This new book in the Why It Matters series aims to support parents who are mixed feeding, with crucial information about breastfeeding, expressing, and using formula milk. - mixed feeding in the neonatal unit - what if your baby is sick or pr

Why Grandmothers Matter

Jun 11th, 2023 29m 48s

Grandmothers are coming into their own. There have never been so many of them. As Naomi Stadlen explains, they have always mattered, especially in helping their families to survive. Drawing on grandmothers’ own words, Why Grandmothers Matter de

Flourish

Apr 6th, 2023 30m 51s

Flourish: 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

Your Postnatal Body, by Lyanne Nicholl

Oct 6th, 2022 29m 8s

A top to toe guide to your body after pregnancy and childbirth.Pregnancy and birth may be everyday occurrences, but they are not easy, and the after-affects can be wide-ranging and sometimes difficult to live with.This book aims to hold you

Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

Jun 2nd, 2022 53m 49s

Initially, I planned a straightforward book about maternal feminism and, whilst researching a chapter, stumbled across a piece of information that had a domino effect and led to my turfing the work I'd done and beginning again. The piece of inf

The Positive Birth Book

May 20th, 2022 33m 42s

Challenging negativity and fear of childbirth, and brimming with everything you need to know about labour, birth and the early weeks of parenting, The Positive Birth Book is the must-have guide for pregnant women. A widely acclaimed bestseller

HIV and Breastfeeding - Pamela Morrison

Feb 21st, 2022 24m 28s

In the early 1980s it was discovered that HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, could be passed through a mother’s milk to her baby. Almost overnight in the industrialised countries, and later in the African countries most ravaged by HIV, breastfeed

Why Formula Feeding Matters, by Shel Banks

Jan 17th, 2022 22m 49s

In 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

Covid Babies, by Amy Brown

Nov 18th, 2021 31m 52s

Karen 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, pr

The Maternal Journal, by Samantha McGowan and Laura Godfrey-Isaacs

Oct 17th, 2021 33m 18s

Maternal 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

Why Infant Reflux Matters, by Carol Smyth

Oct 5th, 2021 25m 6s

Carol Smyth talks to Karen Hall about her new book in the Why It Matters series.

Nurturing Maternity Staff, by Jan Smith

Sep 17th, 2021 24m 20s

That 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 traum