02/21/2023
A share from my new page Optimal Origins
If you’re so inclined, I’d love you to give it a follow 💕
Hello!
Well...It has been almost a full year since I started this page and I haven't been all that active on it! I had my second born shortly after initiating this and consciously decided I needed to take a break this time around and was very inactive professionally, so all my attention and energy could be on my family.
My passion is the same, my message is the same, my mission is the same! So you can scroll back a couple posts to learn more about me, Dr. Vanessa Forstbauer, if you like. This post is to introduce my passion project "Optimal Origins".
When we give our children Optimal Origins, it unlocks heights of potential that we can barely fathom! We set our children up for their best success!
The name Optimal Origins has a simple meaning:
Optimal - the best or most favourable
Origins - the point or place where something begins, arises or is derived
Biologically, a human life begins with an egg and a s***m, and there is much more that one can go into beyond that.
An egg takes ~120 days to mature and a s***m ~90, so at MINIMUM we need to treat the preconception or "origin" of a child's life as 3 months prior to conception. There is so much more to it than just that, but I'll leave that for another time.
Now, to give your child their "optimal origins" we must treat the preconception phase as so much more than just those three months. Let's give it a year! Or more! Really, with almost half of pregnancies being unplanned, this is something that all people of reproductive ages should consider 😉
So, it starts with preconception - let's support you before pregnancy happens so you and your child get set up right, from the start. Let's help you thrive in all aspects.
Then it's pregnancy - 40 weeks (give or take) of growing a baby within the womb and readying a place for them on the outside. Pregnancy can be hard, and it can be glorious. This is where I want to support you to thrive and prepare for the birth and life of your baby.
Birth - the miracle of birth! It is a feat on it's own for both mother and child, and yet another part of the origin story. I want to empower you to flow through birth with an inner peace when all things on the outside may seem chaotic.
Postpartum and the early years - The final piece to a person's original origin story. The first five years of a person's life has proven to be incredibly impactful in setting the trajectory of their life and helping to further unlock their potential. I want to support you as you grow as a parent and as your child grows into their own.
Please share this post and page so we can work together to make a better tomorrow through the lives of moms and the the next generation!
