4th Annual Birth to Baby Fair

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February 16, 2009 · Comments Off

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Welcome to the website of the 4th Annual Birth to Baby Family Fair, sponsored by the Doula Network of Fort Wayne.  This is one of the ways we support and empower birthing families through providing reliable, evidence-based birth and postpartum resources.  Our previous fairs have been tremendous successes, and we’re looking forward to the same this year.

Workshop: “Helping Women Get Into Hot Water”

Birth to Baby 2010 will be a bit different than in past years.  Barbara Harper, RN, CD, CCE and the Founder of Waterbirth International, will be hosting a waterbirth credentialing and certification workshop all day Friday, April 16th.  With the safe alternative of waterbirth becoming more and more requested by birthing families we are thrilled to have the opportunity to learn from the best.

WORKSHOP TOPICS
Controversial and absolute contraindications to birthing in water.
Guidelines for water temperature.
Assessing maternal and fetal well-being throughout water labour and birth.
Using water as an intervention in labour.
Resolving shoulder dystocia and other complications in the water.
Characteristics of the water-born infant.
Starting hospital waterbirth programs.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This workshop provides opportunity for midwives, naturopaths, nurses, doctors, childbirth educators, doulas, and all those who care for women choosing waterbirth to recieve 7 CEU’s towards their certification/licensing programs.
Birthing families are also welcome and can benefit from this tremendous opportunity to learn from the best.

WORKSHOP PRICE LIST:
All registrations include one complimentary ticket to the production of “Birth”.
Providers (doctors/midwives):  $250 *
Other Birth Professionals:          $125 ✦
Students/Parents (no CEUs)      $50

*  This course is the didactic requirement for Waterbirth Credentialing.  Registration cost includes credentialing fees, membership in Waterbirth International and CEUs.
✦ Doulas, nurses, childbirth educators, midwives, doctors and other birth professionals registered at this rate will receive a CEU certificate.

Online registration and payment is available through IPFW.

Performance: “Birth”

“Birth” is a play based on over one hundred interviews that playwright Karen Brody conducted with mothers across America.  It tells the true stories of 8 women, painting a portrait of how low-risk, educated women are giving birth in America today.  The BOLD project is a global movement designed to raise awareness about maternity care issues in the US. To learn more about this fantastic project, check out the website at www.BOLDaction.org.


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