Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Dr Danielle Arabena is a mother, General Practitioner, Shamanic Healer and Doula of Torres Strait Islander descent. In this interview with Kirilly Dawn, Dr Danielle speaks about her journey as a Healer, from navigating the medical field, to ultimately reclaiming her magic and becoming a Doula. Danielle also speaks about her long career working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care, and shares her advice on how we can all reclaim our magic, bringing our whole selves with us into the workplace and world around us.Produced and presented by Kirilly DawnCopyright PBB Media and Kirilly Dawn 2020www.pbbmedia.orgFirst aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 20/01/2020.+++++++++++This episode is sponsored by MooGoo Skin Care. www.moogoo.com.au.For a limited time our listeners can get a 15% discount on online purchases by quoting the code PBBPODCAST.

If we raise two genetically identical individuals in exactly the same way will they turn out to have similar personalities? Craig Jones speaks with Sally about his experiences as a father of twin girls and a third daughter and what he's learned about "nature vs nurture". He also shares some of his family's dynamics, the challenges, how they cope, and what insights he would share, if he could, with his pre-father self.In the last part of the show midwife Dr Robyn Thompson explains how best to support mothers immediately after birth and in the weeks after.Our thanks to Craig Jones (www.moogoo.com.au) and Dr Robyn Thompson (www.thethompsonmethod.com)Produced and presented by Sally CusackCopyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2020www.pbbmedia.orgFirst aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 6 January 2020.+++++++++++This episode is sponsored by MooGoo Skin Care. www.moogoo.com.au.For a limited time our listeners can get a 15% discount on online purchases by quoting the code PBBPODCAST.

Oni Blecher interviews Mason and Tahnee from tonic and medicinal mushroom company Superfeast speak to reproductive and preconception health as well as their own enlightenments and lessons from their journeys in parenthood. With their wealth of knowledge from Taoist, yogic and TCM streams, Mason and Tahnee generously give us their advice on how to be in optimal reproductive health.

In this episode of Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond, we are speaking with Dr Melanie Jackson, also lovingly known as Melanie the Midwife. We're discussing the latest in Australian Homebirth Research, Continuity of Maternity Care and also, why women choose to birth outside the system. Find out more about Dr Jackson's work at www.melaniethemidwife.com and on YouTube under - Melanie The Midwife. The Maternal and perinatal outcomes by planned place of birth in Australia 2000 – 2012: a linked population data study can be found here https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/10/e029192You are tuned to Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond. Contemporary Conversations where Stories, Science, Traditions & New Ideas meet. Our show is coming to you from the studios of BayFM in Byron Bay and is broadcasting across Australia on the Community Radio Network, you can find us on iTunes and Spreaker and through your favourite podcast providers. First aired live on 99.9BayFM in Byron Bay, Australia on November 4th, 2019.Produced and hosted by Annalee Atia for PBB Media Guest: Dr Melanie JacksonAll rights reserved. www.pbbmedia.org

Very excited to have super dad and wellness guru Horst Tomsan from Knox and Aya join our presenter Sean Tonnet on this podcast. With summer on our doorstep, there is never a better time to think about our health and well-being. Obesity now impacts around 25% of adults and children adversely affecting so many areas of our lives. This program will be packed with ideas for granddads, dads and dads-to-be to keep themselves active and vital - envigorating their roles as parents, partners and carers - modeling health and wellbeing to kids. Download or stream now!

Oni Blecher speaks with Moana Pearl, a multi modal transformational facilitator who and has been involved in sacred women’s business and women’s spirituality for more than 25 years. Moana helps us understand the individual and collective rite of peri menopausal, menopausal and post menopausal stages of life.Find Moana on https://sacredwisewoman.com.au/about-moana-pearl/First aired on 99.9 BayFM, Byron Bay Australia on 28 October 2019.++++++Copyright PBB Media 2019Produced and presented by Oni Blecher

Jessie Harrold is a doula, coach, women’s mentor, author of the recent book Project Body Love and her upcoming title, MotherSHIFT. Jessie’s work centres around supporting women to connect with themselves, their community and the earth during radical life transformation and modern-day rites of passage. She serves women and mothers one-to-one as a doula and life coach, teaches two online programs, reWILD and MotherSHIFT, and leads wilderness quests and pregnancy retreats. She lives in a tiny oceanside cottage in Atlantic Canada, where she writes, works, mothers her two children, and tends to her many gardens.Oni Blecher presents this episode in which Jessie speaks with PBB presenter Kirilly Dawn. Jessie discusses the immense transition that is motherhood, what it takes to ease that transition and the support required for it. She also covers the themes of matrescence and patrescence.www.jessieharrold.comFirst aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 14 October 2019.Produced and presented by Oni BlecherCopyright PBB Media, Kirilly Dawn and Oni Blecher 2019. www.pbbmedia.org

In this episode of Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond, we are speaking with Jane Hanckel, a long standing passionate social entrepreneur. Jane has had a passion for childhood education and supporting the health of families and communities that started early on in her own life and that has evolved with her as she traveled the world, studied, worked and raised a family of her own.You are tuned to Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond. Contemporary Conversations where Stories, Science, Traditions & New Ideas meet. Our show is coming to you from the studios of BayFM in Byron Bay and is broadcasting across Australia on the Community Radio Network, you can find us on iTunes and Spreaker and through your favourite podcast providers. First aired live on 99.9BayFM in Byron Bay, Australia in 2019.Produced and hosted by Annalee Atia for PBB Media Guest: Jane HanckelAll rights reserved. www.inspirededucation.com.auhttps://www.pozible.com/project/meaningful-values-the-inspired-appwww.pbbmedia.org

The transition to fatherhood is a physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual journey. It has the capacity to transform men and have an impact on their lives and their future in many ways. It challenges men to redefine themselves as individuals, partners, lovers and friends and define themselves, for the first time, as fathers. There is no doubt that the The role of fathers has changed over the years and continues to evolve. On this show PBB special guest Simon Hall, a highly experienced and regarded Child and Family worker, brings his specialised work with dads and dads-to-be onto the airwaves​, sharing his wisdom and experience with presenter Sean Tonnet.

