Cesarean Birth: Refocusing Best Practices for Mothers and Babies

Walk-in registrations will be accepted, but we may not be able to provide lunch
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This conference is for parents, childbirth educators, doulas, midwives, doctors, nurses, lactation counselors, community health workers and all others who work with families during the childbearing year.

SPEAKERS: 

Eugene Declercq, PhD

Cesarean Birth Trends and Practices in the US
and What They Mean to Mothers
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William Camann, MD
with Tara Campbell, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA), LCCE 

Mother, Baby and Family-Centered Cesarean Delivery: It is Possible
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Jeanette Mesite Frem, MHS, IBCLC, BCCE, CD

Education and Support Before, During and After a Cesarean: Key
Roles of the Childbirth Educator, Doula and Lactation Consultant
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Lois Freedman, MEd, CCE

The Role of the Perinatal Counselor: Helping Women Process a
Difficult, Traumatic Birth and Prepare for a Subsequent VBAC
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Connie Breece, CNM

A Midwifery Model That Promotes Doulas,
Childbirth Education, Skin On Skin in the OR and VBACs

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS: BACE-NMC (accepted by DONA) 6.5 credits; 6.5 Lamaze contact hours approved. (Lamaze credits are recognized by ICEA and DONA); Meets criteria of the Commonwealth of MA Board of Nursing Regulations (244 CMR, section 5:00) for continuing education for nursing re-licensure for 7.8 contact hours.

CONFERENCE AGENDA:

8:30 - 9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:10 AM Welcome

9:10 - 9:30 AM The Natural Cesarean: A Woman Centered Technique, a Film from the Jentle Childbirth Foundation PLUS Results from Our Informal Survey on Current Practices in Our Area

9:30 - 10:45 AM Eugene Declercq, PhD
Cesarean Birth Trends and Practices in the US and What They Mean to Mothers

10:45 - 11:00 AM Break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Jeanette Mesite Frem, MHS, IBCLC, RLC, CCE, CD
Education & Support Before, During and After a Cesarean: Key Roles of the Childbirth Educator, 
Doula and Lactation Consultant

12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 - 2:15 PM William Camann, MD  with Tara Campbell, BDT(DONA), LCCE
Mother, Baby and Family-Centered Cesarean Delivery: It is Possible

2:15 - 3:15 PM Connie Breece, CNM 
A Midwifery Model That Promotes Doulas, Childbirth Education, Skin On Skin in the OR and VBACs

3:15 - 3:30 PM Break

3:30 - 4:30 PM Lois Freedman, MEd 
The Role of the Perinatal Counselor: Helping Women Process a Difficult, Traumatic Birth
and Prepare for a Subsequent VBAC

4:30 - 5:00 PM Question and Answers with Our Experts: Lessons Learned,
                         Evaluations and Certificates of Attendance

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