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| We have just launched our new FitMoms
Pregnancy Forum. Joining Cathe as moderator
of our new forum is Sheila Watkins, a perinatal fitness specialist
with over a decade of experience training 1000+ pregnant and new mothers,
and educating hundreds of fitness instructors, and childbirth educators on
the rapidly changing field of perinatal fitness. In 1989 Shelia created Healthy Moms Fitness Programs to provide safe and effective group exercise classes and personal training for new and expectant moms as well as education and training in the field of perinatal exercise for fitness professionals, childbirth educators and other health professionals. She holds a Master of Life Sciences degree in Physiology and Nutrition and five certifications from nationally recognized pregnancy and postpartum fitness instructor training organizations. Sheila is a former instructor in the Division of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Winston-Salem State University and the Department of Foods and Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a "Gold" certified Group Exercise Leader and Personal Trainer with the American Council on Exercise (ACE), and a certified Personal Trainer/Fitness Counselor with the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). Sheila also holds an aqua fitness certification from the Aquatic Exercise Association (AEA). Her articles on prenatal exercise have been published in "Running and FitNews" and the Melpomene Institute's "Pregnancy and Exercise" educational materials. Sheila is also a frequent speaker at various national fitness conventions on the subject of pregnancy and postpartum fitness, and is the mother of two young children. You may contact Sheila at (919) 557-0002 or by writing to her at: Healthy Moms Fitness, 4708 Ridge Water Court, Holly Springs, NC 27540. |