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Leonie Rastas
Welcome to Leonie Rastas, your trusted companion in caesarean recovery and support.
Leonie Rastas is an experienced C-section mumma, registered nurse, midwife, author, educator and holistic trauma therapist known as the C-section Recovery Whisperer®.
With over 40 years in clinical practice, she specialises in C-section recovery, postnatal healing and birth trauma support—helping mothers move from fear and anxiety to calm, confident emotional regulation.
Her work focuses on the unique physical and emotional needs that arise after Cesarean birth, including delayed birth trauma symptoms.
A Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing, Leonie has dedicated her career to improving care for C-section mothers.
She designed the TGA-approved C-section wound support splint and has presented her research and strategies at international conferences, contributed to midwifery journals, and appeared on multiple podcasts discussing holistic recovery after surgical birth.
She lives on the Sunshine Coast near her family and first grandchild, and enjoys live comedy, singing with Australia’s iconic Pub Choir and camping along the region’s rivers and coastline.
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Leonie Rastas reminds us that every birth story is unique
and powerful.
After six C-section births, she continues to show what real resilience, informed choices and modern maternal healthcare can achieve.
Every C-section mother deserves recovery support that honours both her body and her emotions. With the right tools, education and trauma-informed care, women can move from fear and overwhelm to calm and empowered confidence.
C-section recovery isn’t just about healing a wound —
it’s about restoring trust, rebuilding strength and understanding the unique needs that follow surgical birth.
When mothers feel truly supported, their healing becomes clearer, faster and more empowered.
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Sarah, AUS
Leonie Rastas from Caesarcare has been amazing in so many ways. The bag of goodies gave me a lot of information and products I didn’t even know I needed.
The splint provided great support for my wound following my emergency caesarean surgery and I still use it one week later.
Leonie has also been very supportive answering any questions I have had.
I would recommend Leonie Rastas to anyone who is thinking about or is having a caesarean.
Dr K R. MBBS.DRANZCOG
We would all like to help our daughter, daughter-in-law, sister or best friend in the difficult and painful days after a caesarean section.
As anyone who has lived through the experience is aware, wound pain is part of the process.
That is when the SAC splint helps.
At every abdominal movement the muscles try to pull apart the wound.
The wound needs splinting and, true to its name, the SAC splint splints the wound.
I wholeheartedly recommend the SACsplint to everyone who has undergone abdominal surgery."
Physiotherapist BAppSc (HM)
Doctor of Physiotherapy
Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) such as pneumonia following surgery can increase a patient’s length of stay in hospital and reduce quality of life. Deep breathing and coughing exercises are commonly prescribed by physiotherapists as a way to reduce the risk of developing PPC. The SAC splint is an easy to use, fit for purpose product that supports the physiotherapist in providing this treatment.