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Babytalk: midwife confidential

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Dec 20, 2022

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Have you ever wondered what the midwives are thinking as they help you with your birth?

Released:

Dec 20, 2022

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Welcome to parenthood, the most exhausting, exhilarating and emotional ride of your life! ABC Babytalk is all about the roller-coaster ride of having a baby in your life.

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Babytalk: The Wonder Weeks: The origins of one of the world’s most beloved baby development book, the ‘Wonder Weeks’. by Babytalk
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Babytalk: Hearing Awareness: Your newborn baby would have been given a newborn hearing screening test. But how can you tell if their hearing is developing normally? by Babytalk
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Babytalk: Declutter: For some of us the chaos of baby clutter can be one of worst bits of being a parent. Is it possible to bring this under control? by Babytalk
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Babytalk: Zero Waste Family: Do you worry about your family's waste footprint? In this week's Babytalk podcast we'll find out how to reduce the amount of stuff, rubbish and time you can waste as a family! by Babytalk
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Babytalk: What's it really like to start breastfeeding?: What is it really like to start breastfeeding? What should you know that you don't? How do you stop blaming yourself and understand some useful information that might help? by Babytalk
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Babytalk: Planning with Kids (again!): If this is your first lockdown or your fifth, can some planning help from Nicole Avery help you through? by Babytalk
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Babytalk: Allergy Research: Australian children and babies suffer from some of the highest rates of allergy in the world. What's being done to reduce that early onset of allergic reactions? by Babytalk
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Babytalk: Still Six Lives: How the team behind Red Nose Day is turning their attention to preventing the heartbreak of stilllbirth by Babytalk
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Babytalk: Birth Time: Does Australia's maternity system need to change? Intervention and caesarean rates are three times the figure proposed by the World Health Organisation and reported birth trauma on the rise what needs to improve for women to get the birth they deserve? by Babytalk
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Babytalk: midwife confidential

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