Perinatal Speaking Engagements
A Perinatal Fitness Professional, Advanced Doula and South African Trained Nurse Midwife, Emily Wannenburg founded 4th Trimester Fitness® Method, a company devoted to the physical and educational preparation of parents and professionals for labor, birth and postpartum. Combining her 30+ years of professional expertise to "Improve Pregnancy and Postpartum 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!
Conference Presenter
“As a midwife for 45 years, there are few continuing education speakers and sessions that capture my deep listening from beginning to end. Emily Wannenburg not only brings excitement, expertise and energy to her presentations, but also a depth of information central to health-related needs of most pregnant and parenting moms — often never discussed in their healthcare. For anyone that has opportunity to spend time with Emily, you will learn more than imaginable.”
Ginger Breedlove, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN Founder Grow Midwives, LLC.,
Popular Provider In-services
Labor Tools 4 Birth Pros: Bringing Normal Physiological Birth to the care providers and doulas who support laboring people. Evidence based strategies to provide comfort and progress labor.
Half and Full Day clinics
Preventing Injury and Providing Longevity in the Work of Labor and Delivery: Information and evidence to support body mechanics for providers and caregivers. Strategies to strengthen and structurally support nurses and doula bodies while preventing injury.
Doula Training Guest Speaker
“With Emily's rich background in birth, postpartum, and fitness she has skillfully incorporated comprehensive programs for her mama's and for doulas. As a doula trainer I have Emily Zoom in during doula trainings to share her experiences with the doulas - she always gets rave reviews! Her passion, enthusiasm, and commitment shines when she is sharing her birth wisdom and tools with us.”
Rae Davies, DONA Birth Doula Trainer,
The Birth Company
“The session was engaging, practical, and immediately applicable to our daily practice. Our nurses walked away with a deeper understanding of how thoughtful positioning can support labor progress, improve patient comfort, and promote better outcomes. We have a wide range of experience on our team from novice to expert and everyone walked away with valuable information.
What stood out most was the hands-on approach and the way the content was tailored to real clinical scenarios. The collaboration between nursing and doula perspectives brought a fresh, holistic view to patient care that truly resonated with our team.
Since the session, we’ve already seen increased confidence among staff in utilizing different positioning techniques and a renewed focus on patient-centered care. We are grateful for the experience and would highly recommend Emily to any team looking to enhance their labor support practices”
“Incredible session at the ACNM meeting in Chicago! WOW! I really got so many take-home ideas for my patients. Everyone was on their feet and loving the experiential learning. Definitely NOT a boring session. Highly recommend bringing Emily Wannenburg into your conference setting. ”
“DONA conference 2021.... I attended Emily Wannenburg’s workshop on the birthing ball. Her presentation on the how’s and why’s when using the birthing ball were excellent for a visual learner like me . Thank you for the great explanation and visuals of how baby engages into the pelvis. Can’t wait to share this with my clients.”
“I attended Emily’s session on Improving Recovery and Connection in the 4th Trimester and I will be sharing these ideas with our nurses for bedside education for our patients. One of my favorite sessions to date.”
“I absolutely loved the Labor Tools Workshop at ACNM this year. WOW! I learned so many hands on skillsets for the birth ball, peanut ball, and the CUB (which I had never used before). This was so much fun! I have never laughed so much in a conference session before! I will definitely look for more sessions with Emily Wannenburg.”
