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2025-09-1000 min
The Breastfeeding ShowWhy Mixed Feeding MattersMegan and Frances interview Karen about her new book, Why Mixed Feeding Matters, published by Pinter & Martin in September 2023.
The book is packed with useful information for different approaches to feeding your baby, including breastfeeding, expressing and using formula - and crucially covers how to manage using more than one method of feeding. With a guest chapter on mixed feeding twins and multiples by Janet Rimmer, and a chapter on mixed feeding premature or sick babies, it's a comprehensive guide for parents and health professionals.
Breastfeeding helplines:
NCT 0300 3300 700 option 1, open 8am-midnight, 365...
2023-08-3032 min
Pinter & Martin Book Launch SpecialFlourishFlourish: A practical and emotional guidebook to thriving in midwifery, by Kate Greenstock.
Available from all the usual outlets, and discounted to £12.99 on Pinter & Martin's website: https://pinterandmartin.com/flourish
2023-04-0630 minThe Breastfeeding ShowLooking at ResearchBrown, A. (2019) Informed is best. London: Pinter & Martin https://pinterandmartin.com/informed-is-best
Maxwell, C et al (2022) ‘Why have a bottle when you can have draught? Exploring bottle refusal by breastfed babies’ Matern Child Nutr. 2023;e13481. DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13481 Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mcn.13481
Flint, A et al (2016) ‘Cup feeding versus other forms of supplemental enteral feeding for newborn infants unable to fully breastfeed’ Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 3, CD005092. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005092.pub3
Chris van Tulleken youtube talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch...
2023-03-2454 minPinter & Martin Book Launch SpecialWhy Formula Feeding Matters, by Shel BanksIn this Book Launch Special, Karen Hall chats with author Shel Banks about the big question of why formula feeding matters.
Nearly all babies in the UK receive formula milk at some point during their first year of life. Yet finding independent and factual information about formula feeding can be surprisingly difficult, as much of the material available to parents, carers and health professionals is generated by the formula industry for marketing purposes. How can parents make properly informed decisions about which brand to choose, how much to feed and when, and how to prepare products safely?
2022-01-1722 minThe Breastfeeding ShowCommon ChallengesFrances, Karen and Megan talk about the most common breastfeeding challenges that they encounter in their role as Breastfeeding Counsellors, and what self-help measures mothers/breastfeeding parents can take.
In this episode:
Babies who don't latch, or who latch but don't feed
Milk Supply
Painful feeding
Tongue Tie
Mastitis
Engorgement, blocked ducts and blebs
Oversupply and fast letdown
Don't forget you can talk to a Breastfeeding Counsellor on 0300 3300 700, option 1, 365 days a year, 8am-midnight.
Exaggerated latch technique: https://www.youtube...
2021-12-1647 minThe Breastfeeding ShowExpressingFrances, Karen and Megan delve into why people express milk, how it might work in different situations, and some of the logistical queries that new parents often have. Drawing on their years of experience supporting new parents, this friendly chat aims to demystify the question of expressing, and help parents to make decisions about feeding their baby.
Some useful links:
NCT page on expressing milk: https://www.nct.org.uk/baby-toddler/feeding/practical-tips/expressed-milk-your-questions-answered
ABM page, particularly for storage/handling guidelines: https://abm.me.uk/breastfeeding-information/expressing-breast-milk/
Paced bottle feeding: https...
2021-12-1338 minThe Breastfeeding ShowPositioning and AttachmentThis podcast is for anyone with an interest in feeding babies, whether they’re exclusively breastfeeding, chestfeeding, mixed feeding, expressing, still waiting for their baby to arrive, or thinking about stopping.
In this episode, we're looking at the importance of good attachment, and how positioning the baby well can help with that. We're ADAMANT that what the latch looks like isn't a good indicator of how effective it is, especially when the mother/parent finds it painful. If you're in this position, or in any way worried or unhappy about your breastfeeding experience, please do call our Fe...
2021-12-0639 minPinter & Martin Book Launch SpecialCovid Babies, by Amy BrownKaren Hall chats with Professor Amy Brown about her tenth book (we counted!) Covid Babies, an important acknowledgement of the experiences of parents and health professionals during the Coivd-19 Pandemic.
As the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, pregnancy and maternity services underwent a rapid transformation in an attempt to deal with transmission of the virus and the growing pressure on healthcare services. In a climate of fear, and with many unknowns about the virus and the risks to pregnant women and their babies, restrictions and hastily implemented policies often overrode years of work to improve maternity care, with...
