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Centre breastfeeding support on mothers and not the mechanics

Breastfeeding: Centre support on mums, not mechanics

Health, News, Women's Health

Breastfeeding is a relationship between two people in a thrilling new, highly vulnerable position: a mother and her newborn. It’s a bonding experience shaped by physiology, emotion and the good and bad realities of life. It is far more than…

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August 12, 2022

Obstetric violence: Mother uses trauma to help others

Obstetric violence: Mother uses trauma to help others

Gender Based Violence, News, Our Health, Women's Health

Pamela Madonsela spoke to a Cape Town-based doula who experienced obstetric violence before embarking on her journey of offering a better birthing experience to other moms. “If I had known back then what obstetric violence was, I would have acted.…

Pamela Madonsela
July 15, 2022

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