Tag: pregnancy

PAP 93: Preconception Care with the Natural Nutritionist Steph Lowe

My good friend Steph Lowe AKA The Natural Nutritionist and I catch up for a chat about pre conception care and share our positive birth experiences. Even if, like me, your baby making days have passed, it’s great to get the latest on health for pregnancy so you can share with your friends and family.… Continue reading PAP 93: Preconception Care with the Natural Nutritionist Steph Lowe

WWR 179: Postpartum Hormones Explained

We all spend so much time and energy preparing for a pregnancy and preparing for the birth but no one tells us about the hormonal havoc that comes after birth! In this episode of Wellness Women Radio Dr Ashleigh and Dr Andrea dive into the reality of postnatal hormones and what you can expect after… Continue reading WWR 179: Postpartum Hormones Explained

RFR 275: Setting Up Your Gut Microbiome for Pregnancy & Beyond with Kirsty Wirth – Part 3

In episode 275 of The Real Food Reel we are joined by Kirsty Wirth from Kultured Wellness for part 3 of setting up your gut microbiome for pregnancy & beyond. In the final instalment of this series, we discuss microbiome testing and how to determine whether if first, testing is suitable and then, if it… Continue reading RFR 275: Setting Up Your Gut Microbiome for Pregnancy & Beyond with Kirsty Wirth – Part 3

TWIW 60: Shortfalls causing women to birth outside the system

This Week In Wellness a research article published in Biomed Central (BMC) has shown that women choosing to birth outside of hospitals, be that a home birth or a free birth, did so in search of the “best and safest” birth experience. In Australia 97% of births occur in a hospital setting however this paper… Continue reading TWIW 60: Shortfalls causing women to birth outside the system

RFR 267: Setting Up Your Gut Microbiome for Pregnancy & Beyond with Kirsty Wirth – Part 2

In episode 267 of The Real Food Reel we are joined by Kirsty Wirth from Kultured Wellness for part 2 of setting up your gut microbiome for pregnancy & beyond. We discuss the forgotten nutrient choline, the key foods you need to be eating during pregnancy and what considerations need to be made for vegetarian… Continue reading RFR 267: Setting Up Your Gut Microbiome for Pregnancy & Beyond with Kirsty Wirth – Part 2

RFR 264: Setting Up Your Gut Microbiome for Pregnancy & Beyond with Kirsty Wirth – Part 1

In episode 264 of The Real Food Reel we are joined by Kirsty Wirth from Kultured Wellness to explore infant gut health. Kirsty shares her personal journey and how this has driven her research and purpose behind Kultured Wellness to this day. We explore why preconception and pregnancy gut health matters and what you can… Continue reading RFR 264: Setting Up Your Gut Microbiome for Pregnancy & Beyond with Kirsty Wirth – Part 1

TNN 95: Dr Andrea “The Sperm Whisperer”

Dr Andrea Huddleston joins me on the podcast to talk all things SPERM and fertility. I have done many podcasts about women’s fertility and menstruation thus far, it’s about time we spoke about the penis-holding humans out there! I was struck by this fact on Andrea’s podcast and decided we NEEDED to discuss this on… Continue reading TNN 95: Dr Andrea “The Sperm Whisperer”

TWIW 34: Home birth just as safe for low risk mums

And This Week In Wellness a study in the British Medical journal analysing Australian births has suggested that for low-risk pregnancies birthing at home is just as safe and has a 6 times higher chance of resulting in a “normal birth”. Professor Caroline Homer, director of the UTS Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health… Continue reading TWIW 34: Home birth just as safe for low risk mums

TNN 88: The Pill With Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

In this episode, we bring back a guest favourite, Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, to chat all things the pill. Lisa is a Certified Fertility Awareness Educator, Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner, and author of The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimise Your Fertility (which I have on my bedside table as we speak). It was great… Continue reading TNN 88: The Pill With Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

TWIW 22: Oestrogen linked to autism

This Week In Wellness high levels of Oestrogen in the womb may be linked to the likelihood of a child developing Autism. In a recent study by a team of scientists at the University of Cambridge and the State Serum Institute in Denmark. Published in Molecular Psychology researchers collected amniotic fluid and compared the levels… Continue reading TWIW 22: Oestrogen linked to autism