SHEFFIELD HOME BIRTH CONFERENCE 2009
’ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL’
FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS
Friday 13 March 2009, 9.30am - 4.30pm,
at St Mary’s, Bramall Lane, Sheffield

09:30 Registration and Coffee

10:00 Denis Walsh - Why increasing homebirths is vital for the future of normal birth in the UK

10:30 Birth Matters - A short film produced by Nadine Edwards, Vice Chair of AIMS

10:50 WORKSHOPS: Supporting women at home - ’THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX’ about:

Breech/twins                                    Jane Evans, Independent Midwife
Physiological third stage                Chris Warren, Independent Midwife
Haemolytic Strep B infections       Wendy Davis, NHS Midwife, Sheffield
Vaginal Birth after Caesarean       Pam Dorling, NHS Midwife, Sheffield
Waterbirth                                       Anne Adamson, Independent Midwife

12:00 Ask the Parents - A Panel of local Mothers who have given birth at home Chaired by Mavis Kirkham, Emeritus Professor of Midwifery, Sheffield Hallam University

13:00 BUFFET LUNCH And an opportunity to find out about local and national services including Natal Hypnotherapy taster sessions with Dot Parry, NHS Midwife, Manchester.

14:15 WORKSHOPS: A different approach to pregnancy, labour and birth with:

Active Birth         Olivia Lester
Acupuncture        Rainy Hutchinson
Hypnobirthing      Beth Roche
Massage              Helena Costen
Osteopathy          Mandy Redmond

15:30 TEA AND COFFEE

15:45 HOMEBIRTH SERVICE IN SHEFFIELD - LOCAL UPDATE Dotty Watkins, Head of Midwifery, Sheffield and Kate Laurance, Strategy and Specification Manager, Sheffield PCT

16:15 Independent Midwifery - Jane Evans, Independent Midwife

16:30 CLOSE

Cost including refreshments & lunch homemade @ St. Mary’s:

Professionals – midwives & antenatal teachers (inc. NCT) £60
Student midwives / student teachers and parents £35 / couples £45
Stalls for businesses £50 + above fee if you want to attend the conference

*£10 reduction on all fees booked before 30 November 2008*

To book a place please complete the booking form

For further information contact Olivia Lester via email: olivia.lester AT sheffieldhomebirth.org.uk (replace AT with @) or telephone: 0114 2678 948