Pregnancy for Professionals Podcast

Pregnancy for Professionals Podcast

Hosted by: Pregnancy for Professionals

A one-stop shop for maternity care providers, improving knowledge translation between different medical specialties, practitioners and allied health providers.

Episodes

The Physical Effects of Birth Trauma

Season #4

Kate Borsato, perinatal mental health therapist and educator, and Melissa Dessaulles, BScPT, BScKin, Pelvic Health, discuss the individualized, unique experiences of birth trauma, its links to PTSD and the best ways...
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Prenatal Nutrition Basics: What Every Provider Should Know

Season #2

Dr. Sarah Lea is joined by Registered Dietician Noelle Martin to discuss the latest evidence around prenatal nutrition basics, how to approach a discussion about nutrition with your prenatal patients, and how to give...
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Bonus: Incontinence and Prolapse Webinar

Season #4

Pelvic physiotherapist Melissa Dessaulles hosts this webinar featuring Dr. Roxana Geoffrion, urogynecologist and Dr Sinéad Dufour physiotherapist and PhD, focused on the pelvic floor during vaginal birth and common...
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Intrusive Thoughts

Season #4

Intrusive thoughts are unwanted or unconscious thoughts that pop into our conscious mind. During the postpartum period, they are often related to accidental harm or intentional harm to baby, and can feel very...
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Returning to Running Postpartum

Season #4

Melissa Dessaulles, BScPT, BScKin, Pelvic Health and Gráinne Donnelly, Advanced Physiotherapist in Pelvic Health and clinical researcher, discuss the 2019 returning to running postnatal guidelines for health, medical...
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Circumcision

Season #4

Dr. Ellen Forbes, Board Certified Urologic Surgeon and Expert in Male Fertility, provides the latest evidence around newborn infant circumcision including medical reasons for considering the procedure, any...
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Birth as a Musculoskeletal Injury: The Role of Physiotherapy

Season #3

Melissa Dessaulles, pelvic physiotherapist, shares with us her insider view into why we define birth as a musculoskeletal injury and what role physiotherapy can play in recovery. Feedback: Please take a moment to fill...
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Aspirin in Pregnancy

Season #1

Dr. Alicia Power and Dr. Michelle Morais, Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist at McMaster University Medical Centre, discuss aspirin in pregnancy...
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Exercise During Pregnancy

Season #1

Orthopaedic and Pelvic Health Physiotherapist Brittany Klingmann and Melissa Dessaulles, Mommy Berries Founder BScPT, BScKin, Pelvic Health, discuss the latest evidence around exercise during pregnancy, including what...
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Bonus: Birth Trauma Webinar

Season #4

This episode is derived from our first Pregnancy for Professionals Live Webinar Event on January 27, 2023. Join our panel of experts as they discuss the clinical criteria around identifying birth trauma, as well as...
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Supporting Sleep and Rest in the Perinatal Population

Season #4

Dr. Alicia Power and Dr. Pip Houghton discuss sleep challenges in pregnancy and postpartum, how to screen for what might be causing difficulties, medicinal and non-medicinal options for helping patients improve their...
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Perineal Tears: Discussions with a Urogynecologist

Season #4

Urogynecoloist Dr. Roxana Geoffrion and Melissa Dessaulles, BScPT, BScKin, Pelvic Health discuss OASIS (obstetrical anal sphincter injuries), risk factors and statistics around perineal tearing, management techniques...
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