EP 295: 50 Years of Midwifery Care w/ Dr. Robyn Thompson, Founder of the Thompson Method

The Pregnancy to Parenting Show with Elizabeth Joy

Elizabeth Presta

Education, Parenting, Kids & Family, Self-improvement

4.2 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Robyn Thompson. She is a respected Midwife, Maternal Child & Family Health Nurse (MCaFHN), Breastfeeding Specialist, and founder of The Thompson Method (TTM) Breastfeeding Program.

Dr. Robyn has 50 years of experience as a hospital and homebirth midwife, and she is no stranger to the hardships of motherhood she has seen the standard of care within the hospital system repeatedly fail both pre-and post-natal women. Recently, Dr. Robyn was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for her exceptional dedication and outstanding achievements in the medical field as a midwife and breastfeeding specialist.

Dr. Robyn is passionate about giving women the confidence and knowledge to make informed decisions for themselves and their babies – even when faced with unexpected or difficult situations. She would be happy to discuss the very real struggles with breastfeeding. Dr. Robyn could also elaborate on how we can rethink hospital systems to reduce complications, the importance of asserting your rights in the hospital, and the influence of labor and birth choices on breastfeeding success.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Morning Havah.
0:02.0	On this podcast, we are going to
0:05.0	on this podcast we are going to dive into fun, educational, and sometimes hard topics with
0:14.2	individuals, experts, and storytellers. Our aim is to fill your day with
0:18.4	something that gives you a little life.
0:20.7	HAVA literally means life to give life and we want to help empower life.
0:23.0	Hava literally means life to give life and we want to help empower you to live your best life
0:27.0	no matter what leg of the journey you are on.
0:30.0	Whether you are preparing for pregnancy, birth, or parenting,
0:33.0	we hope to fill your cup with a little HAVA for the journey.
0:35.9	So grab your favorite drink, or if you're like me,
0:38.3	two or three, and join me for the morning HAVA.
0:47.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to the podcast. I'm so excited that you were here.
0:49.0	If you missed last week's episode,
0:51.0	definitely check it out.
0:52.6	Kristen Brown was on and she's just great.
0:58.8	Such an amazing person to chat with talking about nutrition.
1:03.4	Would you guys all know that I'm super passionate about?
1:06.1	And even like what to focus on in pregnancy and it's,
1:12.2	our health system is really, really, really doing us a disservice when it comes to pregnancy and pre-natal conception, like pregnancy and birth and postpartum when it comes to
1:27.9	nutrition and the important roles that that does play in our lives and how to, how like so many things are out of our
1:36.3	control right? Like we can make the perfect birth plans, we can make so many things
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