Podcast appearances and mentions of karen wilmot

Welcome and thank you for listening! In this podcast episode, Dr. Margreet Barnardt (Wibbelink) hosts Karen Wilmot, a South African midwife, to discuss natural birthing and the Relax-In Sling, a tool designed to support women during pregnancy and childbirth. Karen emphasizes the universal nature of childbirth, irrespective of cultural backgrounds, highlighting the need for consistent respect and reverence for women during the birthing process. She draws on her experiences in the Middle East, where birth is deeply honoured with rituals, especially during the postpartum period. The conversation delves into the importance of empowering women in their birthing experiences. Karen stresses the impact of birth on women's lives, emphasising that it is a transformational process requiring respect for the physiological and natural aspects of childbirth. The podcast explores the medicalization of birth and the need to bring back the beauty and nature of the birthing process. Karen advocates for informed choices, encouraging women to explore the spectrum of birthing options beyond the extremes of natural and hospital births. The episode introduces Karen's Relax-In Sling, a tool designed to support women during the last weeks of pregnancy and labour. The sling aims to facilitate more comfortable positions, mobility, and relaxation, ultimately contributing to a smoother labour experience. For more information about the Relax-In Sling and Karen's work: https://duedateclub.co.za/ If you found this episode helpful please leave us a review or give us a rating as that helps us get the show out to more people. And don't forget to subscribe! We'd love to stay in touch and keep you updated with all our latest content & resources to equip & empower you.  So if you're a midwife or any type of birth and baby worker go to sensitivemidwifery.co.za/freegift  If you're a mom, visit sisterlilian.co.za/freegift for more training and resources. That way we can keep you up to date when we release new episodes like this plus a few other bonuses. Remember you're making a big difference because you're shaping the future of humankind. Thanks for listening and I look forward to journeying with you.

Being pregnant and having a baby abroad can feel overwhelming... enter: Karen Wilmot, the Virtual Midwife for expats! This interview will: – give you hope and trust for your pregnancy and birth abroad (possibly still during the pandemic!) – offer some mindset shifts to deal with pregnancy-related stress and anxiety – help you navigate doctor's visits abroad – show you, how much control you have – even if you don't feel like you do – tackle cultural differences, and how to find your way – make you feel empowered to take more responsibility in the matter Claim your 50% Off Coupon Code in the session notes: www.camillaquintana.com/podcast/episode23

Ché is joined on the show today by Karen Wilmot, the virtual midwife. In this episode, we talk about Karen’s journey to becoming a midwife and the 5Cs of preparing for birth. Karen shares her deep wisdom and experience with us, as a midwife attending both hospital and home births and offers us a perspective of using the birth process as an opportunity to build deeper trust with ourselves and our bodies as we move through this sacred experience.Karen has an AMAZING 50% discount offer for our listeners if you use the code “Kombucha” when purchasing one of her online bundles or a private 1-1 session with her. These are limited so grab one quick!   Find Karen: https://www.thevirtualmidwife.com/ The Holistic Birth Prep Guide: https://meet.thevirtualmidwife.com/birth-bundle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevirtualmidwife/ The Virtual Midwife Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thevirtualmidwife   Find Anna: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_marsh_nutrition/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annamarshnutrition/   Find Ché: https://www.chedyer.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indieyogalife/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chedyeryoga/

Getting to know Karen Wilmot - committee member for the VIDM 2020My name is Karen Wilmot and I am a free spirited, entrepreneurial midwife living in Cape Town, South Africa. This is my first year on the VIDM committee and I am delighted to have the opportunity to work with change makers from around the world. I believe that the choices available to women about where they give birth and who attends them are becoming increasingly regulated and limited. At the same time, access to vast amounts of information is available at the touch of a button and the function of the family and community has been replaced by online support groups and forums. It seems that the more connected we become, the more disconnected we feel. Being part of the VIDM is an opportunity to connect, collaborate and drive change by harnessing the power of technology to drive access to resources that reflect the true essence of birth and being “with women” and empowering women to get the choices, recognition, and respect that they deserve.

