Tomorrow, 11th September 2003, will be the third National Caesarean Awareness Day!!! To celebrate in Perth, WA, Birthrites are holding a day of information and workshops at Edith Cowan University on Saturday 13th September, 2003. See the information below, in an email from our Convenor (Gail Hancock) for venue, times, etc.
It’s going to be an absolutely fantastic day, so if you are keen to come along contact Amanda Smith (to register) by emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phoning 9398 5427, for more information. Okay??? Maybe I’ll see you there!
Take care,
Birthing Beautifully,
Jackie Mawson.
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Birthrites day of
information and workshops,
Birthing Beautifully
is NEXT SATURDAY - Sept 13
just a week to go!!!
Do please get your registrations in for this day. We have some wonderful speakers and facilitators involved and the whole day will be very useful for anyone approaching VBAC in the future, or caring for birthing women for whom caesarean or VBAC are issues (and that's a good deal of them when you look at the stats!!)
Costs: $45 single waged - $35 unwaged - $60 couples. See below for the agenda.
8:30 - 9:00am Registration.
9:00 – 9:15am Introduction.
9:15 – 10:00am Breech Baby: ECV and other options. Dr. Chris Nichols (Obstetrician)
A personal account of successful ECV prior to VBAC. Sara David (Midwife and Birthrites Representative)
10:00 – 10:45am Reading and understanding research: an overview. Dr Jennifer Fenwick (Midwife and Senior Lecturer, ECU)
10:45 – 11:00am Morning Tea
11:00 – 12:00pm Complementary Therapies for Pregnancy and Birth;
- Kathryn Horton – Homeopath
- Jaqueline Corner – Acupuncturist
- Mary Choo – Kinesiologist
- Ricki Mattich – Synergenics Practitioner
12:00 – 12:30pm Lunch Break.
The following workshops will be held concurrently, every hour, enabling participants to attend all three topics in the afternoon
12:30 - 1:20pm Planning a Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC). Mary Murphy (Independent Midwife, CMP)
1:30 - 2:20pm Planning a Positive Caesarean. Sally Westbury (Independent Midwife, CMP) and Jackie Mawson (Birthrites Representative)
2:30 – 3:20pm Creating your Birthspace: home, hospital or birthcentre? Susanjane Morison (Independent Midwife, CMP) and Gail Hancock (Birthrites Representative)
3:30 – 4:00pm Conclusion and Afternoon Tea
Gail Hancock
Convenor, Birthrites: Healing After Caesarean Inc.
Perth, Western Australia
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.birthrites.org <http://www.birthrites.org>
I support the National Maternity Action Plan
www.maternitycoalition.org.au/NMAP <http://www.maternitycoalition.org.au/NMAP>
Birth is as safe as life gets.
--Harriett Hartigan
