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Welcome! We are Health Visitors in the UK and this podcast is for other Health Visitors, parents or anyone who works with families from antenatal to 5yrs. In each episode we chat about professional issues, common practice questions and cutting edge research to keep your knowledge current. We've do...
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All about Expressing Breastmilk
This episode links really well with our previous episodes about combination feeding and giving top ups (linked in resources section below). In this ep...
Infant poo under 6months - what's normal and what's not
Jen and Amy delve into the murky world of infant poo in the first six months! What to expect, what is a worry and what isn't. How is poo different bet...
Is there a new SIDs Biomarker?
Amy and Jen take a dive into a recent research paper suggesting there may be a newly identified biomarker for infants at high risk of SIDS. We look at...
Breastfeeding for Public Health Professionals - with Alison Spiro
Amy and Jen chat to the inspiring Alison Spiro who has a PhD in anthropology as well as practicing as a health visitor. Listing all her achievements i...
Slings and Babywearing with Maria Renshaw
This week Jen talks to Maria Renshaw who runs a local sling library in Colchester about her experience of slings and all things baby-wearing from a ve...
BASIS on Sleep Pods and Nests
Amy and Jenny chat to the lovely Alice from the Baby and Infant Sleep Information Source (BASIS) about sleep pods and nests.
We cover th...
Contraception
Jen and Amy go through the world of contraceptive advice. Although not directly our work, it's definitely connected and very relevant to health visito...
The infant microbiome - headlines from the CHILD study
Jen and Amy gently guide you through the main headlines of the huge, massive, overwhelming and generally awe inspiring 'CHILD Cohort Study' all about...
Measurement of Postnatal Anxiety with Dr Vicky Fallon
We discuss postnatal anxiety, specifically the measurement of anxiety after birth. In practice we are often using generic anxiety measures which are s...
Hepatitis B Selective Vaccination Policy
Amy and Jen discuss a government guidance document published in the past year which reviews the Hepatitis B selective immunisation pathway for pregnan...
Money for you! The Macqueen Bursary: application deadline approaching
Extra bonus episode!
In this special extra episode, Jen and Amy talk to the lovely Kitty Lamb of the CPHVA Education Development Trust M...
Pelvic Health with Physiotherapist Hannah Poulton
Happy new year everyone!
For our first podcast of 2022 we are lucky to be joined by Hannah Poulton, who is an experienced physiotherapis...
Merry Christmas 2021: "We see and hear it all!"
Merry Christmas!
Get your IamaHV Bingo card at the ready (downloadable from our twitter and instagram feeds @IamaHV), mince pies and cup...
Jaundice
Amy and Jen talk about something we see and manage all the time, but as we always find there is more to it than meets the eye!
We discus...
Car Seat Safety
Ahead of road safety week, Amy and Jen talk to two experts in car seat safety to get the key messages for you to pass onto parents.
I kn...
Considering a PhD?
Have you ever considered a career in academia? Or perhaps a blended career with a mixture of clinical and research across your week? If so then listen...
Mastitis
Jen is leading the way this week sharing her IBCLC knowledge with us on the topic of mastitis. We discuss a new school of thought on the treatment of...
Introducing Solid Foods
Our 'bread and butter' (no pun intended!) but as with everything our perspective and advice changes over time so time for an update!
Wha...
Inclusive Language - lets be thoughtful
Amy and Jen discuss the importance of using the right language and being kind and respectful when working with parents. We go through the use of prono...
#Replay Umbilical Granuloma Treatment With Common Table Salt
In the last of our summer #Replay series, we look back at a simple intervention health visitors can recommend in practice to resolve a common clinical...
#Replay - Bath Emollients Not Effective in Treatment of Eczema
Third in our summer #Replay series, we have selected this review of the BATHE study of eczema. After a recent conversation with researchers at the Uni...
#Replay Bronchiolitis
As part of our summer #Replay series we are curating for you some of our best episodes from several years ago which you may not have come across yet i...
#Replay Postnatal Depression: "Fine (Not Fine) with Bridget Hargreave"
#Replay! This summer we are taking the opportunity to put a spotlight on some of our favourite older episodes which we feel are still incredibly usefu...
Head Circumference
Following our previous episode with Harry’s Hat, Amy and Jen review the guidance on measuring head circumference.
We discuss when (and ho...
Combination Feeding With Lucy Ruddle IBCLC
Jen and Amy chat to the wonderful Lucy Ruddle IBCLC about her new book 'Mixed Up: Combination Feeding By Choice or Necessity', which is an absolute mu...
Top-Ups - When, What, How and How Much to give!
Following our last episode talking about combi-feeding with Lucy Ruddle, we discuss top-ups; how they're used, how they should be used, and alternativ...
Hydrocephalus with Harry's HAT Charity
Jen and Amy chat to the wonderful Terri and Caroline from the charity Harry's HAT (Hydrocephalus Awareness Trust).
We talk about the pit...
Infantile Spasms
Small seizures with big consequences. Infantile spasms or 'west syndrome' is a devastating diagnosis for any family and can so easily be missed. Liste...
New PHE Speech and Communication Tool for 2yr Checks
Jen and Amy go through the new Public Health England Tool 'Early Language Identification Measure'. We discuss what the tool is aiming for, the pilot r...
Rosy Whitwell on Supporting Parents with Sleep Questions
Jen and Amy chat to the lovely Rosy Whitwell who is a health visitor and nurse, who now specialises in infant and child sleep and has a private practi...
Microplastics In Formula Milk
Amy and Jen discuss the recent guardian headlines stating that 'bottle fed babies swallow millions of micro plastics every day'. We discuss what micro...
Unapologetically "Banging On" about BREXIT: The looming deadline and why YOU need to know about it!
We talk to School Nurse and EU national Dina Mendez about the coming deadline for application for Settled Status on the 31st June 2021.
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Lullaby Trust - SIDs and the CONI scheme
Jenny and Amy chat to the lovely Stella Parkin from the Lullaby Trust. In a really broad and interesting interview Stella shares with us lots of infor...
Why not to "Cry It Out" : The research on extinction sleep techniques
Amy and Jen take a deep, deep dive into the muddy murky world of "Cry It Out" or "Extinction" sleep techniques. Put on your wellies and join us!
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Cradle Cap
Jen and Amy do a 'small but mighty' overview of Infantile Sebhorric Dermatitis, otherwise known as Cradle Cap! Something we all see in clinic and at 6...
Response to your questions - COVID Vaccines Update Jan 2021
Jen and Amy respond to your questions following the first vaccines episode and cover the myth around infertility, conception and the vaccine, allergie...
"Handle With Care: Confessions of an NHS Health Visitor" with author Rachael Hearson
We chat to Rachael about her wonderful book "Handle with Care: Confessions of an NHS Health Visitor". It was so easy and wonderful to talk about her j...
COVID-19 Vaccines - The Facts
Amy and Jen discuss the efficacy (and what that percentage ACTUALLY means, in terms of the stats), safety and mechanisms of the three vaccines current...
Welcome Back!
We're BACK!
We are so excited to be back in your ears!
Thank-you so much to all you wonderful health visitors who have been...
Breastfeeding multiples with Kathryn Stagg IBCLC
Jen and Amy interview the wonderful Kathryn Stagg IBCLC of the charity Breastfeeding Twins and Triplets (@BFTwinsUK).
Kathryn talks us...