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Short videos and podcast conversations with midwives, doctors and families — most in Kiswahili.
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Videos
- Play video: Your first antenatal visit: what to bring and what happens,6:12Pregnancy · In Kiswahili
Your first antenatal visit: what to bring and what happens
A midwife walks through a first visit, step by step.
- Play video: Positioning your baby for comfortable breastfeeding,4:48Baby · In Kiswahili
Positioning your baby for comfortable breastfeeding
Four positions to try, and how to tell the latch is good.
- Play video: Packing your bag for the birth,3:35Birth · In English
Packing your bag for the birth
What to pack for you and your baby, and the papers to bring.
Podcast
- Play episode: Episode 3 — When you don't feel like yourself after birth,28 minAfter birth · In Kiswahili
Episode 3 — When you don't feel like yourself after birth
A conversation about low mood after birth, and where to find support.
- Play episode: Episode 2 — Fathers in the delivery room,31 minBirth · In Kiswahili
Episode 2 — Fathers in the delivery room
Partners share how they supported labour, and what they wish they had known.
- Play episode: Episode 1 — Why we started Lumira,22 minPlanning · In English
Episode 1 — Why we started Lumira
The team on calm, practical information for every step.