By Anchen Verster Labour can be long and challenging. Hollywood has made it out to be quick, loud and dramatic but few realize the long “slog” until you’ve been there. To be of help to your partner in the labour room you have to have a...
By Anchen Verster In my pre-parenthood days I used to watch a toddler tantrum and think the parents must be making some or other parenting blunder. Mmmm totally missed the boat there - I have 4 kids and all four have thrown their fair share of...
By Dr Ben - a paediatrician working in Cape Town. This is an age-old question asked by new Moms and Dads alike. When is it ok to “watch and wait” for your child to “get better” and when must we rush off to the Doctor or...
By Johan Verster – Pastor, husband and father And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man in the moon "When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when" But we'll get together then You know we'll have a good time then I have...
By Johan Verster – Husband, pastor and father of 4 young children One of my best friends has just gone to meet his new adoptive son. With the boy being 9 months old, my friend is fully conscious of the fact that he has to make...
By Anchen Verster – nursing sister and midwife “Morning sickness” is a rather unfair term given to describe nausea and/ or vomiting during pregnancy. Why unfair? Because it is not necessarily confined to the morning. I have a hunch that it might not have been a...
As a new mother you want to do everything to safeguard the health and wellbeing of your baby. This includes taking your baby for their immunisations, checking for weight gain and reaching the necessary milestones. Screening for visual disorders should also form part of routine check-ups....
My experience of natural birth by Sarah Randall My name is Sarah, I’m 32 years old and work as a midwife in a private hospital. I have also recently survived the birth of my first child! I would like to share with you my birth experience,...
Midwife-Led-Care in South African Private Sector By Anchen Verster – Nursing sister and midwife, SA certified perinatal educator In South African in the private sector you have basically two options for birthing practitioners – obstetric led care or midwife led care. Obstetric Led Care is most common...
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...