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

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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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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Consent and Coercion in First Nations Contraception

Season #4

Dr. Unjali Malhotra, CCFP Women’s Health NCMP Dip IPHC, is a Family Physician with extensive training and expertise in Women’s Health. She graduated from Family Medicine in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and went on to create...
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The Benefits of Babywearing

Season #4

Physiotherapists Sam Bright, BSc Hons PT and Megan Tennant BSc, MPT discuss the proper techniques and numerous benefits of babywearing. Resources: Download various Hip Dysplasia Brochures from the International Hip...
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Talking to Vaccine Hesitant Parents

Season #4

Board certified pediatrician Dr. Rebekah Diamond, MD shares with us her insights and strategies for an empathy forward approach to speaking with vaccine hesitant parents. Resources: Patient focused She Found...
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