2021-11-1831 minPinter & Martin Book Launch SpecialThe Maternal Journal, by Samantha McGowan and Laura Godfrey-IsaacsMaternal Journal is filled to the brim with ideas, support and inspiration to create your very own journal through your pregnancy, birth and parenthood. This easy-to-use and beautifully illustrated book will help you explore your creative voice and develop a regular journaling practice using artistic tools and techniques that fit in with everyday parenting.
In this Book Launch Special, Karen Hall talks to the authors about how the journal came about, who it's for, and how proud they are to have produced it!
2021-10-1733 minPinter & Martin Book Launch SpecialWhy Infant Reflux Matters, by Carol SmythCarol Smyth talks to Karen Hall about her new book in the Why It Matters series.
2021-10-0525 minPinter & Martin Book Launch SpecialNurturing Maternity Staff, by Jan SmithThat maternity staff are under pressure, with many leaving their jobs each year, is well known. Personal sacrifices, long working hours, lack of resources and an overstretched system take their toll, and occasionally staff are involved in traumatic and emotionally difficult situations. Many tolerate these conditions in the service of doing a job they love, but what happens to their mental health over time?
Nurturing Maternity Staff explains how the system and individuals within it relate to each other, highlighting both the vital role compassionate leadership has in creating psychologically safe working environments, as well as tools...
2021-09-1724 minPinter & Martin Book Launch SpecialLet's talk about feeding your baby, by Amy BrownAmy Brown and Karen Hall chat about Amy's new book, Let's Talk About Feeding Your Baby
2021-08-2550 minPinter & Martin Book Launch SpecialBreastfeeding Uncovered, by Amy BrownAmy Brown and Karen Hall talk about the latest edition of Breastfeeding Uncovered
2021-08-2433 minPinter & Martin Book Launch SpecialLyndsey Hookway - Still AwakeLyndsey Hookway and Karen Hall chat about Lyndsey's new book, Still Awake
2021-08-2330 min
MotherworldlyLorraine Smith: Wannabe AuthorThe third series of the Motherworldly podcast is all about books.
Lori is an old friend, and we have had many conversations about the book she hasn't written yet. It's subject matter is quite literally very close to all our hearts: bras.
2021-08-2024 minMotherworldlyNjambi McGrath: MemoiristThe third series of the Motherworldly podcast is about the joy of books: reading them, writing them, not writing them.
Comedian and antenatal teacher Njambi McGrath talks about the process and emotional journey of writing her heartfelt book Through The Leopard's Gaze.
2021-08-2029 minMotherworldlyLisa Stewart: Lockdown in ChinaIn my second conversation with Lisa, she tells the story of being in New Zealand with her family as the pandemic emerged near her home in Shanghai. After extending their holiday for a few weeks, they return home and adjust to living alongside covid-19 in China.
2021-08-1923 minMotherworldlyAndrea Freeman: Breastfeeding, Race and InjusticeSeries 1 of the Motherworldly podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Andrea Freeman is Associate Professor at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law. Freeman writes and researches at the intersection of critical race theory and issues of food policy, health, and consumer credit.
She talks to Karen about her book, Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race and Injustice, the story of the exploitation of the Fultz quadruplets in 1940s America.
2021-08-1925 minMotherworldlyJenny Harmer: Health Visiting in LockdownThe lockdown miniseries of the Motherworldly Podcast explores how the pandemic is affecting the lives of women.
Jenny Harmer is a Heath Visitor/breastfeeding specialist in South London and one half of the I am a Health Visitor Podcast. Prior to health visiting she was a paediatric A&E nurse. She lives with her husband & three children (two human one greyhound!) and has rediscovered cross-stitch during lockdown.
2021-08-1830 minMotherworldlyNicola Sheldon: ShieldingThis is the lockdown miniseries: how is the pandemic impacting on the lives of women all over the world?
Nicola Sheldon lives in Thatcham and is an active member of her local community, volunteering in several organisations supporting women and babies. She has three young boys and is a full time carer to her second child Thomas who has complex disabilities.
2021-08-1724 minMotherworldlyBronwen Wilson-Rashad: Co-parenting in LockdownThis mini-series is about families in lockdown. How are people coping with the challenges, and what moments of celebration do they find?
Bronwen Wilson Rashad has done many weird and wonderful things but is currently Head of Enterprise and Training at OTR Bristol, a youth mental health service. She's got three children and lives happily on her own in the Wye Valley.
