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

P4P Top 5 Questions Parents Ask Around Starting Solids

Season #4

Our guest on today's episode, Nita Sharda, is a Registered Dietitian and one half of Happy Health Eaters, an online community aiming to help parents feel confident about feeding their baby solids, providing the...
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Supporting Gender Diversity in Pregnancy

Season #4

As care providers, most of us are doing our best to exercise kindness and inclusivity in our practice and personal lives. But it can be difficult at times to know how to best live within these values, in an ever...
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The Evidence around Tongue Ties

Season #4

Tongue ties are such a vast, controversial, and often misunderstood topic that we brought in pediatric otolaryngologist (ENT) surgeon Dr. Elise Graham to help us wade through the topic. She is also a mom to two boys...
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Sarah's Surrogacy Story

Season #4

Today we are doing something a little different - bringing in a patient voice. Dr. Alicia Power interviews Sarah who shares her story of becoming a surrogate. Well - surrogate-ish. Her unique path to becoming a...
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Health Care Workers: Navigating Challenging Cases

Season #4

Bad things happen in medicine. Sometimes it can't be avoided, but what we can do is try to prepare ourselves the best we can. On today's episode, Dr. Alicia Power & Dr. Maryna Mammoliti discuss what we can do in...
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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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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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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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