Sensitive Midwifery - Issue 43 - July2019

Anterior 3. Editor Margreet Wibbelink welcomes readers 4. Guest voice – Evashnee Naidoo champions skin-to-skin care in the C-section theatre Pregnancy 6. The importance of mental health during pregnancy There’s too little emotional support 10. Belly Talk » » Dry, itching or flaking skin » » Be aware of the commercialisation of ultrasound! » » Harmful PFAS chemicals pass through the placenta » » Morning sickness linked to better mental development » » Vitamin B6’s role while expecting Birth 12. The history of natural birth in South Africa 15. Birth review » » Women-centred care linked to fewer second-degree tears » » Safer home births with standardised bags » » Don’t go with the ‘ARRIVE trial’ 16. Push-started Is that how birth is supposed to be? Mom & Baby 18. The Kangaroo Care story Dr Elise van Rooyen shares KMC’s history and value 21. First Steps » » Advising mothers on otitis media » » Canny colic cures » » Medical breakthrough for NICU babies » » The dangers of baby wipes » » Singing sessions alleviate PND symptoms Breast assurance 24. No mammary mutation 'Just improving imperfect information 27. Milky Ways » » Another reason to delay newborn bathing » » Ditch the dummy for breastfeeding » » Better birth, better breastfeeding Dimensions 28. Where women gather Sister MorningStar’s message 29. Be calm and master the menopause 31. Reflections » » SANC Fraud Hotline » » Partner violence during pregnancy » » Antihistamines affecting male fertility Posterior 32. Sensitive Midwifery Symposium 2019 Programme 34. Research references for key articles in this edition 35. Last word – The revival of the birth chair CONTENTS Issue 43 • July 2019 6 18 21 2 eSensitive Midwifery Magazine Issue 43