Today, you get to know us a little bit better :) We are being interviewed for a change! The lovely Karen Wilmot - also known as ‘The Virtual Midwife’ chats with us all about Belly Baby Mom, how we started, why we do what we do, the BIG change we have brought to the UAE, and we also shared all our birth stories and more! Also, have you heard of our probing Doula birth support campaign that we launched during World Doula Week? Lots of exciting free events and more coming up this month. Listen in and we look forward to seeing you soon! You can follow Karen Wilmot on her website and listen to her podcast on the below links: Website: www.thevirtualmidwife.com Podcast (iTunes) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-virtual-midwife/id1369615456?mt=2 Lots of love,
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Today’s Mindful Expat Guest is Karen Wilmot! Karen was born and grew up in South Africa. Growing up with a mother who was a midwife, Karen was exposed from an early age to inspiring stories of women giving birth. She followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a midwife herself. Karen’s love of travel led her to live in many different countries – including Saudi Arabia, Mauritius, and Mexico. For the past 13 years, she has been living in Oman, where she established the first private community services there supporting expat women during pregnancy and birth. More recently, Karen was inspired to take her work online to reach women around the world in search of support and guidance as they navigate the birth process while living abroad. She started the Virtual Midwife, an interactive online platform where she provides personalized care, information, and support for expat women around the world, many of whom who have limited or no access to quality prenatal advice and care. An advocate for a holistic approach to birth, Karen incorporates mindfulness, yoga, and other methods for working with the mind and the body to promote health and wellbeing for the women she works with. What you’ll hear in this episode: • Some of the cultural differences that women and families may encounter when navigating pregnancy and birth in a foreign medical system. • The importance of being informed about the medical system in your host country and knowing the right questions to ask to make sure you get your needs met. • The importance of mindset and expectations in our experiences of pregnancy and birth (whether in a foreign country or not). • How to recognize the factors that are within your control and accept those thing that may be outside of your control as you navigate pregnancy and birth in a foreign country. • The importance of self-awareness and mindfulness (the ability to remain truly present) in pregnancy and birth.   Resources mentioned in this episode: • Karen mentioned Jack Canfield's book, Chicken Soup for the Soul. • Karen also recommended Pam Grout's book, E-Squared: Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments That Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality (which I will be adding to my own reading list!). • Karen recently released a Birth Breathing App to help women practice breathing techniques to prepare for birth. This app is currently a free download for either iPhone or iPad! More about Karen and how to follow up with her: To learn more about Karen's online program, including her online course, you can visit her website at www.thevirtualmidwife.com. There you can also find a blog and other helpful resources. As mentioned above, you can find Karen's Birth Breathing App on iTunes.  You can also find Karen on Facebook or Twitter, and you can email her directly through the contact page of her website. Stay in Touch! To make sure you don’t miss future episodes of Mindful Expat, you can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app. To receive monthly summaries of podcast episodes and stay up to date on other announcements and resources, sign up for the Mindful Expat Podcast Newsletter! (When you sign up, you’ll also receive a free mp3 guided mindfulness exercise to practice on your own!) And, finally, if you’d like to get in touch and leave me a voice message with a question or comment that may be played in a future episode, you can do so here!

Karen Wilmot is the founder of the Virtual Midwife, where she supports expecting expats during the entire pregnancy. She understands perfectly how challenging it is to go through a pregnancy while abroad, as she herself is a serial expat and has been working with others who lead the same lifestyle for a decade. Karen is also one […] The post Give Birth Beautifully with the Virtual Midwife, Karen Wilmot | UFP 10 appeared first on Uncharted Family.

