ORGANISING COMMITTEE UTERUS – Saúde Integrativa da Mulher Vozes da Mulher – Associação pelo Auto-conhecimento, Liberdade e Respeito SUPPORTING PARTNERS Associação Portuguesa pelos Direitos da Mulher na Gravidez e Parto Associação Portuguesa dos Enfermeiros Obstetras SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE Emília Coutinho | Nurse-midwife and Professor at ESSV Joana Faria | Nurse-midwife at Gimnográvida Paula Clara Santos | Physiotherapist and Professor at ESS Rui Carrapato | Paediatrician and Professor at UFP __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

26 May 2021

8h30 Opening Session 9h15 Vozes da Mulher Isabel Ferreira | President of Vozes da Mulher® Association (Portugal) 9h30 The Menstrual Cycle: A Vital Sign Patrícia Lemos | Menstrual Health and Fertility Educator: Círculo Perfeito® (Portugal) 10h15 The Survivors and Birth Susanne Houd | Midwife (Denmark) 11h00 Pause | Commercial Break 11h15 Gimnogravida’s 18th anniversary celebration 11h30 Words with Power: How Language Influences Birth Experience Marta Lima | Anthropologist, Hypnotherapist and Doula (Portugal) 12h15 Promoting Normal Birth: The Portuguese Reality Clínica de Santo António | Lusíadas Filipa Lopes | Nurse-Midwive (Portugal) Hospital Garcia de Orta Leonor Mineiro | Nurse-Midwife (Portugal) UTERUS Isabel Ferreira | Nurse-Midwife (Portugal) 13h30 Lunch | Commercial Break 14h30 Controversial Issues: The Impact of Ultrasound on Fetal Health Alexandrina Mendes | Obstetrician (Portugal) Mary McNabb | Midwife (Netherlands) 15h30 Promoting Normal Birth: : LK Massage Programme® Linda Kimber | Midwife: Childbirth Essentials® (United Kingdom) 16h10 Pause | Commercial Break 16h20 Round Table: Antenatal and Intrapartum Care Policies Andreia Gonçalves | Nurse-Midwife (Portugal) Ramon Escuriet | Midwife (Spain) Cristina Rodrigues | Member of the Portuguese Parliament (Portugal) Catarina Marcelino | Ex-Secretary of State of Citizenship and Equality (Portugal) Sara do Vale | Member of the Portuguese Association for the Women’s Rights in Pregnancy and Childbirth (Portugal) 18h20 Pause | Commercial Break 18h30 Free workshops promoted by Sponsors 18h30-19h30 Crioestaminal: Stem cell treatments are a reality: the decisive role of the Health Professional for a good harvest 19h30-20h00 Medela: Current Panorama – HERO Project __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

27 May 2021

8h30 NASCER POSITIVO 2020-2021 Awards 8h40 Poster Awards 9h00 Birth Plan | www.planodeparto.pt Saritta Nápoles | Obstetrician (Portugal) 9h30 Being a Mother and Being a Woman: Challenges on Female Sexuality Andreia Antunes | Physiotherapist (Portugal) Cátia Oliveira | Clinical Psychologist and Sexual Therapist: UTERUS® (Portugal) 10h30 Oxytocin: The Love Hormone Kerstin Uvnãs-Moberg | Physician and Researcher (Sweden) 11h40 Pause | Commercial Break 11h50 Pelvic Floor in Pregnancy and Childbirth Núria Vives | Childbirth Educator: Períneo, Integração e Movimento® (Spain) Sílvia Rodrigues | Nurse-Midwife (Portugal) 13h00 Caring for Those Who Care – Neuro Linguistic Programming Catarina Parente | Coaching, Neuro Linguistic Programming and Conscious Parenting Facilitator (Portugal) 13h30 Lunch | Commercial Break 14h30The Experience of Being Born: The Newborn-Fetus Transitions and their Impact on Human Neurodevelopment Marta Antonelli | Researcher CONICET (Argentina) 15h15 Empty Nest: Practical Strategies for a Healthy Grief Sara Albuquerque | Clinical Psychologist (Portugal) 16h00 Closing Ceremony 16h20 Pause | Commercial Break 16h30 Workshop “Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Program®”  Nancy Bardacke | Midwife: Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Program® (United States of America) Eluned Gold | Director of Training: Mindful Birthing and Parenting Foundation (United Kingdom)  

Note: All lectures and workshop include simultaneous translation Portuguese-English / English-Portuguese. All the timings found in the programme reflect portuguese time (GMT).

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