a pdf file of the convention program
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a pdf file of the convention program
MANA 2014 St. Louis, MO • October 23-26 MANA Welcomes you to St. Louis, Missouri for MANA 2014! From the MANA President— I’d like to welcome each of you to the Spirit of Midwifery at MANA 2014! There is so much we have planned for you here at your MANA ‘neighborhood’— Do yoga, rejuvenate in the red tent, take in a film screening, and enjoy “Blues Diva” Kim Massie as she welcomes us to St. Louis by singing the blues at the Opening Ceremony! Learn about what MANA is doing for you and vote on proposals during the Business Meeting, and share your thoughts during the Open Forum. Dance together on the rooftop, visit and shop with the sponsors and exhibitors, and attend all the high-quality sessions and informative meetings. MANA welcomes our old friends, looks forward to meeting our new ‘neighbors,’ and welcomes our many national and state leaders who are coming together in the spirit of unity. It’s an exciting time for MANA as we continue to grow and remain always adaptable, motivated, and responsive. We are transforming the way we operate to continuously improve our ability to listen to our members. Thanks to each of you for attending our convention and bringing your expertise to our gathering. You have the vision, the knowledge, the wherewithal, and the experience to help us pave our way into the future. You are truly our greatest asset today and tomorrow, and we could not accomplish what we do without your support and leadership. I ask you to help us shape the future of the Midwives Alliance. In the Spirit of Midwifery: Welcome! MANA President, Marinah Valenzuela Farrell LM, CPM From the Local Committee— Welcome to St. Louis! We are so excited to showcase our amazing city and all it offers to visitors and residents. We hope you’ll take time during the convention to venture out to our amazing restaurants and abundant (free) attractions. We’re known as the “Show Me State” for a reason! St. Louis (and Missouri) truly embody the “Spirit of Midwifery.” For decades, midwives and consumers worked together to legalize Certified Professional Midwives. We rallied together to develop consensus, and effectively collaborated with a diverse political spectrum to ultimately legalize midwives in 2007 (the law was upheld by the Missouri Supreme Court in 2008 after being challenged by physician groups). Since then, midwives continue to work together amicably to offer more options to birthing families and to ensure that midwives remain a legally viable option to families across the state. The number of homebirth midwives is continually growing. In St. Louis, two midwives practiced “underground” prior to legalization, and now seven CPMs are practicing openly. In addition, birth centers have popped up all around the state, including the St. Louis area. We have one freestanding birth center that serves the St. Louis area, a few months ago Mercy hospital opened the first midwife staffed hospital birth center, and one area hospital is beginning to grant delivery privileges to Certified Nurse-Midwives (the midwives working in these environments add an additional seven midwives serving our city). The swift increase in midwives, rise in families choosing the midwives model of care, and options of midwifery care in a variety of settings is a monumental achievement in only a few short years. We are so proud of these accomplishments! We look forward to meeting you during the amazing line up of educational and social offerings MANA has so thoughtfully put together to further the “Spirit of Midwifery” within ourselves, our communities, and our world. We hope you find your spirit renewed and energized as you journey within the convention and our city! MANA Board, Division, and Committee Chairs Convention Teams Board of Directors Local Convention Team President . . . . . Marinah Valenzuela Farrell LM, CPM Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarita Bennett DO, CPM Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Dixon CNM Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vicki Hedley CPM, CM Director of Organizational Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian Feldhusen CPM, NHCM Director of Health Advocacy and Policy . . . . . . . . . . . Colleen Donovan-Batson CNM, MS Director of Professional Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Smith BS, CPM Director of Public Affairs . . . . . . . Treesa McLean LM Sections Int’l Confederation of Midwives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diane Holzer LM, CPM, PAC 2 Division of Research Chair . . . . . . . . . . Melissa Cheyney, PhD, CPM, LDM Director of Data Collection . . . . . . . . Bruce Ackerman Director of Data Quality . . . Marit Bovbjerg, PhD, MS Director of Research Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Everson, BA, MA, PhDc Director of Database Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellen Harris-Braun, CPM Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jen Brown Senior Advisor for the MANA Division of Research Saraswathi Vedam, RM, FACNM, MSN, Sci D (h.c.) Other Committee Chairs Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill Breen CPM, CLC Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justine Clegg Fundraising . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tara Tulley, CPM, LCSW Insurance Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Geisler Midwifery Education and Advocacy . . . Carol Nelson Nominations/Elections . