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Birth Trauma Awareness Week 7-13 SeptemberBirth Trauma Awareness Week 2020 runs from 7-13th September. Throughout the week tune in to insightful, thought provoking and deeply honouring stories and discussions with people who have experienced birth trauma, clinicians and researchers in this area and maternity advocates working to change the system, on our collaboration page on Facebook: Maternal Mental Health Matters Australia.
A special Livestream event will be hosted on Friday the 11th at 10am, a panel of experts and consumer advocates come tougher to discuss the current themes and evidence surrounding #BirthTrauma You can also tune in from this website on this page. |
World Maternal Mental Health Day 2020Join us for this very special livestream event to celebrate our mothers and learn about the latest in maternal health and wellbeing. Bring along your partner, a friend, your support crew and sit down for a cuppa to be nourished and recognised for the amazing work you do as a mother.
Hosted by Sally Cusack from the much loved Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond broadcast/podcast. Brought to you and Produced by Australian maternity advocacy non-profits: Maternity Choices Australia, Safe Motherhood for All, Maternity Consumer Network and PBB Media. Note that video starts at approx 1min. |
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Find out what matters to Maternity Health Consumers when it comes to Maternity Care
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Australian Maternity Healthcare is considered one of the best in the world when taking into account maternal mortality rates, yet what is clearly emerging through research, news and stories from communities across the country is that despite relatively low mortality rates for mothers and babies, we have very high rates of trauma and associated morbidity including avoidable stillbirth, affecting mothers and babies and consequently their family units and the wider community. At Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond, we believe that the early years, specifically the perinatal period and in fact childbirth itself are pivotal in family and community overall wellbeing.
There are many areas in which maternity healthcare can be improved, fragmentation being one of these. One of the fundamental ways we can improve outcomes for all involved, including our healthcare force, is by providing quality continuity of care throughout the perinatal continuum. At PBBM we work tirelessly to cross pollinate information between all the stakeholders in this area but most importantly, we speak daily to families about their lived experiences. |
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Collect a free podcast series - Informed Consent and Decision Making for Clinicians when you sign up to our Newsletter.Pregnancy Birth and Beyond Media, Gold Coast Health and Griffith University invite you to a special live podcast recording - PBB Talks with Dr Bec Jenkinson, Informed Consent for Clinicians. Dr Jenkinson will be speaking to clinicians about Informed decision making, Rights and responsibilities of clinicians and women and How clinicians can provide care when women request different care to their recommendations. Bec Jenkinson completed a PhD in 2017, examining experiences of situations where pregnant women decline recommended care, and in particular processes that might enable respectful care. She is currently co-leading the development of a Queensland Health guideline for clinicians partnering with women who decline recommended maternity care.
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Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond Media, our development team and contributors pay our respects to indigenous elders past, present and emerging. The majority of our team reside on and work from the beautiful and profound land known as Cavanbah, the meeting place now also known as Byron Bay and surrounding hills, in Northern NSW, Australia. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land, the Arakwal people, the Minjungbal people and the Widjabul people of the Bundjalung Nation and the many other tribes that frequented this land. |
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PBB Media delivers diverse and non-sensationalist content on a wide range of topics through various platforms - a much loved weekly local and national community radio program, an acclaimed international podcast, PBB Talks with experts for the public and healthcare providers, special events, a monthly newsletter packed with the latest in Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond stories and science and lots of easily accessible, always free online content. Click through below and start exploring!
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add your voice to one of our campaigns"I want the option of Midwifery-Led Continuity of Care nearby where I live". - a message from Australian consumers of maternity healthcare. ADD YOUR VOICE to our critical campaign to ensure all Australian families have access to affordable and the best possible maternity health care, nearby where they live. click through to our campaigns page.
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endorsements for our workCongratulations on the excellent story on maternity services on the Pregnancy Birth and Beyond Radio show. I was really pleased to be part of the interviews and believe that the show provided a really important community service informing women about the state of maternity care in Australia and highlighting what they need to do to make changes happen" find out what our listeners, interviewees, healthcare professionals
and academia are saying on our Gratitude page. |
latest podcastListen to our latest podcasts below. Each week a new Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond podcast episode comes out. Our show is recorded live at the studios of award winning community radio station 99.9 BayFM, broadcast across Australia on the Community Radio Network and podcast internationally through Spreaker, iTunes, Spotify and other podcast platforms.
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featured podcastWe recently, had the joy of interviewing the inspiring Laura and Russell Brand for the Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond podcast. Together they offer a dynamic balance and shared generously about their pregnancy, birth and parenting experiences. Laura’s book ‘The Joy Journal for Magical Everyday Play’ has just launched and is the perfect play bible for these times at home with kids and our own inner playful.
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All Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond podcasts are eligible for ACM CPD recognition.The Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond podcast is recognised by the Australian College of Midwives as a continuing professional education resource. The CPD Recognition badge indicates activities which have been recognised as providing midwifery related CPD by the ACM Professional Development Advisory Committee. Episodes from our podcast are recognised by the ACM for 0.5 to 2 CPD hours depending on their length.
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Current Podcast SponsorWe are pleased to announce MooGoo Skin Care is our podcast sponsor for the period January - April 2020. We welcome MooGoo's support as they meet our listeners' high standards of quality, purity, effectiveness and environmental awareness in their affordable products.
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featured interviews
Click through on the images below to go directly to our interviews with internationally renowned thought leaders in the areas of health, maternity care, family and community, sustainability and childbirth.
Upcoming events
Find out more about our upcoming events.
Monthly Support for BirthworkersJoin us for a monthly gathering to support birth workers. Powerful screenings of the recent Healthy Earth, Healthy Birth conference in Findhorn will be screened over the coming months as well as other short docos and various programs to support you.
We follow the program with a talk and light refreshment. Birth workers and interested individuals are all welcome! |
PBB Talks
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Covering or Appearing InWe aim to cover and attend a variety of local, national and international conferences, events, symposiums and other training/information opportunities relating to pregnancy, childbirth, parenting and healthcare.
As consumer advocates and dedicated cross-pollinators of information, from time to time we also present at these events and conferences. |
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The Willingness ArticleJoin Dr. Marion Rose, PhD in exploring the realm of Willingness. Find out what she has discovered about our own willingness and our children's willingness. CLICK THROUGH TO ARTICLE
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maternity advocacy
Covering global topics - representing our local community, find out more about the work we do bringing forth information to support mothers and families in accessing the best possible care, for them.
Mullumbimby Birthing Unit moves to Byron Community District Hospital
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Birthing Service in Northern NSW Reopens
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PBB Media acknowledges the ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE HEART
The ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE HEART is addressed to the Australian people. It is a document that outlines the path forward for recognising Indigenous Australians in the Australian constitution. Over a six month period, a consultation process engaged more than 1200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives in a dozen regional dialogues across the country culminating in a constitutional convention bringing together over 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders meeting in June 2017 at the foot of Uluru in Central Australia on the lands of the Aṉangu people. The majority resolved, in the ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’, to call for the establishment of a ‘First Nations Voice’ in the Australian Constitution and a ‘Makarrata Commission’ to supervise a process of ‘agreement-making’ and ‘truth-telling’ between governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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