Past Events

Sheffield Homebirth Conference 2008

Sheffield Homebirth Conference 2008 was a huge success - we received excellent feedback and everyone thought the conference met it‘s objective to inspire, encourage and support an increasing homebirth service.

“Making Women the Focus of Maternity Care”
Saturday 29 March 2008, 9.30am - 4.30pm

09:30 Registration and coffee

10:00 Focus on safety - Women’s perspectives
Nadine Edwards, Vice Chair of the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS)

11:00 LET’S GET NORMAL
Amanda Dixon, NHS Midwife, Mid Essex

11:45 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          Anne Adamson, Independent Midwife
Waterbirth                                      Dot Parry, NHS Midwife, Manchester

13:00 BUFFET LUNCH
And an opportunity to find out about local and national services including ’taster sessions’.

14:30 FOCUS ON THE MOTHER
Ruth Weston

14:45 Why women don’t have homebirths
Pam Dorling, Retired NHS Midwife, Sheffield

15:15 TEA AND COFFEE

15:30 HOMEBIRTH SERVICE IN SHEFFIELD - LOCAL UPDATE
Dotty Watkins, Head of Midwifery, Sheffield

15:45 “STROPPY WOMEN”
Professor Mavis Kirkham, Sheffield Hallam University

 

THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN SHEFFIELD PREMIERE

Released in the USA in January 2008, it has great relevance to anyone with an interest in childbirth. See www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com for further details and a trailer of the film.

The screening took place at the Showroom, Sheffield, on Saturday 17th May, at 2.00pm,

The film encompassed everything Sheffield Homebirth Group believe about birth and we would highly recommend going to see it.

Mavis Kirkham, Emeritus Professor of Midwifery, Sheffield Hallam University gave a speech before the screening and then led discussion after with lots of interesting and passionate contributions from mothers and midwives.   

The screening raised £100 for the Save Independent Midwifery campaign

If you missed this screening please don’t dispair as there are screenings taking place across the UK over the coming months as follows:

Glasgow/ICM June 2nd
Northampton June 10th
Bolton June 11th
Bristol June 12th
Bath June 13th
Southampton June 14th
Hackney June 16th
Leicester June 17th + 18th
Stoneleigh/Coventry NCT 22nd June
Hackney 29th June (to be confirmed)
Brighton 29th June
St Albans June (to be confirmed)
Watford 22nd July
Liverpool (to be confirmed)
Yorkshire (to be confirmed)
Hereford/Worcester (to be confirmed)
Reading (to be confirmed)

All screenings are to raise awareness of the Save Independent Midwifery campaign - for further  details see www.saveindependentmidwifery.org