The Calmbirth Conversation Podcast
Latest Episodes
#20 Baby Brain: How pregnancy and motherhood shape our brain and change our minds.
Join Karen McClay as she talks with Dr Sarah McKay about her new book "Baby Brain: The Surprising Neuroscience of How Pregnancy and Motherhood Sculpt Our Brains and Change Our Minds".
#19 Understanding natural pauses in labour and when to wait or when to act.
Join Karen McClay and Dr Marina Weckend as they discuss Marina's research into the natural pauses of labour and the importance of normalising these plateaus or rest periods.
#18 Creating an optimal microbiome during Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond.
Karen and Emma discuss the importance of the microbiome for pregnant mamas and people, and their babies, and how we can maintain and create an optimal environment for a healthy microbiome during pregn
#17 Oxytocin and its impact on birth
Dr Sarah Buckley is a GP/family physician with qualifications in GP-obstetrics and family planning. In this podcast, she talks about oxytocin and its impact on birth.
#16 – Pregnancy Yoga
In Episode 16 of the Calmbirth Conversation Podcast Calmbirth Director, Karen McClay talks to our wonderful Calmbirth Educators and Yoga Instructors, Maja Batista and Karen Shlegeris about the benefi
#15 The Golden Month
In Episode 15 of the Calmbirth Conversation Podcast, Calmbirth Director, Karen McClay talks to Dr Carla Brion & Nadia Parisi about the Golden Month - an in-home postpartum service they have created ba
#14 Emotional Support for the Challenges of Becoming a Parent
In Episode 14 of the Calmbirth Conversation Podcast, Karen McClay talks to Dr. Nicole Highet who is the Founder & Executive Director of COPE, the Centre of Perinatal Excellence and how COPE is providi
#13 Support for breastfeeding, baby sleep and attachment
How the work of Possums & Co prepare, educate and support families through the challenges of the first 12 months: Baby sleep; cry fuss problems; parent mood; and attachment.
#12 Creating a safe, calm and private environment in the fourth trimester
Discussion with Psychologist Rachel Bridge about creating a safe, calm and private environment in the fourth trimester.
#11 Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC)
Discussion with Hazel Keedle, a Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC) Researcher and Lecturer and Academic Course Advisor of the Bachelor of Midwifery and PhD candidate in the School of Nursing and Mi