PREG18Pregnancy and Motherhood Summit

Event Experts

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  Heba Shaheed

  Common Pelvic Floor Problems in Pregnancy and Motherhood

  What You'll Learn +

  • Pelvic changes during pregnancy (and after birth!)
  • Identifying common symptoms
  • Holistic solutions to naturally fix issues
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  Wendy Powell, Dip PT

  Diastasis Recti and Your Tummy

  What You'll Learn +

  • What is diastasis recti?
  • Restore your core and pelvic floor health
  • Prioritizing wellness and self-care
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  Andrew Orr, DOAM, MRMed, MWHMed

  Endometriosis and Period Problems

  What You'll Learn +

  • Link between endometriosis and infertility
  • Optimizing your pregnancy
  • Managing your symptoms in motherhood
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  Helen Case Saul

  Essential Vitamins and Minerals

  What You'll Learn +

  • Prenatal vitamins: are they enough?
  • High-dose Vitamin C and B3 to optimize health
  • Importance of minerals for pregnancy and motherhood
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  Elisa Song, MD

  Holistic Pediatrician’s Guide to Thriving Babies

  What You'll Learn +

  • Importance of the gut microbiome
  • Early causes for gut imbalance
  • Natural solutions for common issues
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  Ritamarie Loscalzo, MS, DC, CCN, DACBN

  Hormone Health in Motherhood

  What You'll Learn +

  • Common hormone dysfunctions in motherhood
  • Foods that support hormone health   
  • Benefits of chiropractic care
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  Partha Nandi, MD, FACP

  How to Be the Healthiest You!

  What You'll Learn +

  • 5 pillars of health for mothers
  • Role of gut health in overall wellness
  • Nutritional strategies for optimizing your gut
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  Katie Kimball, CSME

  How to Help Kids Eat Healthy Foods

  What You'll Learn +

  • Mistakes parents make that sabotage healthy eating
  • Bringing calmness to meal times
  • Motivating kids to eat healthy (and cook for themselves!)
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  Sarah Ballantyne, PhD

  Immune Health in Pregnancy and Motherhood

  What You'll Learn +

  • How to optimize immune health
  • Pregnancy, postnatal hormones and immunity
  • Diet and lifestyle strategies for autoimmune issues
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  Madiha Saeed, MD

  Inflammation in Pregnancy, Motherhood and with Children

  What You'll Learn +

  • Inflammation and chronic disease
  • Factors of inflammation
  • Why is chronic disease on the rise?
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  Dave Smith

  Is Your Exercise Preventing You from Getting Results?

  What You'll Learn +

  • Difference between HIIT and LISS exercising
  • How to prevent exercise mistakes
  • Get the best results from exercise
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  Donna Gates, MEd, ABAAHP

  Leaky Gut, Postnatal Depression and Candida

  What You'll Learn +

  • Why leaky gut is common after motherhood
  • Link between leaky gut, depression and candida
  • Strategies to manage your symptoms
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  Alexx Stuart

  Low Tox Pregnancy and Parenting

  What You'll Learn +

  • What is the “Low Tox Life?”
  • Reducing toxins in pregnancy and postpartum
  • Strategies to living a Low Tox Life
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  Niki Gratrix, BA, Dip ION, NANP

  Managing Emotional Stress

  What You'll Learn +

  • Impact of stress on mother and child
  • Do you know your ACE score?
  • Healthy ways to release stress and trauma
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  Jenny Burrell

  Massage for Pregnancy, Postpartum and Motherhood

  What You'll Learn +

  • Benefits of massage and soft tissue work
  • Massage for postpartum recovery (including C-section!)
  • Why all mothers should have regular massages
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  Edwina Sharrock

  Midwife, Birth Education, Plans and Positioning

  What You'll Learn +

  • What is a midwife’s role?
  • Importance of birth education
  • Birth positioning for a healthier, safer birth
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  Lindsey Mathews, DC

  Mindset for Birth and Beyond

  What You'll Learn +

  • Why is your mindset so important?
  • Mindset for birth, labor and delivery
  • Strategies to stay healthy and fit
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  Ben Lynch, ND

  MTHFR, Folate and Methylation on Pregnancy

  What You'll Learn +

  • How MTHFR and folate impact pregnancy
  • Lab testing for MTHFR
  • Nutritional approaches for women with MTHFR
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  Taz Bhatia, MD