Sally speaks with biologist and infant sleep expert Dr Katharina Wulff about huge variations in infant sleep, cultural expectations we have regarding infant sleep, and how accepting the immense variability in their sleep and instead learning about their needs helps babies' brains develop. The interview concludes with Katharina sharing her concerns about sleep for children and teens, and how to support teens moving into their adult years. As a biologist Katharina applied her scientific knowledge, as well as her own intuition, to each stage of raising her son. Their family is now living in northern Sweden and Katharina's son, Jann Billker, now 15, spends as much time as he can in Swedish Lapland a further 6 hours north. There Jann is working with the Alaskan Husky dogs at Lapland Wilderness Tours where he is also honing his skills as a photographer and of course learning another language. Who knows where this unique collection of life experiences will take him! https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katharina_Wulffhttp://www.laplandwildernesstours.com/Produced and presented by Sally CusackCopyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2019www.pbbmedia.orgOur thanks to Dr Katharina Wulff.First aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 26 August 2019.

Today, babies are born with around 200 chemicals in their umbilical chord*. That's a shocking figure and is providing just some insight into the harsh impact that plastics and pollutants are having on our future generations. It's also one of the reasons Georgia Lawson co-founded The Clean Collective with friend Charlie Thompson. These women are on a journey to demystify the chemicals and toxins found in our pregnancy, baby care, and everyday household products, so that we can make simplified, informed and conscious choices for our families' health.Tune in to this episode to hear Kirilly chat with Georgia about why toxin-free products matter, the nasties to look out for, and how we can take small steps today to make this a simple and gentle practice in our lives.The Clean Collective have offered a discount code of 15% for listeners of Pregnancy Birth and Beyond, valid until October 31. Use the code: BEYOND15 The discount applies to every full priced item, other than gift cards.* Study by The Environmental Working Group

Over 30% of pregnant parents have their labours synthetically induced and that number is rising steadily each year. Induction of labour is used for situations such as a diagnosis of gestational diabetes, suspected big babies, over-due pregnancies and growth restricted babies.As the rate of this intervention increases, Dr Rachel Reed, midwife and academic from the Univ. of the Sunshine Coast believes it is worth some close examination to make sure we're getting the best possible outcomes from it. Rachel discusses the risks, how it works, what can help a woman's decision making process and how she can 'own' her induction should she choose it.Rachel has recently published a book "Why Induction Matters".Interview recorded on 24 July 2019.Rachel also mentions the UK's NICE Guidelines on how women should be informed of the risks of induction, which is a useful guidance for any family and health service to follow. https://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/induction-of-labourWe also hear briefly from Dr Sarah Buckley about the physiology required for induction to work (recorded at the Midwifery Today conference 2014).Produced and presented by Sally CusackCopyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2019www.pbbmedia.orgOur thanks to Dr Rachel Reed and Dr Sarah BuckleyFirst aired on 99.9 BayFM Byron Bay Australia on 29 July 2019.

In this episode of Pregnancy, Birth and beyond Oni Blecher speaks with parents Jeremy and Hana pregnant for the third time, this time round with twins. Hear about their previous birth experiences, their current maternity care and their hopes, desires and intentions for the future. All Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond podcast are now ACM CPD (Australian College of Midwives Continuing Professional Development) recognised.You are tuned to Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond, Contemporary Conversations where Stories, Science, Traditions & New Ideas meet to inform and inspire! Our show is coming to you from the studios of BayFM in Byron Bay, broadcasting across Australia on the Community Radio Network and podcast via iTunes, Spreaker and through your favourite podcast providers. First aired live on 99.9BayFM in Byron Bay, Australia in 2019.Hosted by Oni BlecherGuests: Jeremy & HanaProduced and edited by Annalee Atia for PBB Media All rights reserved. www.pbbmedia.org

Sally speaks with Anika Ebner and Gabby LeBrun from the Byron Writers Festival about the kids' programming, and the inspiration for parents there as well. Authors mentioned include Zanni Louise, Clementine Ford, Alison Lester, John Flanagan, David Gillespie, Gabbie Stroud.First aired live on 99.9BayFM in Byron Bay, Australia on 22 July 2019.Produced and hosted by Sally Cusack for PBB Media www.pbbmedia.orgwww.byronwritersfestival.com

In this episode of Pregnancy, Birth and beyond Annalee Atia speaks with New South Wales mother of four Tamara Fenwick as she reflects back on her four very different birthing experiences. From hospital birth to birthing in an ambulance and then onto home birth. All Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond podcast are now ACM CPD (Continuing Professional Development) points recognised.You are tuned to Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond. Contemporary Conversations where Stories, Science, Traditions & New Ideas meet. Our show is coming to you from the studios of BayFM in Byron Bay and is broadcasting across Australia on the Community Radio Network, you can find us on iTunes and Spreaker and through your favourite podcast providers. First aired live on 99.9BayFM in Byron Bay, Australia in 2019.Produced and hosted by Annalee Atia for PBB Media Guest: Tamara FenwickAll rights reserved. www.pbbmedia.org