All you need to know about Birth Plans (and how to create yours)
Becoming a mother is one of a woman’s biggest transformations in life, yet we can be so quick to hand over the experience and our trust...
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Vanessa Werner
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How is personalised prenatal support an investment to my birth experience (and long term health)?
“As long as I am healthy and my baby is healthy” I have heard almost every mother say this when we discuss their expectations for birth...
Vanessa Werner
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What is a C-section shelf (and what can I do to minimise it)?
Though the most recognised part of our C-section birth is the incision scar, a lot of us can be surprised to see the development of what...
Vanessa Werner
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Caesarean Awareness Month
April is Caesarean Awareness Month, an annual observance around the world, which brings focus to all topics surrounding caesarean births...
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The continuum of Motherhood
What happens in pregnancy, labour and birth all impact how a woman becomes a mother and cares for her babies. These are the years that...
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Why Are Prenatal Tests Abundant While Postpartum Tests Are Lacking?
We are yet to grasp that how we support ourselves to ensure good health through our ongoing postpartum period, requires just as much...
Vanessa Werner
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I bet you've heard this one before...
"You can’t pour from an empty cup." How many times others have said this to me and the multiple times I have said it to myself.. But the...
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Your mental health matters.
There are moments in postpartum where we will feel scared, helpless and defeated. As mothers - we are never alone in experiencing these...
Vanessa Werner
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This post is not an ad, (but is likely to be controversial).
“Momfluencer's are just like us, except they aren’t. They are mothers, yes. They are also marketing strategists, content creators,...
Vanessa Werner
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The Infant Brain Remembers
The experiences we have in infancy can become lifelong memories. Article written by Greer Kirshenbaum Ph.D. KEY POINTS Babies don't form...
Vanessa Werner
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Feeling like its all a bit too much?
Diary of a Postpartum Mother Entry 32: ‘Overstimulated’ is a word I have heard regularly since becoming a mother. There are many forms of...
Vanessa Werner
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You breathe 26,000 Breaths a Day...
An extended article written for Snowboard Canada Magazine. Above food and water, breath is the most vital nutrient required for survival,...
Vanessa Werner
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Mothers Corner: The Postpartum Identity Shift
Our personal journeys into motherhood are all so different, yet what I am witnessing through supporting women is that within our...
Vanessa Werner
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Castor Oil Packs & C-section Healing
A huge part of my C-section physical recovery has included the use of castor oil for scar massage and castor oil packs for scar tissue...
Vanessa Werner
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C-section scar massage
It is understandably challenging to begin the journey of acceptance with your c-section scar. Time and compassion are needed to help you...
Vanessa Werner
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Scar Tissue & Adhesions
Scar tissue and adhesions are not often talked about but are a major part of a postpartum mothers internal healing. Scar tissue can grow...
Vanessa Werner
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Diary of a Postpartum Mother
An excerpt from my personal diary entries written for 'The Natural Parent Magazine'. Entry 19 "Paper trails" I recently received my...
Vanessa Werner
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A birth story of patience & trust...
Childbirth isn’t a race. Sometimes (a LOT of times) it can be slow going, especially with first babies. It is often stop-and-start, up...
Vanessa Werner
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Obstetric Violence Has Become An Invisible Reality
Often this violence is no longer recognised by those who practice it, nor by those who suffer it. Traumatic childbirth can stay with a...
Vanessa Werner
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For now, Mama, let's just 'be'...
Breathing into each moment, accepting all that is. You are on a journey, one that is only yours to live. It is a beautiful journey, a...
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