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introducing Maga - Autumn
Maga archetype is a powerful and transformative phase – a season of life where women continue to shine and evolve.
Advice for birth support people
Assuming the role of a birth partner or support person is a big responsibility and should be viewed as a privileged position. It can be hugely rewarding for you to be ringside when the baby comes earth side, but also exhausting, particularly if labouring for many hours through the night, or even for days. Supporting a labouring woman involves both physical and mental stamina for you as well, so you will need to be prepared.
Confidence is key
Having your first baby is one of life’s biggest transitions, fraught with uncertainty and nervous excitement. It’s a time when many start to reflect on what kind of parent they want to be. Endorsed Midwife Lauren Williams, shares her advice for new mums looking for answers during this time.
The Wild Woman Within
Our Creative Director Ainslee’s experience from attending the Wild Village Festival in Dwellingup WA in September 2022.
PELVIC PAIN - DEALING WITH MORE THAN JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG
There is now fortunately more and more awareness of pelvic pain and especially endometriosis in women. However, on the flipside this means that sometimes endometriosis lesions and surgery get all the attention while the potential causes of endometriosis and other extremely important factors that are as much of a cause or more for pelvic pain, get left out of the conversation entirely.
Effective Pelvic Health Physiotherapy via Telehealth
Recent studies have revealed effective delivery of pelvic health physiotherapy via telehealth.
A systematic review has revealed significant improvements in pelvic floor muscle function, urinary symptoms and quality of life following physiotherapy using telehealth. Vera Women’s Wellness is committed to delivering the best possible care to its patients and is well equipped with advanced software to facilitate seamless telehealth care with the highest technological security.
Acupuncture for Fertility & Assisted Reproduction
So you’re taking the next step in your fertility journey and have decided to start assisted reproduction.
You might be wondering what else you can do to support yourself on this journey or you may have heard other people talking about getting acupuncture when they went through their fertility journey. There’s probably a of questions going through your head so let our resident acupuncturist, Jacinta Eales, help you answer a few common ones.
COVID-19 Update — January 2022
Vera Women’s Wellness is committed to ensuring our practice remains a safe space in the current environment surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Importance of Nutrition During Your Fertility Journey
Fertility is complex and there are many aspects of this process that we cannot control, however one important aspect we CAN control is our diet and nutrition. Nutrition in itself can be confusing and overwhelming, and sometimes it can be hard to filter through all the information that the internet can provide us. Let us filter it for you!
Recipe —Spring Time Soup
Spring Time Soup. According to Chinese Medicine, spring is all about the liver and gall bladder. Recipe by Jacinta Eales
Ovulation Pain
Many women may be aware of a little pain around the time of ovulation especially if they track their cycles, but many more come to see me with pain that occurs mid-cycle and they have no idea why.
What day are you?
In my circle of friends and work colleagues, more and more we are using this question to check in on one another. Women’s hormones are dynamic throughout the month – they are not static (unless we are on hormonal contraceptive drugs that turn off ovulation.
The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis (HPO)
The HPO axis stands for the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. It’s a mouthful and basically describes the messages from the brain to the ovary and back again that continue throughout your reproductive life.
Self-Care
I have been thinking lately about what we actually mean when we throw around the phrase ‘self-care’. It seems like the idea of it is everywhere and we know we are supposed to do it – but when just getting through the day is overwhelming sometimes - it can become another aspirational task on the to-do list, surely only achieved by people like Gwyneth Paltrow who likely has an entourage of helpers to do all the boring hard things.
Movement, Metabolism & the Menstrual Cycle
The four different hormonal phases of the menstrual cycle mean that our physiology is so different from the start of our cycle to just before our period that women are almost different people.
Uncovering the Magic of the Menstrual Cycle
The menstrual cycle may seem like a basic concept, but in my work with women I am constantly drawing diagrams and explaining what is actually going on throughout a women’s menstrual cycle. Most women’s understanding is limited to ovulation and the dreaded period, perhaps with an idea of being ‘hormonal’ thrown somewhere in the mix.
The Effect of Diet & Lifestyle on Your Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a complex and challenging condition with still many unknowns when it comes to cause and the best treatments. Dealing with the symptoms can be frustrating and distressing and deciding on treatment can be confusing and overwhelming for many women. Just as each woman is different, each approach to endometriosis is different depending on symptoms, preferences, and each woman’s individual story.
This is Why
I caught up with a beautiful old friend recently who asked me about my why when it comes to this blog. She wondered if it was part of a master plan or whether it was for marketing purposes. Answer on both counts: A resounding, ‘No’!
Her question did make me reflect on my why though and made me want to put into words the reasons for throwing my voice into the deep dark void of the inter-webs.
Sneaking in Stillness (Practical Tips for the Modern Woman)
I wrote recently about the need to balance the busyness of our modern lives with finding space and switching off. I think it resonated with many women but you also may have been wondering how??
With all the responsibilities of work, caring for others, running a house, and the other million other things on the to-do list, how am I supposed to fit in any time to disconnect and be. How am I supposed to pay some attention to being without doing?
The Story with the Pill…
This is a big post. About a tiny little pill that has had a huge impact on Western society.