Today I speak with Margie Davenport, an Associate Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation in the University of Alberta. She also currently holds the Christenson Professorship in Active Healthy Living (2020-2025). As a former national team athlete, her recent work has examined elite sport participation during pregnancy, and return to sport following delivery. This line of research aims to develop more inclusive guidelines and policies for elite pregnant/postpartum athletes.Her principal research interest is the investigation of maternal-fetal health outcomes, and an exploration of the preventative role of exercise and/or lifestyle interventions in the development of chronic disease.  She led the development of the SOGC/CSEP 2019 Canadian Guideline for Physical Activity throughout Pregnancy, and the upcoming Canadian Guideline for Postpartum Activity. Margie gives us valuable insight into the most up to date research and where it’s pointing for the future!We talk about:-working with elite athletes during pregnancy and postpartum-changes in recommendations over the years-discussion of 2019 Canadian guidelines-questionnaire for pregnancy women-Olympic lifting during pregnancy-clinicians and researchers collaborating -social media and getting advice-benefits of exercise during pregnancy-pushing the boundaries Time Stamps1:00 introduction4:01 common barriers with conducting research with pregnant women9:35 feedback from Canadian guidelines17:15 collaboration between clinicians and researchers23:00 big things moms and clinicians need to knowCONNECT WITH CARRIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/Website: https://carriepagliano.comCONNECT WITH MARGIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/exerciseandpregnancy/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExercisePregWebsite: exerciseandpregnancy.caQuestionnaire:  https://csep.ca/2021/05/27/get-active-questionnaire-for-pregnancy/The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey.  This show has been a long time in the making!   You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry.   If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!  If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the seaThe Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey. This show has been a long time in the making! You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry. If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST! If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)