic impacts of birth interventions on our species, what women need to give birth, experiences with midwifery in hospital and home with Hannah Dahlen. http://www.hannahdahlen.com.au/ Aired 13 April 2015.Produced and presented by Sally Cusack.Copyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2015

Annie Bryant talking about her new album for Autumn 2015 "Seek and Find" and the power of story telling for children, and creating with our children.www.talesandsongs.comProduced and presented by Annalee Atia.Copyright PBB Media and Annalee Atia 2015