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Welborn Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carrie Sparrevohn Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samanda Rossi Assistant Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Miller Red Tent Coordinator . . . . Shannon Lawton-O’Boyle Student Skills Precon . . . . . Susan Mickley, RN, CPM Art Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Jester Convention Program Committee Debbie Allen CPM; Shannon Anton CPM; Liz Baer CPM; Melissa Cheyney PhD, CPM, LDM; Marinah Valenzuela Farrell LM, CPM; Laura Perez CPM; Chanel L. Porchia - Albert; Christy Tashjian CPM, LM; Krystel Viehmann LM, CPM; Lena Wood; and Clarice Winkler National Convention Team Convention Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camille Abbe Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenni Huntley Program/CEU Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clarice Winkler Program Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christy Tashjian Communications Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill Breen Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camille Abbe Printed Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tina Williams Social Media Consultant . . . . . . . . Jeanette McCulloch General Convention Information Continuing Education Unit Credits (CEUs) This year the CEU process will be totally on-line. Detailed instructions are in the CEU packets. We have applied for CEUs from MEAC and ACNM. Please note that not all sessions have received CEUs. Please refer to CEU Verification Worksheet in your CEU packet for updated CEU status. Look for the following symbols on the schedule: * MEAC approved; + ACNM approved; ^ ACNM applied. If there is no note, there will be no CEUs for that session. Nurture Yourself Take a moment to relax in our Red Tent sponsored by Lansinoh. This year, the St Louis Committee has a few events scheduled in the Red Tent, including Circle Stories, tastings, and an energy worker on Friday afternoon. Check the door for details. The Red Tent is located in Sterling 2. Food, Food, Food! Breakfast is 7-8 am daily in the Ballroom (Regency CD) Lunch is 12:30-1:30 pm daily in the Ballroom. Please note there will be no meetings during the lunch hour, however they will begin promptly thereafter in the same room. Questions or Problems? If you have problems or questions that need immediate attention, go to the MANA registration desk. Book Signings Presenter/Authors are welcome to sign copies of their books on Saturday 10-11 am in the Exhibit Hall. Do you speak Spanish? If you speak Spanish and would like to assist Spanish speaking midwives during the convention with translations, please get a special sticker for your badge at the Registration table so those midwives can identify Spanish speakers quickly. Raffle Tickets Raffle tickets are available for $1 each or six for $5 from the wandering ticket sellers. Be sure to visit the raffle item table in the exhibit hall as you can choose which item(s) you wish to try to win! The drawing will take place late Saturday night at the conculsion of the FAM event. Prizes must be picked up by noon on Sunday (they will not be shipped). Still Need a Roommate? Post a note on the message board at Registration. You can also check the Convention’s Event Facebook page. The Social Media Conversation Session Descriptions We have edited some of the breakout session descriptions for length. If you would like to read the full descriptions, visit mana.org/mana2014/schedule. Convention Logo Artist This year’s convention logo was designed by artist Allyson Raimondi Breen. Her piece designed for MANA 2014: The Spirit Of Midwifery, was inspired by her home birth experience. “Feeling through waves of contractions, the midwives offer a steady guiding light, allowing baby and mother to find their way together through their own birth journey.” You can learn more about Allyson on the Convention Website or connect with her through her Etsy shop RaimondiBird or email her at [email protected]. Exhibits Exhibits will be available to visit during the following hours: • Thursday: following Opening Ceremony, an Exhibits Reception 9 to 11 pm • Friday & Saturday: 10 am - 10 pm with Exhibits breaks 10-11 am and 4:00-4:30 pm both days • Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm with Exhibits breaks 10-11am and 1:30-2:15. Note that some exhibitors may not be on site Sunday, so don’t delay! Audio Recordings We are offering audio recording of the sessions at the AV tables near the MANA registration area. They can be purchased individually or as a package and on CD or MP3 format. Not all presenters will be recorded. Please check the list in advance. You may also purchase recordings after the convention by calling 888-763-1464 or order online at http://www. networkcommunicationsaudio.com/midwifery2014.html Yoga Yoga instructor Gail Buzzotta will be offering a morning yoga class for all levels Friday-Sunday 6-7 am in Regency E. Table of Contents Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13 Thank you to Convention Supporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Schedule at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17 Sage Femme and Sapling Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19 Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-27 Speaker Biographies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-30 Local Area Restaurants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Meeting Room Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover Join the conversation, and help us spread the word online! Here’s a few ways you can participate: On Facebook: check out the MANA Facebook page at <facebook. com/MidwivesAlliance>. We’ll be sharing convention pictures and convention highlights; please help us share widely! We’ll be using the hashtag #MANA14. On Twitter: Follow us at @MANAcommunity, and we’ll be live tweeting parts of the convention at #MANA14. 