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Friday

8:30-9:05 am MANA President Address

9:05-9:25 am Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery (FAM) presentation

9:30-10:20 am Women’s History of Medicine and Midwifery—Ina May Gaskin CPM, PhD(hon)

10:30–11:30 am Open Forum

11:45-12:30 pm MANA Region meetings

12:30-2:00 pm Lunch; The Renaissance of the Apprentice-Trained Midwife in North America, One Midwife’s Saga—Carol Leonard BS, NHCM—This Power Point Presentation presents a brief herstory of the social context that led up to the emergence of the new "modern" midwife, then a spirited, personal account from the first midwife practicing in New Hampshire, created by those brave homebirth families of the 1970s. This talk showcases Carol's all time favorite midwifery photos that briefly address the legal/legislative issues faced by the "lay" midwife, the obstacles placed by the medical community to homebirth practitioners, and how the midwives began to organize, nationally, to share experiences, support one another, and to learn from each other.

2:30–4:00 pm Breakout Sessions

  1. Immediate Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage—Michael Stitely MD—A presentation of immediate management of postpartum hemorrhage, followed by a hands-on simulation training session demonstrating techniques of applying direct pressure to the uterine cavity.
  2. Evidence Based Herbalism: Where Tradition Meets Modern Science—Jessie Hawkins
  3. Teaching Cultural Competency to Midwifery Students—Justine Clegg MS, LM, CPM; Jennie Joseph LM, CPM—As society becomes more diverse, midwives need to understand clients' values and behaviors to best serve them. This workshop explores models of culturally competent care.
  4. The MANA Stats Project: Getting Started and Advanced Q and A—Bruce Ackerman; Ellen Harris-Braun—This workshop will address the needs of a newly enrolling participant in the MANA Stats Project, and also more experienced contributors or others with questions, suggestions or big ideas. We might split into two groups if necessary.
  5. Predisposing Factors for OP Position, and What to Do About it—Lisa Goldstein BFA, LM, CNM—What body types & behaviors make OP more likely? What can you do to reduce this before and/or during labor?
  6. Placenta, the 8th Chakra—Robin Lim CPM
  7. Planting the Seeds for Positive Childbearing: Teaching Natural Birth to Adolescents—Ellie Daniels CPM
  8. What Mexican Women Need in Birth: Cultural Rituals and Competence in Attending Hispanic Women [Spanish session]—Angelina Martinez Miranda

4:30-6:00 pm Breakout Sessions

  1. Awareness Around Suturing the Perineum—DeAna Durbin BA RM; Ina May Gaskin CPM, PhD(hon)—We'll discuss predicting perineal tears, distinguish tears that require suturing, and the severity of consequences that can arise from not suturing or not suturing well.
  2. Professional Ethics in Midwifery Practice—Illysa Foster CPM, MEd; Jon Lasser PhD—This session will focus on applied professional ethics in midwifery practice, presenting a unique ethical model for midwives that is distinct from other bioethical models. Key concepts will be illustrated through realistic case examples.
  3. Negotiating Gaps between Evidence and Community Standards: 2010 Hot Topics—Saraswathi Vedam RM, CNM, MSN, Sci D (h.c.),
  4. Insurance Billing for Midwives—Kelli Sugihara CPMB
  5. Breech: European Solutions to North America—Betty-Anne Daviss RM, MA, BJ
  6. Big Bad Wolf—Robbie Davis-Floyd PhD—What can the story of the Three Little Pigs teach us about childbirth? Why is "the big bad wolf" the focal point of the story, and what does the wolf stand for, metaphorically speaking? Come and learn about birth in evolutionary perspective and how present concepts of childbirth and midwifery need to integrate premodern understandings with a postmodern perspective!
  7. Breast Health for Midwives—Courtney Everson BA, MA
  8. Training Indigenous Midwives Through Participation and Circle: The Nueve Lunas Model [Spanish session]—Araceli Gil Archundia

The Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery is hosting a

"Roast of the Farm Midwives" Moderated by Ricki Lake

with the following schedule (Tickets on sale for $20 each now!):

7:00 - Cash bar of midwife concoctions

7:30 - Roast begins promptly

9:00 - Screening of Guerrilla Midwife

This event will be open to the public.

9:00 pm Women's Songs: Passing on the Traditions with Pamela Hunt—Songs reach people's hearts and minds like no other way of communicating. Come sing with us and free your soul, clear your mind, and heal your heart. We will sing with harmony 4-5 women's songs.