  Natural Remedies for Common Pregnancy Complaints

  What You'll Learn +

  • Common issues in each trimester  
  • Alternative remedies to treat your symptoms
  • Foods for expectant moms and baby development  
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  Stephanie Greunke, MS, RD, CPT

  Nutrition for Maternal Mental Health

  What You'll Learn +

  • Common health issues
  • Typical signs and symptoms
  • Nutritional strategies for anxiety and moods
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  Nora Gedgaudas, CNS, CNT

  Optimizing Pregnancy Outcomes

  What You'll Learn +

  • Solutions to optimize health of mother and baby
  • Balance fatigue in pregnancy and motherhood
  • Key lab testing to enhance pregnancy outcomes
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  Wendy Myers, FDN-P

  Pregnancy Detox and Planning

  What You'll Learn +

  • Heavy metals in pregnancy, motherhood and children
  • Safely detoxing from heavy metals during pregnancy
  • Strategies to detox in motherhood
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  Jessie Mundell, MSK

  Recovery and Fitness After a C-Section

  What You'll Learn +

  • Myths about C-section recovery
  • How to get back in shape
  • Emotional and physical impacts
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  Tracy Sher, MPT, CSCS

  Sex After Baby: What Every Woman Should Know!

  What You'll Learn +

  • Returning to sex after childbirth  
  • Common postnatal sexual health concerns
  • How to address painful intercourse
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  Pinky McKay

  Sleep Solutions for Mother and Child

  What You'll Learn +

  • How to create a safe sleeping environment
  • Feeding infants to encourage sleep
  • Natural sleep aids for babies
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  Marika Hart, BSc, MSc

  Solutions for Back and Pelvic Pain

  What You'll Learn +

  • What’s the difference between them?
  • Strategies for prevention
  • Importance of core strength
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  Michelle Kenway, PT

  Staying Strong, Toned and Active with Prolapse

  What You'll Learn +

  • Knowing the signs and symptoms
  • Uncovering the causes of prolapse
  • Exercising safely (to prevent getting WORSE!)
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  Molly Galbraith

  Strength Training in Pregnancy and Motherhood

  What You'll Learn +

  • Pre- and postnatal exercises to build strength
  • Accepting your new body and activity levels
  • Why is there pressure to get your body back?
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  Lee Holmes

  Supercharge Your Gut with Family!

  What You'll Learn +

  • Why you MUST supercharge your gut!
  • 4 phases of gut healing
  • The importance of family
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  Anna Cabeca, DO

  The Older Mother and Transition to Menopause

  What You'll Learn +

  • Special considerations for an older mom
  • Common health issues facing older mothers
  • Motherhood and the transition to menopause
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  Sabrina Zielinski

  Using Essential Oils for Optimal Birth

  What You'll Learn +

  • BEST essential oils for pregnancy and labor  
  • Choosing oils for perineal massage
  • Overcoming postpartum depression
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  Nicole Vahlkamp

  Yoga for a Successful Birth and Life

  What You'll Learn +

  • Benefits of yoga during (and after!) pregnancy
  • Exercises, breathing and meditation for mothers-to-be
  • Yoga practices for mothers and young children

Meet Your Host

Heba Shaheed

Heba Shaheed is co-founder and CEO of The Pelvic Expert (thepelvicexpert.com), a digital wellbeing platform specializing in maternal, menstrual and hormone health.

Heba was inspired to work in the space following her own challenges with a 15-year history of chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis, and after witnessing the devastating effects of birth injury following her sister's first birth. A qualified physiotherapist, she has supported more than 2000 women on their journey to better health and wellbeing and instructed more than 1200 therapeutic yoga and Pilates exercise classes.

The Pelvic Expert provides holistic and research-based, women-focused, online wellbeing programs to corporates, government, private health insurers, workplaces, and individuals.

Heba is a leading authority on women’s pelvic health and is a media commentator on this important - yet under-represented - issue and a regular speaker at global health and women’s conferences. Sought after for her health expertise, Heba has collaborated with TED-Ed to provide pelvic health educational videos, clocking up four million views on her bladder health video to date.

Heba’s mission is to make women's health information accessible globally and to provide high-quality women's healthcare in the privacy and comfort of a woman's own home. She believes women's healthcare needs to be disrupted so that women can stop suffering in silence.

She is a global leader in holistic, non-surgical, accessible solutions for endometriosis, birth-related pelvic floor complications, and pregnancy back pain.