By Anchen Verster Being confident and well prepared is a major key to coping with labour pain. The better you understand the process of birth the better you can prepare yourself. The better prepared you are the more confident you will be with what is happening...
By Anchen Verster – Nursing sister and midwife, mother of 4 including twins “Okay, you can push now”. Thuli’s cervix was 10 cm dilated, the labour ward nurse had just confirmed. “What do you mean push?” Thuli asked. The contractions had abated slightly and Thuli couldn’t fathom...
By Anchen Verster – Registered nurse and midwife, SA certified perinatal educator (SACPE) Your baby will be born with his cord attached at the umbilicus and the other end still attached to the placenta which in turn is attached to the inside of your uterine wall....
By Anchen Verster – Registered nurse and midwife, SA certified perinatal educator and mother of 4 including twins As many mothers are birthing later in life due to circumstances (infertility, no stable partner) or purely by choice we are often very well established in life, occupation...
Dr Dr Ben - a paediatrician working in Cape Town. I’ll never forget the day my oldest daughter tried tomatoes for the first time. We were celebrating a family birthday with a picnic at a beautiful spot on Table Mountain. My daughter who was one year...
The more we learn about life and birth, the more we are realising just how impactful the way of birth is and how it impacts the future health of your newborn. During labour, your baby is pushed and squeezed down the vagina. The contractions are giving...
By Anchen Verster – Registered nurse and midwife, SA certified perinatal educator, SACPE I do multiple home visits every week to see how new families are coping with breastfeeding and general adjustment after birth. I seldom meet a mother who does not at some point sleep...
The experience of birth profoundly affects women and their families Create good birthing experiences, the memories are with you forever A woman’s body is designed to give birth naturally and safely Women’s inner wisdom guides them through birth Birth is normal, natural and...
By Anchen Verster – SA certified perinatal educator, registered nurse and midwife, mother of 4 including twins. After my first child was born the job that I was in was a contract job so I didn’t get maternity leave and we were only due to stay...
By Anchen Verster – SA certified perinatal educator, registered nurse and midwife, mother of 4 including twins I was scheduled to give birth in a private hospital close to where I lived - my medical aid limited services to this particular hospital but when I went...