3 Pre-Convention, Thursday, October 23, 2014 Full Day Sessions, 8 am to 6 pm (2 hour break for lunch from 12-2 pm) 1. Is Accreditation Right For My School? Creativity, Quality, and Accountability in Midwifery Education through MEAC Accreditation—Sandra Bitonti Stewart; Karin Borgerson MBA . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 5 2. Join the Team! Volunteer Training with the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council— Jessica Kelly-Shaieb JD . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 5 3. The Business of Birthing a Midwifery Practice— Augustine Colebook CPM, LM . . . . . . . Sterling 7 4. NRP: Technical Skills Applied to Out-of-Hospital Births—Pam White . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 6 5. Suturing—Lynn Arnold . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 3 Half Day Morning Sessions, 8 pm to 12 pm 1. Delivering Culturally Safe Care—Jessica Danforth & Krysta Williams of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 1 2. Homeopathy for Midwives— MJ Hanafin CNM D.Hom . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 8 Lunch Break from 12-2 pm Half Day Afternoon Sessions, 2 pm to 6 pm 1. Student Skills Workshop, Hosted by Missouri Midwives . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 9 2. Osteopathy for Pregnancy, Birth and the Newborn— Sarita Bennett DO, CPM . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 8 3. Birth Your Online Presence— Jeanette McCulloch IBCLC . . . . . . . . . Sterling 1 4. Is Accreditation Right for my School Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 4 Evening Activities 6:30- 8:00pm Film Event “The Face of Birth” . . . . . Regency F Nine women share their personal stories with the viewers, augmented by words of wisdom from leading global experts, echoing MANA’s belief in the safety of normal physiologic birth as well as a woman’s right to make the informed choice that is best for her and her family. The film is available for purchase at the convention. If you would like to buy the video online, use the special code “WS053” on this page: faceofbirth.com/ films. Make your selection (DVD, Download, and which film) and click “buy now” which will take you to another page to confirm. Click to confirm, which will take you to the shopping cart page where you will enter the code “WS053.” 8:00- 9:00 pm Opening Ceremony . . . Regency CD “Blues & Brews” featuring Kim Massie “Kim Massie is one of the most recognizable vocalists in the Midwest. Her ability to sing not only the blues but rock, pop, country, gospel and R&B has earned her two Best Female Vocalist of the Year Awards from the Riverfront Times as well as a Grand Center Visionary Award in 2005. This proud grandmother of six has shared the stage with artists such as Cyndi Lauper, India Arie, Nelly, and Chuck Berry.” The “Blues Diva” will open MANA2014 with her inspiring show and unforgettable voice. 9:00-11:00 pm Exhibits Reception . . . Regency AB Special thanks also go out to the following local breweries for supplying beer for the event: • The Beale on Broadway • Urban Chestnut Brewing Company • The Saint Louis Brewery 5 Lansinoh CARES about breastfeeding moms and babies Solutions to help mom and baby keep breastfeeding through early challenges At Lansinoh we understand how important the early days of breastfeeding are for moms and babies. That’s why we offer our line of breastfeeding care products. 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Friday, October 24, 2014 6:00- 7:00 am 7:00- 7:00- 8:00 am 8:00- 8:15 am Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency E Registration . . Regency Coat Room Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency CD Convocation by Lynne M. Jackson . . . . . Regency CD 8:15- 9:00 am President’s Welcome— Marinah Valenzuela Farrell LM, CPM . . . . . . Regency CD 9:00-10:00 am *+Plenary: Undisturbed Birth— Sister Sandra MorningStar CPM . . . . . Regency CD 10:00- 11:00 am Exhibits Open . . . . . . . . Regency AB 11:00-12:30 pm Breakout Sessions A 1. *+Saving Ourselves - Black Midwives and Doulas Impacting Inequities—Sherry Lenore Payne RN MSN CNE IBCLC . . . . . . . . Sterling 3 This session examines the state of childbearing and maternity care in the African-American community, with a review of the literature, and a subsequent look at successful community-led models around the country driven by the resurgence of Black midwives and doulas and their impact on birth outcomes and breastfeeding rates. 2. *+Birth and the Primal Brain - Survival of the Species in the Modern World— Sarita Bennett DO, CPM . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 6 We will explore the hormonal physiology of birth, the hard wiring of the female brain, and the importance of understanding its implications for the future of the human species, specifically in the modern world. Sit back and enjoy this spirited explanation of how our mommy brain works. 