2021-08-1626 minMotherworldlyLouise Timlin: Women in TechSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Louise and I talk about being a woman in science and industry, being a northerner, and being in the Women's Equality Party.
2021-08-1524 minMotherworldlySophie Harman: The impact of Covid-19 on womenSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Dr Sophie Harman is Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary's University of London. She has written recently about the government response to the coronavirus pandemic and its implications for women. In this interview she points out how women are upholding the economy both in their paid and their unpaid labour, and we do manage to find a few positives in the situation
2021-08-1425 minMotherworldlyLisa Stewart: Motherhood in a pandemicSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Lisa is one of my oldest friends, living the high life in Shanghai. She talks about the adjustments she and her family have had to make in the last few weeks, and their impact on her work and family life.
2021-08-1322 minMotherworldlyRahila Gupta: Healing NarrativeSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Rahila Gupta talks about her epic work The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong, fighting for the rights of her disabled child, and creative writing with BAME survivors of domestic violence.
2021-08-1227 minMotherworldlyPetra Boynton: Academic WriterSeries 3 of the Motherworldly podcast is about books: reading them, writing them, not writing them.
Anyone with any connection at all to academia will find this fascinating. Petra writes about being well in academia (actually that's the title of the book!) and we talk about this with specific reference to students and staff returning to school and uni after lockdown.
2021-08-1237 minMotherworldlyEmma Pickett: BreastfeedingSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Emma Pickett is a mother, lactation consultant, author, and chair of the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers. She has such a lot to say about the state of breastfeeding and why it is and isn't a feminist issue, that I might have to do another episode with her. But enjoy this one!
2021-07-1527 minMotherworldlyMichelle Quashie: Birth ActivismSeries 1 of the Motherworldly Podcast is about feminist issues in motherhood.
Michelle Quashie is a busy woman: mother, founder of the Women's Voices Conference, Service User Rep on the National Maternity Transformation Programme, and vice chair of her local Maternity Voices Partnership. She tells her birth stories, as background to her journey into birth activism and advocating for women, and talks about why she does what she does.
2021-07-1526 minMotherworldlyKathryn Kelly: What goes in a show about feminism and motherhood?Series 1 of Motherworldly is about feminist issues in motherhood. In this episode, Karen and Kathryn unpick the terms "feminism" and "motherhood" and try to figure out what would be in a podcast about feminist issues in motherhood.
2021-07-1528 minMotherworldlyMia Scotland: AuthorThis is the final episode of the Motherworldly Podcast, in which I mostly suggest alternative names for Mia's books, which is probably pretty annoying. She talks about her subject matter - postnatal wellbeing and birth trauma, her writing process, and her career.
2021-07-151h 01
SprogcastBirthrights & Secret MidwifeIn Episode 60 of Sprogcast, Rebecca Brione explains the Holding It All Together research carried out last year by Birthrights and Birth Companions. Karen also chats with the Secret Midwife about her revelatory book.
2020-03-2558 min
SprogcastHomo in the birth roomWe're calling this episode 'Homo in the birth room,' and we're very pleased to have an interview with the great Michel Odent (unfortunately on a rather patchy line). Karen is down with a cold, but Mark is upbeat enough for both of them.
2020-02-2556 min
SprogcastPelvic HealthMark and Karen awake from post-festivities slumber to record the first episode of the 2020s, in which there are many and varied digressions, so it seems that nothing much has changed. Our interview this month is with pelvic health specialist Grainne Donnelly, and we discuss the latest news and gossip!
2020-01-2559 min
2019-12-2550 min
SprogcastInformed is BestWe promised Helen Ball but delivered Amy Brown. With a full interview about her new book 'Informed is Best', as well as some feedback on episode 55, and comments about the recent issues of racism in midwifery.
2019-11-2553 min
SprogcastIVF and SurrogacyThis is one of those lovely episodes where Mark and Karen get along harmoniously throughout (at least in the final edit!). Highlights include the bit where BBC Journalist David Gregory Kumar describes Sprogcast as "surprisingly intellectually intense," and Karen apologising to Mark for cutting off his talk at the Northern Ireland Positive Birth Conference.
2019-10-251h 03
SprogcastFeminism and BirthIn Sprogcast 54, there are some small feminist moments and some big moments of feminism. We talk to Milli Hill about her new book, and explore some of our responses to it.
2019-09-2556 min
SprogcastNon-binary birthIn Episode 53, Mark interviews AJ Silver about non-binary birth, we have the latest news from One To One Midwives, and we're still just about keeping it together in the summer holidays.
