INNATE Postpartum Care: Planning for the Fourth Trimester Course - Oct/Nov 2024

INNATE Postpartum Care - Planning for the Fourth Trimester Course

with Brittany Zeer & Dr. Stephanie Yaremko

4 Part Series

In-person Only

A community education series for pregnant women and their partners to plan and prepare for a nourishing, healing, and transformational postpartum time.

Join two certified INNATE Postpartum Care Practitioners, Brittany Zeer & Dr. Stephanie Yaremko, for a 4 class series for pregnant women and their partners/primary support person to learn about the 5 Essentials of Postpartum Care, which are found in cross-cultural Postpartum Care traditions from around the world, and are rooted in the physiological design of women.

These classes are to be attended by both mother-to-be and partner/primary support person, so mothers can emerge from birth feeling supported, nurtured, and connected to themselves, their baby, and partner and can emerge from the Fourth Trimester grounded and empowered in motherhood.

Class 1 (Sunday, October 20 - 3:00 - 5:00 pm) - Introductions and Laying the Foundation for the Necessity of the 5 Essentials of Postpartum Care (Rest, Warmth, Body Care, Nourishment & Community Support)

Class 2 (Sunday, October 27 - 3:00 - 5:00 pm) - Deep Dive into the WHY & HOW of Rest, Warmth, & Nourishment

Class 3 (Sunday, November 3 - 3:00 - 5:00 pm) - Deep Dive into the WHY & HOW of Body Care & Community Support

Class 4 (Sunday, November 10 - 3:00 - 5:00 pm) - Creating a Postpartum Plan That Meets Your Unique Needs

In this course you will learn:

• Time-tested cross-cultural postpartum wisdom interwoven with modern science to support women’s long-term health, wellness, and vitality 

• Empowering education, not only for mothers, but husbands/partners/primary support people who will be supporting you in the immediate and long-term postpartum time

• How to create a solid foundation for an optimal postpartum time to support thriving family systems and intergenerational healing

• How to use the 5 Essentials of Postpartum Care as preventative and lifestyle medicine, and to support healing and thriving life in general

• Tangible tools and resources to support you for whatever may come in the postpartum journey

• AND you will gain a community who aligns with these values and care practices to learn and grow with, who will also hold and witness you in your Rite of Passage into motherhood and fatherhood

Tea and muffins will be provided during each session for all participants.

Register now for this deeply empowering and nurturing series.

About the Instructors:

Brittany’s Bio

Brittany Zeer is a certified INNATE Postpartum Care Practitioner offering postpartum care to mothers in Calgary and surrounding areas.  Brittany is also a staff member at Light Cellar.

After studying to become a birth doula, she saw a massive fracture in how we support and tend to mothers in the immediate and long-term postpartum time.  This is what led her to the work of Rachelle Seliga, a traditional midwife who created INNATE Traditions and the INNATE Postpartum Care Practitioner training.

Brittany has supported countless women and mothers, from those preparing for pregnancy, recovering from miscarriage, to a mother of 5, and everything in between, in integrating many components you will learn in the Planning for the Fourth Trimester course to support postpartum healing, holistic wellness, and women/mother-centered care.  

Brittany believes that when we support and heal the mothers, we heal the world.  She’s on a mission to rewrite the narrative around mother-centered care, and to support others in the education and reclamation of postpartum care.

Stephanie’s Bio

Dr. Stephanie Yaremko is a mother of three young children, naturopathic doctor and family wellness expert.  Her practice is focused on growing healthy families and she has special interests in fertility and sleep.  Her travel and work in many countries gives her diverse and extensive experience.  

As the primary care naturopathic physician with Natural Doctors International in Nicaragua, she led the DIOSA program, a women’s health program aimed at empowering and educating women about their health, and increasing cervical cancer screening. Dr. Stephanie has contributed to the life experiences of young children and families in Canada, Nicaragua, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. She recognizes the influence that culture and society have on personal health.

Dr. Stephanie recognizes that health is not merely an absence of disease, but rather a dynamic process involving mind, body, spirit and community. She works to educate her patients and the public about the tremendous power they have for their health and lives.  She firmly believes that a person's lifestyle is the greatest modifiable effector of health.  She cherishes the connections made with people while attending their health journeys and looks forward to creating more.  

Dr. Stephanie is a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and a Chancellor's Club scholar from the University of Calgary.  She is most likely to be found doing something outside with her family.

Brittany and Stephanie met in 2022 when they were both enrolled in the INNATE Postpartum Care Practitioner training.  They have teamed up to offer the Planning for the Fourth Trimester Course together where they can draw on each other’s individual strengths and experience to offer a well-rounded, comprehensive course to support mothers and families in Calgary, AB.