Description
Title: Integrative Management of High Risk Pregnancy
Speaker: Kim Whitaker MD ND (inactive)
This lecture helps Naturopathic Doctors gain comfort in treating or co-managing high-risk pregnancy . The high risk pregnancy topics covered in the talk include:
- hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
- diabetes and pregnancy including gestational diabetes
- coagulation disorders of pregnancy
- thyroid diseases (e.g. hypothyroidism)
- CV disorders (e.g. cardiomyopathy of pregnancy)
- GI disorders of pregnancy
Learning objectives:
- Understand the medical management of high risk pregnancies
- Become familiar with areas for naturopathic management and new research
- Increase knowledge on neonatal dysbiosis and use of probiotics to support Mom/Baby
- Understand how to manage birth expectations and how to provide support in the mental/emotional sphere
