Clinician's Guide to the First 2000 Days
The first 2000 days, from preconception to when a child starts school presents a critical window to establish healthy behaviours in parents and children.
Health behaviours during the first 2000 days influence the risk of lifelong disease, making prevention vital to ensuring optimum health and wellbeing for both mother and baby.
Integrating prevention into clinical care requires sensitive and nuanced conversations that support parents, children and families to actively engage with their own health, and the healthcare system.
Listen to the Clinicians Guide to the First 2000 Days podcast series, to deepen your clinical knowledge, enhance your care, and better support your patients during this pivotal time.
Clinicians Guide to the First 2000 Days podcast series has been created by Health and Wellbeing Queensland for health professionals.
Clinician's Guide to the First 2000 Days
Recovering and thriving as a new mum
This episode focuses on the health and wellbeing of new mums, exploring both physical and mental health aspects as they transition into motherhood. Discussions cover the physical recovery after birth, mental health challenges like postpartum depression, and the psychosocial changes women experience. Our experts provide insights into supporting a mum’s overall health during this transformative period.
In this episode, Dr Sam Manger speaks to Melissa Billiau and Dr Sarah Thomas.
Melissa is an advanced pelvic health physiotherapist with over 12 years experience working with women’s and men’s pelvic health concerns. She is the clinical lead in a primary health clinic at Ripley Satellite Hospital supporting Specialist Outpatient Department waitlists for Gynaecology and Urology.
Dr Sarah Thomas is a Perinatal Psychiatrist, currently working at the Mater Mothers Hospital in Brisbane in a Consultation Liaison role, Sarah leads the Perinatal Psychiatry clinic at Catherine's House for Mothers, Babies and Families, as well as working at the Institute of Urban Indigenous Health providing psychiatric care to First Nations Women in the Birthing In Our Community program. Sarah is passionate about upskilling other healthcare professionals working in the perinatal space with mental health education.