GOLD Speakers

Panel Discussion 2026

• Speaker Type: 2026 Main Presentations
• Country: GOLD

Biography:

Rebecca Moore, MbChb, BSC, MRCPsych
Rebecca Moore is a consultant perinatal psychiatrist working in the UK. She has been working in this field for over twenty years. Her passion is around trauma informed care and compassionate care which led her to co found Make Birth Better in 2018. Make Birth Better is an international collaborative of parents and professionals working to reduce trauma for patients and staff in maternity systems. Rebecca is also a mum, training to be a yoga teacher and a medical cannabis prescriber.

Ibukun (Ibbie) Afolabi is an Integrative Pelvic and Perinatal Physiotherapist with a passion for all things childbirth. She works with clients prenatally to optimize function, treat pelvic health concerns, and prepare the mind-body for birth. Following childbirth, she helps women to feel at home in their bodies once again. Her approach to the body is foundationally trauma-informed, biopsychosocial, deeply holistic, and salutogenic.

Ibukun Afolabi, PT, MScPT, PCES, CCE, CD, SpBAP
Ibukun's clinical interests include the contribution of pelvic health states to birth outcomes, pain neuroscience within the context of birth, and the use of an embodiment approach during a rehabilitative process. Ibukun is regularly invited to speak at conferences, is an instructor to health and birth professionals, and a mentor to students. She lives in London, Ontario, Canada, where she has served women in the childbearing years through her private practice, The Mama's Physio for the past 12+ years. She also owns Hesed Birth, a local childbirth education company, and attends births as a doula. Ibukun's most important vocation is 'mama'. She is blessed to have five beautiful children (ages 4-11) all whom she birthed at home with the support of caring midwives. They keep her hands and heart full. Learn more and connect with Ibukun via socials @themamasphysio.

Rebecca Feldman,CNM, PMHNP-BC
Rebecca Feldman is Certified Nurse-Midwife and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner specializing in reproductive psychiatry. She is the founder and director of Brooklyn Parent Support, a group mental health practice providing group and individual therapy and medication management.

Rebecca is a graduate of Frontier Nursing University in midwifery, and New York University where she completed a Post Master’s in Psychiatric Nursing. She worked in labor and delivery as a nurse and then a midwife for twelve years and is honored to have attended the births of so many families. Prior to founding Brooklyn Parent Support, she practiced perinatal psychiatry at The Motherhood Center of New York, and Zucker Hillside Hospital. A frequent guest speaker on the topic of promoting access to parental mental health care, she has recently presented for the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, GOLD Midwifery, the National Perinatal Association and Postpartum Support International.