2019-08-261h 01
SprogcastModels of midwifery careEpisode 52 on models of midwifery care rises from the ashes of various hardware and software issues, to bring you an interview with midwife and researcher Phoebe Pallotti, expounding her idea for a co-operative model of midwifery. Mark and Karen disagree about summer holiday parenting. Leah Hazard tells us about her new book, great summer reading for wannabe-midwives.
2019-08-011h 03
SprogcastMaternity services and birth traumaIn this episode of Sprogcast, Mark interviews Maureen Treadwell of the Birth Trauma Association, and Karen chats with author Emma Svanberg, whose new book Why Birth Trauma Matters is out now from Pinter & Martin.
2019-06-251h 03
SprogcastBaby BrainsIn this episode we valiantly try to settle the difference of opinions with regard to gendered brains, by talking to Gina Rippon. Lively discussion and deep philosophy ensue...
Sprogcast is sponsored by Pinter & Martin, publishers of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding books - www.pinterandmartin.com - enter sprogcast to get 10% off
2019-05-2551 min
SprogcastCultural Context of BreastfeedingEven though we mention breastfeeding in every episode, it's a while since we've dedicated a whole show to Karen's Favourite Subject - so here we are with Cecilia Tomori, Despatches, Tigers and more. Full show notes will be at patreon.com/sprogcast
Sprogcast is sponsored by Pinter & Martin, publishers of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding books - www.pinterandmartin.com - enter sprogcast to get 10% off
2019-04-2557 min
SprogcastPaternal Mental HealthSprogcast 48 is about paternal mental health, featuring an interview with Dr Andrew Mayers and discussion of an article from Science Weekly. Louise Oliver also talks about her work on Diversity in Infant Feeding. Mark and Karen disagree on whether the brain is gendered at birth, but have reached out to author Gina Rippon to invite her to clear this up on a future episode. Mark tells us that his spirit animal is an armadillo.
2019-03-2556 min
Devin After DarkEpisode 14 - "In the Flow of Things..." W/ PinterEpisode 14 of the #DevinAfterDark podcast may be controversial to some but inspiring to others.
Pinter and I talk about a few things going on in the world. We discuss the Robert Kraft Controversy, Why people should stop buying Gucci, The power of the Free Market, and much more in this short, but full episode! Most importantly, we give our insight on people supporting others, following your dreams, not waiting to try out new things, and even MORE! Tune in to this must listen discussion with one of my nearest & realest friends, Pinter...
2019-03-0712 minDevin After DarkEpisode 13 - "All NBA" Pinter Joins the Podcast!Following up on the great feedback of Episode 10 of the #DevinAfterDark podcast... Pinter is back again! We got back to it for Episode 13 of the #DevinAfterDark podcast...We are talking all basketball! Sit back, relax, and enjoy a great session. There will be more upcoming ;)
On this Podcast:
(01:02-09:18) Kevin Durant to NYC?
Will Kyrie Irving be joining him?
(09:18-26:34) Lebron James in LA...
Business, Basketball, & More! (Space Jam 2, The Shop on HBO, and 2 Chainz "Rap or Go to the League")
2019-02-2755 min
2019-02-2554 min
SprogcastMotherhoodSprogcast 46 sets out to be about motherhood, and evolves to include discussion of language and culture, and an interview about running. Tune in to listen to Maddie McMahon talking about her book, and Sally Golightly on running 52.6 miles.
2019-01-2556 minDevin After DarkEpisode 10 - "2018 Year in Hip-Hop" Pinter & Gw!zz Join the Podcast!Episode 10 The #DevinAfterDark Podcast is accompanied by Gw!zz (Kenny) & Pinter for a end of 2018 Hip-Hop Discussion!
On this Episode:
(01:04) Kanye West Tweets & Drake "Beef" Discussion
(09:00) Our Individual Top 5 Hip-Hop Albums of 2018
(17:25) Recap & Something for all of you to think about..."Try Something"
There is a lot more to this episode that may or may not get released.....
We did record a video of our podcast and it may come out soon....
Just know we talked...
2019-01-0722 min
SprogcastQ&AFor episode 45, Mark and Karen invite listener questions, and end up trying to figure out how to change the world, one knitted uterus at a time.
2018-12-2555 min
SprogcastBrainsIn episode 44, we come back to post-birth PTSD with a story from Laura Wood. Mark and Karen have a good chat about lots of recent research, including a thorough analysis of One Born Every Minute. Karen over-uses the word 'fascinating'. Send us your questions for episode 45!
