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updated October 2025
updated October 2025
Hi! I’m Vanessa Bauman.
I’m a Columbus-based Certified Birth Doula, Certified Childbirth Educator, and Prenatal Yoga Teacher who founded Breath & Birth Co. after overcoming a 15-year battle with undiagnosed endometriosis. With a professional background in restaurant and retail design, I now blend visual learning, evidence-based care, and meditation for those along their perinatal journey. My personal story of infertility, hyperemesis gravidarum, and stepping into motherhood during a global pandemic fuels my passion for creating a supportive space for others. I host the Breath & Birth Co. podcast and my transformative self-paced online childbirth education course called Metamorphosis is available anytime, anywhere to help parents feel calm, confident, and connected throughout pregnancy and birth.
I’ve got a story to tell, awareness to spread, and advocacy to champion.
Signature Talking Points
The Journey to Endometriosis Diagnosis
After 15 years of chronic pain and misdiagnoses, Vanessa Bauman finally found relief through excision surgery in December 2018. Her struggle taught her the importance of patient advocacy and informed consent. These are lessons she now weaves into every Breath & Birth Co. offering. She helps listeners recognize red flags (like being steered toward ablation) and seek out specialists who treat endo at the root.
The Impact of Infertility on Perinatal Anxiety
Chronic pain and infertility followed Vanessa straight into a hyperemesis-gravidarum pregnancy, compounding stress and fear. She speaks candidly about how unanswered questions and lack of support can heighten anxiety for those conceiving after infertility. Through her podcast and online CBE course Metamorphosis she equips parents-to-be with tools to reclaim agency and calm their minds before labor.
Power of Calm: Prenatal Yoga & Evidence-Based Birth Prep
A certified 85-hour prenatal yoga teacher, Vanessa blends breath-centered movement with evidence-based decision guides to help birthing people feel empowered. She shows how simple posture adjustments and affirmations can interrupt the fear-tension-pain cycle. She’s working on an on-demand yoga series to pair with Metamorphosis for a wholistic mind-body approach to childbirth.
From Chaos to Calm: Columbus Doula Turns 15 Years of Endo into Metamorphosis Childbirth Education
From Blueprints to Birth Plans: Designer-Doula’s Metamorphosis Course Brings Calm to Busy Parents-to-Be
How One Doula’s Endometriosis Fight Sparked Metamorphosis: An Online Revolution in Birth Education
Columbus Mom Turns Misdiagnosis into Mission: Metamorphosis Course Empowers Parents Before Delivery
Designing Calm: How a Birth Doula Blends Yoga, Architecture, and Advocacy in Metamorphosis
Columbus Doula Launches Dual Approach: Metamorphosis Online + Becoming Retreat for Total Birth Prep
Not Your Hospital Childbirth Class: Why One Columbus Mom Built Metamorphosis to Redefine Birth Prep
Beyond the Birth Plan: Metamorphosis Course Helps First-Time Parents Navigate Hospital Births with Confidence
Your Hospital, Your Way: Metamorphosis Online Childbirth Education Course Teaches Informed Consent, Advocacy, and Calm Before Birth
From Caterpillar to Butterfly: Metamorphosis Guides Busy First-Time Parents from Fear to Confidence with Their Hospital Birth
Metamorphosis & Movement: Designer-Doula Creates Online Course and Retreat Model for Modern Birth Prep
Sample Titles
Vanessa Bauman on endometriosis treatment:
“If your gyno suspects you have endo and mentions an ablation for treatment… that’s a major red flag they are not educated on effective and evidence-based treatment.”
Vanessa Bauman on her own endo diagnosis:
“She found and excised endo from my ribs to my rectum…and then suspended my ovaries for healing. We conceived naturally the very first try after surgery.”
Vanessa Bauman on stepping into birthwork:
“Being an endo warrior has taught me what it means to be a true advocate- for myself and for others in the birth space.”
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