FILM: The Business of Being Born by Ricki Lake
This ground-breaking film is to be screened at venues around the country as part of the campaign to save independent midwifery.
Inspired by her own experience, actress Ricki Lake approached filmmaker Abby Epstein to collaborate on a film that would examine birth culture in America and ask questions about the way American women have babies.
Footage of women having babies punctuates the film, as Epstein conducts interviews with a number of obstetricians, experts and advocates about the history, culture and economics of childbirth. The film asks the fundamental question: should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every birth be treated as a potential medical emergency? As Epstein uncovers some surprising answers, her own pregnancy adds a very personal dimension to the film.
Also relevant to birth in the UK, this is a must-see movie for anyone even thinking about having a baby!
Many screenings of this film are planned to take place during May and June in locations around the country including Bath, Brighton, Bristol, Hackney, Hereford/Worcester, Leicester, Liverpool, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, St Albans, Reading, Sheffield, Southampton, Yorkshire For more information please see www.saveindependentmidwifery.org.
Wishes, Hopes and Dreams:
birth a more positive experience for all in Wales
A workshop/conference organised by the regional MSLCs in Wales to bring
together users and professionals working in the maternity services.
When: Thursday 15th May 2008
Venue: (to be confirmed) Mid-Wales
Contact: Gill Boden
email: bodeng1@cardiff.ac.uk
Midwifery texts - institutional sources for the practice of midwifery(1850-1939),
'Mind you take care of it': protecting the unborn child in early nineteenth century Scotland
'Dangerous Motherhood: Maternity and Madness in Victorian England'
When:6th June; 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Venue: Edinburgh,
Cost: Admission Free; For further details please contact Professor Rosemary Mander,
Email: R.Mander@ed.ac.uk; Tel: 0131 650 3896
Post-traumatic stress disorder following childbirth:
research updates and implications for clinical practice
Aimed at psychologists, paediatricians, obstetricians, midwives, health visitors, service users and students in any of these fields, this day will present current knowledge and learning in the field, as well as offering some insight into future directions of research and the clinical practice implications.
When: Thursday 12th June 2008
Venue: St.Anne's College, University of Oxford
Cost: £30
Register for the day by sending your full name, address, affiliation and a cheque for £30 made payable to University of Oxford to:
Dr Kirstie McKenzie-McHarg, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Old Rd Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF.
Contact: Dr Kirstie McKenzie-McHarg
email: kirstie.mckenzie-mcharg@npeu.ox.ac.uk
Disabled parents' issues and challenges
When: Thursday 19 June 2008
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London
Cost: see www.rsm.ac.uk/maternity
Contact: Andrea Török
telephone: +44 (0)20 7290 2986
email: Email: maternity@rsm.ac.uk
website: www.rsm.ac.uk/maternity
BEYOND OFP
the short & long-term implications of foetal position and birth on health, development & function
When: 5th July, 10am - 4pm
Venue: Reading, Berkshire.
Cost: £55 (including lunch)
website: www.educationforbirthandbeyond.com
Early Labour Conference
Aimed at those with responsibilities for and interest in maternity service commissioning, planning and provision,
service use and research related to providing optimal care to women and their companions during early labour.
Speakers:
When: Thursday 11th September 2008
Venue: National Science & Learning Centre, University of York
Cost: Midwives (NHS and independent), service users and representatives,
non-York midwifery students £100
Academic, medical, public health, commissioners, policy makers £150
Contact: Jenny Brown
telephone: +44 (0)1904 321832
email: jb70@york.ac.uk
website:
www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/research/miruconference.html
AIMS AGM
When: Saturday 27th September 2008
Venue: Friends Meeting House, Oxford
Speaker: Jo Murphy Lawless
Contact: Gina Lowdon, AIMS secretary
email: secretary@aims.org.uk
Maternity & the Newborn Forum
Regular events are held at The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
Please see www.rsm.ac.uk/maternity for details.
National Childbirth Trust
Regular conferences and workshops are held by the National Childbirth Trust in various parts of the UK
Please see http://events.nct.org.uk/ for details.
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