2018-11-2553 min
SprogcastIn the Birth RoomIn Sprogcast 43, Mark and Karen compete for who has the most stereotypical household set up, and have crammed the episode with interviews: Lauren Parker explains doulas; Jo Robertson tells us what a birth photographer does; and Ellie Durant talks to Mark about writing her novel, New Walk.
2018-10-251h 04
SprogcastBaby LossIn Sprogcast episode 42, Mark and Karen mark Baby Loss Awareness week, including interviews with author Mel Scott, and psychologist and agony aunt Petra Boynton, about their forthcoming books.
2018-09-251h 02
SprogcastInduction of LabourIn Episode 41, Karen interviews midwife Rachel Reed about induction of labour, Mark has a revealing conversation with his daughter, and both discuss how much they like The Mentalist TV show.
2018-08-2556 min
SprogcastHealth MessagesIn Episode 40 of Sprogcast, Mark and Karen take a long hard look at their own prejudices, and narrowly manage to avoid insulting the people of Slough. Heather Trickey talks about her research into health messages around alcohol in pregnancy, and we also discuss the recent articles about giving early solids in order to make babies sleep "better."
2018-07-251h 04
SprogcastCultural CompetenceMark and Karen keep it brief in episode 39, with a quick chat about Sara Wickham's new book on induction, and Maddie McMahon's Doulavation course, and then hand over to Mars Lord who has something to say about cultural competence.
2018-06-2548 min
SprogcastWorking TogetherIn Sprogcast 38, entitled Working Together, Mark and Karen make a supreme effort to do just that, despite badmouthing each other's professions for a few minutes at the start of the show. They go on to interview maternity advocate Paul Golden, several members of Reading's Maternity Voices Partnership, and Mama Conference attendee Bronwen Rashad. By the end, they are still on good terms.
2018-05-2554 min
SprogcastMiscellanyIn Sprogcast 37, Mark mansplains breastfeeding guilt to Karen. Karen claims to be married when she isn't. Rebecca Schiller tells us why the world needs another book about birth; and Maddie McMahon drives off into the sunset on her Boobie Bus.
2018-04-251h 06
SprogcastContinuity of CarerIn Episode 36, Karen and Mark explore continuity of carer, one of the principles of Better Births. Michala Marling discusses how this can work within the NHS, and Rebecca Doyle tells of seven births where continuity of carer made a difference
2018-03-2456 min
SprogcastBirth Trauma Postpartum PsychosisIn episode 35, Mark and Karen have a proper falling out over the importance of evidence. Mark interviews Alex Heath about the 3-step rewind technique for birth trauma; and Karen listens to Kat Grant's moving story of postpartum psychosis.
2018-02-251h 01
SprogcastMaternal Request CaesareanIn Sprogcast 34, we're discussing maternal request for caesarean with Maria Booker from Birthrights, and Professor of Women's Health Dr Susan Bewley. We have a report from the Birth Trauma Conference, and Mark puts Karen on the spot about which birth book she would most recommend. Tune in to hear her squirm.
2018-01-2557 min
SprogcastDeep MidwinterIn Episode 33, Mark and Karen try really hard to be inclusive of all the different midwinter celebrations. Scott Kirschenbaum tells us about making the documentary film Of Woman Born. Laura James tells a heartwarming seasonal birth story.
2017-12-2544 min
SprogcastLive in LeedsSprogcast 32 was recorded live in Leeds, with a panel of special guests. Sheena Byrom, Fran Bailey, Rineke Schram, Claire Harbottle and Mia Scotland chat with our studio audience about midwifery, with some great tips and encouragement for student midwives; and the state of birth and parenting today.
2017-11-252h 04
SprogcastFeeding BabiesIn Sprogcast 31, Karen and Mark are happily reunited but both under the weather, but their croaky voices don't stop them getting into a scrap about research evidence. Amy Brown chats about her Why It Matters book on Introducing Solids, and Alison Thewliss MP explains how a bill goes through parliament, and what the All Party Working Group does.
2017-10-2558 min
SprogcastKaren Goes SoloEpisode 30 is a change from our usual format, as September is proving such a busy month. Karen goes solo, and we revive one of our favourite interviews from episode 4: Rebecca Schiller of Birthrights, talking about risk in childbirth, a topic as relevant now as it was two years ago. Karen also talks about Pinter & Martin's new book Growing Up Pregnant by Deirdre Curley, and Mark drops in for a couple of minutes to big up the NCT presidential campaign.
