Director of the Program for Pregnancy and Postpartum Health, a research program dedicated to improving the health of pregnant/postpartum women & their children.
Joined October 2017
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18 Nov 2025
✨It’s an incredible honour to be part of the World Health Organization's first global guideline for diabetes in pregnancy. ✨
I'm especially proud to see physical activity highlighted as an essential component of prenatal care!
Available here:
who.int/publications/i/item/…
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Diabetes can make pregnancy a higher-risk journey. This guideline brings together the latest global evidence to help countries strengthen the care of diabetes during pregnancy.
@AlbertaDiabetes @WCHRIUofA @UAlbertaKSR
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Margie Davenport, PhD retweeted
Throwback to the "The Postpartum Playbook" BJSM #podcast with Margie Davenport @ExercisePreg
This podcast about the 2025 Canadian Guideline for #PhysicalActivity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep throughout the First Year #Postpartum has been nominated for an award 👏
🎧 Podcast bit.ly/44V8Arx
📄 Article bit.ly/3WSebdw
Physical activity, minimizing sedentary time, and prioritizing sleep during this demanding year can significantly boost mental health (cutting postpartum depression risk by up to 45%), improve #PelvicFloor and #musculoskeletal health, and enhance overall well-being.
It's about empowering parents to thrive, not just survive, through the transformative first year postpartum.
If you liked the conversation you can vote for it here bit.ly/3WSefdg
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28 Aug 2025
Proud to announce the launch of the new #FIFA Female Health Project collection⚽️ Articles from @ShonaHalson, @ric_lovell, @ExercisePreg, @GlynHowatson Covering #performance, #recovery, #sleep, #pregnancy & #motherhood. More articles to come! @FIFAMedical link.springer.com/collection…
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2 Jun 2025
Check our latest collaboration at @japplphysiol with @ExercisePreg and @AleCandiaH! 🤰🏃♀️
Circulating miRNA levels following a 14-week aerobic exercise intervention during pregnancy: A secondary exploratory analysis of the PEACH RCT journals.physiology.org/doi/…
@APSPhysiology
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22 May 2025
Did you undergo egg retrieval and/or IVF as a recreational or elite athlete in the last 5 years?
If yes, we’d love your input to help us better understand how physical activity may impact fertility treatments:
redcap.link/EF_IVF
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We working to understand the physical activity patterns of female athletes before, during and following egg retrieval/IVF. The survey will take ~15 minutes to complete and is anonymous!
Follow this link to access the survey:
redcap.link/EF_IVF
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PI: Margie Davenport pregnant@ualberta.ca Total time to complete: 15 minutes Version 1, May 13, 2025. #fertility #eggfreezing #eggfreezingjourney #ivf #research1w
@UAlbertaKSR @WCHRIUofA
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Margie Davenport, PhD retweeted
Have you seen the NEW 2025 Canadian Guideline for Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep Throughout the First Year Postpartum ❕#HotOffThePress
👉 Read the full guideline now bit.ly/3XvSZuC
After years of work from a fantastic team led by @ExercisePreg,…
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23 Apr 2025
Margie Davenport, PhD
@ExercisePreg
Awesome project learning more about National Team Biathletes’ experiences of the menstrual cycle led by Helene Jorgensen! Check it out! 👇
@taraleighmchugh @Nick_Holt_1
22 Apr 2025
Just published:
👉 National team biathletes’ experiences of their menstrual cycle while training and competing, and factors to be considered in the development of policy and practice to support these athletes.
✍️ @ExercisePreg, @taraleighmchugh et al
ℹ️ bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/1…
#WeAreBOSEM
#UnderTheSpotlight
#MenstrualCycle
#Athletes
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17 Apr 2025
Just landed on my doorstep from @BJSM_BMJ Looking forward to reading this special edition by @ExercisePreg also one of our amazing keynotes at @basem_uk 2024 conference.
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16 Apr 2025
NEW STUDY! Are you a #coach or #official (e.g., referee) who is currently pregnant, or has been pregnant at any time in the past 5 years? We want to hear from you!
We are trying to understand your experiences coaching/officiating while pregnant.
redcap.link/coaches_official…
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The survey will take 15-20 minutes to complete and is completely anonymous. You can choose to participate in a follow-up interview as well. The interview will be approximately 1 hour in total.
Interested? redcap.link/coaches_official…
@taraleighmchugh @ProfHancockMUN
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Margie Davenport, PhD retweeted
📣 Advancing gender equity in sport
NEW scoping review of international sport federation policies for pregnant, postpartum and parenting elite athletes ✅
#OpenAccess ➡️ bit.ly/4cxXqev
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2 Apr 2025
NEW Open Access Paper!
We conducted a scoping review of international-level sport policies for pregnant, postpartum or parenting high-performance athletes to understand what policies currently exist, and to identify policy gaps to be addressed. Now available in @BJSM_BMJ
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2 Apr 2025
✅ More International Federations (IFs) are introducing sport-specific policies for pregnant, postpartum, and parenting athletes.
📈 This is a step forward, recognizing that pregnancy is not the end of an athlete’s career!
🚨 But there’s more to do…
bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2…
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Why policies matter:
🏅 Performance → Proper policies help athletes return safely & at their best
💪 Health → Prevents injury & long-term complications
⚖️ Gender Equity → Breaking barriers in sport at all levels
Without these policies, inequities in sport will persist.
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2 Apr 2025
The @BJSM_BMJ special issue on postpartum is available now! bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/8
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Margie Davenport, PhD retweeted
Have you seen the NEW 2025 Canadian Guideline for Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep Throughout the First Year Postpartum ❕#HotOffThePress
👉 Read the full guideline now bit.ly/3XvSZuC
After years of work from a fantastic team led by @ExercisePreg, having reviewed more than 19,000 titles and abstracts, the expert consensus panel released best practice guidelines last week 👏
🔟 Ten key points
☑️ Individualised care
💭 How to safely meet activity guidelines in the #postpartum period
🔑 Access the #GetActive Questionnaire for Postpartum bit.ly/421Kadh
@ExercisePreg @ualbertaksr @ualberta @csep_scpe @kfleming_md @kirstin_lane @AdamoKristi @EPL_WesternU @milena_forte @nfbeamish @sarah_ns_phD
#PhysicalActivity #CuttingEdge #SportsMed #Exercise
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27 Mar 2025
What a thread!! Thank you @PrimaryCarePAC ! This quote is a great summary:
If you’re a new mom, don’t rush back—but don’t retreat either. Movement is a form of healing, when done with wisdom."
bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2…
@csep_scpe @BJSM_BMJ
27 Mar 2025
New moms don’t need to “bounce back.”
They need evidence-based guidance to move, rest, and recover.
Canada just published the first-ever standalone postpartum guideline for physical activity, sleep & sedentary behaviour.
🧵Here’s what matters (and what clinicians should know):
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