Pregnancy is a time where a woman feels excited but also vulnerable and caring for herself and baby is of the utmost importance. Well College Global offers a range of pregnancy care units that can be used by fitness and health professionals as well as personally. As always it's important to know your scope of practice in the safe application of your knowledge. Select from the THREE course options below. All units are active for 6 months. |
NUTRITION FOR CONCEPTION, PREGNANCY & LACTATION
ONLINE UNIT OF STUDY
The essential dietary, nutritional and lifestyle factors involved in fertility, conception, pregnancy and lactation. Topics include influences on fertility, understanding conception, timing and conception, reducing the risk of miscarriage, nutritional and lifestyle recommendations and creating a healthy diet to improve conception, safe eating in pregnancy, nutrient requirements post-birth, allergy links, breastmilk production and dietary influences, and much more. This course is ideal for midwives and other health care professionals working in the area of women's health. We have large groups of midwives from numerous women's clinics, fertility clinics and hospitals undertaking this professional training course. Ask about our group training discount.
COURSE DURATION, PRICING & DELIVERY
Course fee - $350AUD
Registration Points - 20 ATMS CPD and 12.5 REPS NZ CPD
Registration Points - 20 ATMS CPD and 12.5 REPS NZ CPD
BRIEF COURSE OUTLINE
Conception nutrition
Below is a brief view of the main topics covered, however, the course is very detailed and comes with a 190-page text book.
Understanding conception
Diet and nutrition in pre-conception care
- Natural fertility
- Why take the natural approach?
- Infertility, fertility and conception
- Why fertility is a problem today
- Rates of conception
- Approaches to overcoming infertility
- Female infertility
- Male infertility
- Infertility testing
Understanding conception
- Female reproductive anatomy and physiology review
- When the timing is right
- The female cycle and conception
- Checking temperature to predict ovulation
- Pre-conception care, improving fertility and prevention of miscarriage
Diet and nutrition in pre-conception care
- General recommendation for both prospective parents
- Importance of a healthy body weight
- Nutrition and dietary preconception care for women
- B9/folic acid; Zinc; Vitamin C and Vitamin E; Iron
- Preconception care for men
- Diet, nutrition and lifestyle recommendations
- Zinc; Selenium and sperm; Vitamin E and antioxidants; Carnitine
PREGNANCY NUTRITION SECTION OUTLINE
Pregnancy nutrition
- Weight gain and pregnancy
- Nutritional recommendations
- A special note on teenage pregnancy
- Is there anything that should be avoided?
- Listeria
- How many servings of each food group a day? What about fish?
- What about the odd tipple?
- Eating for two is a fallacy
- Additional intake Protein Folic acid (folate)
- What about iron?
- Iodine Iodine deficiency issues in pregnancy
- Not too much vitamin A
- Calcium
LACTATION AND BREASTMILK
Lactation and breastmilk
- The anti-inflammatory effect of breastmilk
- Milk production
- Milk quality
- Feeding routine
- Contraindications to breastfeeding
- The importance of breastfeeding
- Stages of lactation
NUTRITION FOR NURSING MOTHERS
Nutrition for nursing mothers
- Additional energy requirements
- Nutrients and recommended intakes
- What about extra calcium?
- Fluid Weight loss
- Maternal dietary influences
- Fish, mercury and breastfeeding
- Allergies and the breastfed infant
- Keeping the balance when a food group is being avoided
- What about a cuppa?
- Alcohol and breastfeeding
PREGNANCY EXERCISE COURSES
PREGNANCY EXERCISE FOR
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EXERCISING AFTER PREGNANCY
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COURSE PROVIDER
Both pregnancy exercise programmes are provided by Lorraine Starsmeare B.App. Sc.( Physio); M.Clin.Physio Course author: Lorraine Starsmeare is a co director of Pilates Physio Style, a successful business grown out of personalising the service and modifying programs in line with the most recent research. Lorraine is an experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapist who has specialised for the last 12 years in providing rehab programmes, particularly for pre- and post natal women. Each individual, including the pre- and postnatal woman, are always managed based on the outcomes from their initial consultation. |