Dec
5

Healthcare workshop, public lectures

December 5th, 2009

Workshop: “Managing Shoulder Dystocia and Normalizing Breech Birth,” Saturday, Dec. 5, 12-4 p.m., East Duke Bldg, 204B, Duke University, East Campus. $75, www.ncfom.org.

Public lecture: “Midwives: The Key to Reducing Infant Mortality in North Carolina” and “Safe Motherhood Across Ethnic Lines,” Saturday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m., White Lecture Hall, 1308 Campus Dr., Duke University, East Campus. Advance tickets $15 www.ncfom.org. At the door $20.

Both fundraising events feature Ina May Gaskin, an internationally known activist, speaker and author on pregnancy, childbirth, and maternal & infant mortality. A homebirth midwife for more than three decades, she has been called the “Mother of all Midwives,” and has been credited with the resurgence of midwifery in the US. Ms. Gaskin is the founder and director of The Farm Midwifery Center in Tennessee, and author of Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, Spiritual Midwifery and Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding. She also developed the Gaskin Maneuver, a technique for resolving shoulder dystocia during childbirth.

For information on the lecture contact Marnie Cooper Priest at (919) 740-7396 or marniecooperpriest@gmail.com
For information on the workshop contact Kirsti Kreutzer at (910 ) 815-4775 or dreamdahlin@yahoo.com
For registration information contact Kate Katahdin at (919) 598-9619 or kate@birthtransforms.com

Funds will go toward lobbying and working with the NC legislature on a licensing bill for Certified Professional Midwives, national licensing of midwives, and the NC Midwives Alliance.