FIFPRO launches return to play guide for footballers after childbirth

FIFPRO has launched a guide to help footballers, as well as their family, team staff and other football stakeholders, better understand and manage pregnancy and the ‘return to play’ phase after childbirth.

The guide was developed by a taskforce of professional women’s players with lived experience of returning to professional football after pregnancy and childbirth. These include Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir, Crystal Dunn, Cheyna Matthews and Almuth Schult.

The players’ experiences have been supported by existing scientific literature and a medical expert contingent comprised of Prof Kirsty Elliot-Sale, Dr Pippa Bennett, Dr Rita Tomas and Roslyn Cooke, all of whom specialise in areas that are most relevant to the postpartum journey.

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