Obstetrical Biomechanics of a Squat
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- Non-Member - Group B - $18
- Non-Member - Group C - $18
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- Member - Group D - $14
You might have heard that squatting is great for labor! Did you know that when and how you squat makes a difference? Let's take a deeper dive at what actually happens during a squat, why body mechanics matter, and how to squat to effectively open the pelvic diameters in unmedicated and medicated labor and birth.
Participants may earn 1.0 Lamaze Contact Hour and 1.0 hour of CNE.
Emily Wannenburg, DNDM, CLC, CD(DONA), AFAA, 4TFM
Founder
4th Trimester Fitness® Method
Emily Wannenburg is the founder of 4th Trimester Fitness® Method, a company devoted to the physical and educational preparation for labor, birth and postpartum. Living internationally for most of her life, she is a South African trained nurse midwife and has worked with more than 900 families as a personal trainer, and birth doula in the United States. It has been her delight to combine her 30+ years of professional expertise to create a company culture devoted to “Improving Birth through Movement and Education”. She is a popular speaker known for her “hands-on-get-up-and-move” approach to sharing information and firmly believes that when you teach one, you reach many!