This week’s best of series is dedicated to parents abroad and TCKs. You will find extracts with great tips about giving birth, raising and educating kids abroad, but also about building an identity and sense of home when being a TCK. Karen Wilmot, interviewed in episode 40, is a midwife that created the fantastic concept of www.tandemnomads.com/40 (http://www.tandemnomads.com/40) In this extract, you will be able to hear the touching testimonial of a young mother abroad, www.tandemnomads.com/45 (http://www.tandemnomads.com/45) Once the kids are no longer babies, there comes usually another set of challenges, especially when moving regularly from a country to another. In episode 18, I invited an expert on TCKs school education. Rebecca Grappo, the founder of www.tandemnomads.com/18 (http://www.tandemnomads.com/18) Fast forward to later on when TCKs grow up, start becoming adults, building their identity and sense of home, there are two very interesting extracts on this topic. Nicholla Henderson Hall was my first guest on Tandem Nomads! I am so grateful that she trusted me sharing her inspiring story! Nicholla is the founder and host www.tandemnomads.com/1 (https://tandemnomads.com/tn1-dont-be-a-lonely-fish-in-a-bowl-nicholla-henderson-hall-abu-dhabi/) I interviewed Tayo Rockson on episode 16 where he shares his journey growing up in 5 countries. Tayo is the founder of www.tandemnomads.com/16 (http://www.tandemnomads.com/16)

Karen Wilmot was born in South Africa. When she grew up she followed the footsteps of her mom and became a Midwife. Also, her passion for traveling took her around the world. Her career has allowed her to work on a diamond mine in South Africa, in a small village in Mexico, in a military hospital in Saudi Arabia and with the Royal family of Oman. In Oman, she also established between 2009 and 2015 the first private community services supporting expat women during pregnancy and birth. It was seeing how valuable this service was, coupled with her desire to go travelling again that gave her the amazing idea to go virtual. She decided to become a (http://www.thevirtualmidwife.com) and build an interactive online platform providing personalized care, information and support for women who have limited or no access to quality prenatal advice and care. She offers both online support and a VIP fly in/fly out service. Download Karen's Top 10 tips to giving birth abroad! Glimpse on Karen's insights in this episode: What are the differences and similarities of pregnancy/giving birth that we can see in different cultures. What is the role of a Midwife and a Doula. How did technology affect the process of pregnancy and birth. How to manage the overwhelming and sometimes contradictory infomation we find online. How to choose the right support system for the pregnancy and post natal period. Some practical guidance on the things to look at when pregnant and giving birth. Find Karen: Website:  www.thevirtualmidwife.com (http://www.thevirtualmidwife.com) [fbcomments]

Welcome! My guest today is Karen Wilmot, The Virtual Midwife.  She has assisted over 500 women in giving birth, but has never been pregnant or given birth herself.  Twice, she stepped away from her work when the desire to have her own baby overshadowed the joy she could feel at others’ birth experiences.  At age 47 now, Karen has found peace and a deep sense of purpose in her work.  She now says that NOT having children has been her greatest teacher and the driving force behind her work. In this episode, you’ll learn the following about Karen’s journey: How Karen always thought she would have children; How the death of Karen’s mother while she was young made her lose her sense of family and live a rebellious life; After years of traveling and several relationships, Karen reached the point in her early 40’s when she said, “That was it.”  Her window of opportunity had closed; How she went through a relevant and acute grieving process; How one patient helped her recognize her “mothering of mothers” as an outpouring of nurturing and maternal instinct; How Karen uses yoga, breathing, and chanting to help ground her emotions; Karen shares details about her “Finding the Mother Within” workshops and how they have helped her heal; How women are often deceived into thinking that the only path to fulfilment involves motherhood; How Karen took the first steps of moving forward through her disappointment; How she can express herself creatively in several specific ways, all because she does NOT have children; The benefits of not having kids are the freedom to travel, a deeper level of compassion for others, and the ability to inspire others through your circumstances; How Karen has drawn inspiration from every woman she has ever assisted in childbirth; Karen’s advice to women going forward:  respect each other and the path each one travels.  Celebrate creativity and the ability to nurture and love. Find Karen at www.expatsexpecting.com Respect each other’s choices.  We’re all great in our own way, but we don’t all have to travel the same path. For more episodes of "Unclassified Woman" see www.michellemariemcgrath.com