2017-09-2539 min
SprogcastBreech BirthIn episode 29, Mark and Karen have a good chat about why Karen is standing for election as president of NCT, and then get into the furore around the "normal birth" campaign. Research Midwife Shawn Walker talks about her important research into supporting breech birth, and we finish with a freewheeling breech freebirth story.
2017-08-251h 02
SprogcastLanguageWe didn't know what it was going to be about until we started recording, and it turned out to be about language! We interview journalist and founder of the Happy Birth Club, Beverley Turner, and there is a short but interesting chat between midwives Ellie Durant and Nabila Fowles-Gutierrez. Enjoy!
2017-07-251h 06
SprogcastBirth ActivismIn which Mark and Karen talk about the dance of birth activism. Interviews with Secret Midwife Ellie Durant, and doula and activist Alana Apfel.
2017-06-2555 min
SprogcastSprogcast Live!A live episode recorded at effraspace with Vanessa Olorenshaw, Becky Reed, and Denis Walsh, chatting with an audience on the subject of maternal autonomy
2017-05-251h 00
SprogcastBirth in BooksIn this episode, Mark and Karen get stuck into the representation of birth in fiction, and chat to author Alice Allen. We have a short report from Doula UK Conference, as well as ten minutes with independent midwife Claire Harbottle on ways of working within the NMC constraints.
2017-04-251h 13
SprogcastMiscarriage & AbortionIn Sprogcast 24, Mark and Karen get stuck into some sensitive and controversial topics, and very nearly fall out. Fascinating interviews with Aileen White from Birthing From Within Kent who supports women after miscarriage, and Abi Fitzgibbon of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.
2017-03-251h 03
SprogcastHealth Policy and MidwiferyThis topical episode looks at the state of the NHS in general, and the current crisis in midwifery, with an interview from NCT Senior Policy Advisor Elizabeth Duff, discussing the Support Overdue Report. Mark and Karen mention breastfeeding once or twice, and review the new book on LGBT parenting, Pride & Joy.
2017-02-251h 01
SprogcastWomen-centred epiduralsIn Sprogcast 22, Dr Attila Jonas talks about his woman-centred epidurals, and Johanna Rhys-Davies gives a great insight into her work for Birthrights. Mark and Karen discuss the IMUK insurance issue, and get a bit philosophical, as usual.
2017-01-251h 03
2016-12-2551 min
SprogcastAir & SmokingThis episode is about the air we breathe, particularly during pregnancy. Bex Bolland from Global Action Plan has some great tips for avoiding air pollution, and Mark chats with Francine Bates, CEO of the Lullaby Trust, about the risks of smoking.
2016-11-251h 00
SprogcastMotherhood in the mediaThis episode is about motherhood in the media, we chatted about the influence of new and old media on feelings around childbirth, and we interviewed Emma Culley-Morgan who talked about Hollywood representations of childbirth.
2016-10-2551 min
SprogcastCaesarean BirthSprogcast 18 includes a chat with Clare Goggin about gentle caesarean birth, a discussion of some of the interesting things that have been in the news, and Mark and Karen get into a fight over terminology.
2016-09-2558 min
SprogcastSprogcast live!Sprogcast - Episode 17 - Sprogcast live! (September 2016) by Pinter & Martin
2016-08-251h 08
SprogcastInterviews with midwivesKaren and Hall and Mark harris talk to midwives Denis Walsh and Natalie Corden, and chat about the latest news and research.
2016-07-2552 min
SprogcastInfant Feeding and the Future of Public HealthPresented by Karen Hall. This episode features discussion of infant feeding, and breastfeeding support. We talk to Maureen Minchin, Karen reports back from the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers conference, and we have a bonus interview from there with Heather Trickey.
2016-06-251h 03
SprogcastSex and RelationshipsIn Sprogcast 14 we're talking Sex and Relationships, a bit of orgasmic birth, and an interview with agony aunt Petra Boynton.
2016-05-251h 00
SprogcastMicrobiomeIn this episode we look at emerging research about the human microbiome, and talk to author Toni Harman, and student midwife Natalie Corden. Mark and Karen also discuss women's right to request a caesarean birth, and new guidance to reduce stillbirth.
2016-04-251h 10
SprogcastAttachment ParentingHosted by Karen Hall and Mark Harris, features Attachment Parenting, interviews from the Doula UK conference, and Kangaroo Care.
2016-03-251h 07
2016-02-2558 min
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SprogcastPostnatal supportHosted by Karen Hall and Mark Harris, with Naomi Kemeny and Emma Cantrell.
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