The purpose of GebeFEST with Banu Ciftci, MD is to support you during your periods of preconception, last months of your pregnancy, as well as before and after birth.

Your birth is nearing...

They say it’s going to be the most special and unique experience you will ever have...

That there is nothing like that feeling...

That you will never understand what being a mom is like until you actually become one...

That your spouse will know he is a dad only after he holds your precious little one in his arms...

But sometimes, all this aren’t just enough to help you get over your fear and concerns... That feeling of the unknown and obscure emotions mixed with anxiety can make you uneasy.

The reason for that is because ‘obscurity’ is one of the most problematic elements of human psychology.

When you’re wondering whether you can feed your baby enough, and whether his/her weight is normal; you find yourself worrying over your delivery wondering whether your it will be hard because your baby has been gaining weight very fast lately.

Then the birth time almost arrives...

The nearing birth is the beginning of that feeling of the unknown about how the entire household and the order of the house will be affected...

“How will your pregnancy go?”

“You had a nice pregnancy so far, but what does await you after birth?”

With GebeFEST, we aim to inform you with no question marks in your head so that way, you are able to prepare for your nearing birth...

Because self-awareness is the most precious part of birth preparation, and it is also the first and most valuable gift you can give to your baby that you are so impatiently waiting for...

This is exactly why we decided to take a step forward...

To prepare you for all aspects of pregnancy, including preconception, pregnancy, preparation for birth, delivery and everything you need to know about your state, the father and the baby after the delivery; and to turn this process into an enjoyable process free of all obscurities...

• Yes, your diet in pregnancy as well as exercise matter; however the expectant father’s psychological support to the expectant mother is just as much important.
• Yes, preparation for birth is very important; but it doesn’t really mean anything unless the expectant mother faces her fears she created in her head back when she was just a little girl herself.
• Yes, breastfeeding techniques are very important; but there is no point in looking up tea recipies/remedies to increase your milk supply after ignoring the new mother's feelings of inadequacy.
• The expectation from a woman to return to her healthy sexual life after birth is too optimistic after she was told that she will experience deterioration in her genitals and body as a result ofvaginal birth...
• Yes, we could be well-informed, intellectual people that made enough studies on parenting; but it is still okay and normal to feel helpless and inexperienced when we have to ease a little baby who never sleeps at night...

So, we wanted to cover all things about awareness and consciousness about building a healthy family...

We also wanted to include the expectant fathers in the process, who always seem to have been excluded from what is going on...

What we are talking about here is not just ‘mother and baby’; it is ‘mother, father and the baby’...