The podcast

On today’s episode of Birthing In Finland I will be chatting with Laura Merivirta about breastfeeding, baby massage, and reflexology. Laura owns a private neuvola practice where she sees babies as well as helps with breastfeeding challenges, gives baby massages, and treats with reflexology. Laura is a qualified IBCLC which stands for International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. This means that Read more

On today’s episode of Birthing In Finland I will be chatting with Nicola Moberg! Nicola is a yoga teacher teaching Purna Yoga, prenatal and postnatal yoga in Helsinki at her English speaking yoga studio – Purna Yoga Helsinki. In this episode, Nicola and I talk about the beautiful benefits of yoga in pregnancy and postpartum, the power it has in Read more

On today’s episode of Birthing In Finland I will be chatting with Annabel Battersby, a clinical psychologist and founder of Compass Psychology here in Helsinki. In 2017, Annabel opened the New Mothers Group together with her colleague, Jane, based on the mothers group concept that exists in Australia where Annabel comes from. The New Mothers Group allows first time non-Finnish Read more

Today I have Rosalia Pihlajasaari with me. Rosalia is one of the Nest doulas, working as a birth doula since 2003. She has attended over 1,000 births and has supported many women in prenatal education, breastfeeding, pregnancy loss, and much more! She is an incredible asset for birthing people in Finland and is a wealth of knowledge and experience. Rosalia Read more