How to Grow a Parent: The pregnancy, birth & postnatal podcast The Mindful Birth Group®

For today’s episode I am talking to Katherine Whitby who is a Paediatric Nurse, Health Visitor & Maternal Wellbeing Practitioner.Katherine is also the founder of her company Baby Steps where she offers classes and information on Baby & Child First Aid, Weaning, Baby Massage & Relaxation, at her studio in Hampshire or in parents own homes or online.Katherine has contributed her incredibly helpful weaning expertise to our online Parent Hub which parents can access through book...

Today I am talking to Sonah Paton who is a co-founder of Black Mothers Matter. We’ll be talking about the importance of understanding black maternal health disparities and nuances, particularly as a birth professional.All of The Mindful Birth Group® teaching team attend a workshop with Black Mothers Matter to ensure they are equipped to better support black and brown expectant parents and today’s episode will be slightly more angled towards birth professionals who may be wondering what work t...

Today’s episode is predominantly aimed at birth professionals however we of course welcome anyone to listen. The episode comes with a ‘listen with self-care’ label because we will be discussing baby and infant loss. Paula Abramson is from Bereavement Training International, a Baby and infant loss training consultancy. Paula also works with some amazing baby loss charities including the wonderful Teddy’s wish.Paula also trains our teacher team on how to better support those who experience or h...

After a short break whilst we were at various Baby Shows, enjoying the Easter holidays and many bank holidays, I’m delighted to be back today and talking to Dr Frankie Harrison about experiencing Neo-natal intensive care with your baby.Frankie is a clinical psychologist and co-founder of Miracle Moon, an organisation that provides support for the NICU community past, present and future.Frankie also provides invaluable content to our online Parent Hub so subscribers can access educational and ...

This week Emiliana talks to Maria Kyle, an Intervention Development Manager at Dogs Trust.Many families either already have dogs (or fur babies!) when they’re welcoming a new (human!) baby into their home, or they decide to get them for company when their little one is older. We cover what you need to know to keep everyone safe and happy.The topics we cover on this episode include:Preparing for introducing your newborn to your dog during your pregnancyKeeping your dog and toddlers and older c...

This week Emiliana talks to Kicki Hansard, author and founder of the Birth Bliss Academy and The Doula Directory.Everyone who takes a Mindful Birth Group® course or subscribes to the Parent Hub gets access to a one hour postnatal doula session on Zoom once their baby is born. We view the recovery period as very much a part of the birth and support shouldn't stop as baby is born.The topics we cover on this episode include:What is a postnatal doula, and what can they help a new parent with?How ...