3. *+Midwives As Appropriate First Responders to Disasters Worldwide— Vicki Penwell CPM, LM, MS, MA . . . . . Sterling 7 The skills to mount a disaster response are accessible and learnable, but they must be both informed and culturally competent to produce the most good and not hinder the relief efforts at ground zero. This session will discuss the author’s personal experience mounting a large scale midwifery response to Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in November, 2013, and the speaker will demonstrate how especially suited out-of-hospital midwives are to being first responders to disaster scenes. She will describe how her small team of local and international midwives were able to keep all 10 Steps of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative 10 Steps to Optimal Maternity Care even under duress in a disaster zone. Friday morning we start our weekend with a welcome by Lynne M. Jackson, president and founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation and great-great granddaughter of Harriet and Dred Scott. She has received numerous awards including the Empowering Women Who Inspire Award. The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation’s goal is to promote the commemoration, education and reconciliation of our histories with an eye towards helping to heal the wounds of the past. In 2012, under Jackson’s leadership the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation erected the first statue of Harriet and Dred Scott (designed and created by sculptor Harry Weber) which stands outside The Old Courthouse in St.Louis. Jackson, her husband Brian and their two grown children live in St. Louis where they were all born. 4. *^AME Presents: An Exploration of Power Within the Student-Preceptor Relationship— Lisa Maureen Wiley MSM . . . . . . . . . Sterling 8 This session will begin with a presentation of the results of interviews with recently educated midwifery students. The presenter will then discuss a summary of themes that emerged from the interviews that provides insight into the nature of power within this relationship, and as well implications of this dynamic upon the profession. The presenter will further open up the session for questions regarding the study. Should there be time and desire from the audience, the presenter will consider facilitating a dialogue regarding how to integrate the findings of this research into an effort to strengthen the profession of midwifery from its educational base. 5. *+The Evidence-Based Due Date: What the Research Says About Length of Pregnancy (and What MANA Stats 4.0 Data Can Tell Us)— Ellen Harris-Braun CPM; Melissa Cheyney PhD, CPM, LDM . . . . . Sterling 9 We will review the existing evidence on Naegele’s rule, wheels, apps, cycle adjustments, and maternal characteristics that seem to affect pregnancy length. We will also show how the MANA Stats 4.0 dataset can be used to replicate and test some earlier, smaller studies of maternal characteristics such as parity and CEU Notes: * MEAC CEUs approved; + ACNM CEUs approved; ^ ACNM CEUs applied 7 Friday, October 24, 2014, continued age. Large datasets of women experiencing spontaneous onset of labor are now difficult to obtain in the U.S. MANA Stats, a large, normal physiologic birth dataset, allows us to test the 280-day length of pregnancy assumption and ideally provide more individualized evidence for setting due dates. This could improve women’s emotional experience of late pregnancy as well as reduce unnecessary interventions if pregnancy goes past the due date. High-quality care requires using an due date that reflects the likelihood of birth as accurately as possible for each individual woman. 12:30- 1:30 pm Lunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency CD 1:30- 2:30 pm *+Plenary: Jessica Danforth, Native Youth Sexual Health Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency CD 2:30- 4:00 pm MANA Business Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency CD 4:00- 4:30 pm FAM Appeal/Break/ Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency AB 4:30- 6:00 pm Breakout Sessions B 1. *+What You Don’t Know Hurts Us: Racism, White Privilege, and Perinatal Health Inequities—Sherry Lenore Payne RN, MSN, CNE, IBCLC . . . Sterling 3 This workshop examines the issue of health inequities in the African-American community and how why white privilege promotes those inequities. We will discuss common barriers to care and health promotion and how practitioners can increase their own awareness of the problem. Finally, we will look at strategies for eliminating disparities through purposeful assessment and examination of beliefs and attitudes and the policies that proceed from them. This workshop offers practical steps that anyone can take to begin to rid themselves of bias in the provision of care. 2. *+Decoding Legalese: A Hands-on, Holistic Introduction to the Law and How it Impacts You— Indra Lusero MA, JD . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 6 This session will provide attendees with a solid foundation for understanding the legal system and how they fit within it. Instead of treating risk as if it is black and white, this session will provide participants with a framework for understanding legal risk and tools for making individual risk assessments. Just like decisions in health care are effected by culture, resources, gender, age, and more, so too are legal decisions. Covered topics will include informed-consent, regulatory, civil and criminal law, your rights and responsibilities within different practice settings, what to do if you’re 8 charged or investigated, when to get an attorney and what to look for in one, and common legal strategies and pitfalls. 3. *+Obstetric Fistula and Illegal Birth Attendants in Eastern Uganda— Bonnie Ruder CPM, MPH, MA . . . . . . . Sterling 7 In Uganda, an estimated 200,000 women suffer from obstetric fistula with 1,900 new cases each year. The majority of Ugandan women deliver with traditional birth attendants and family members. These figures, along with a persistently high maternal mortality rate, led the government of Uganda to criminalize traditional birth attendants in 2010. In this presentation, I draw on ethnographic evidence from open-ended, semi-structured interviews with obstetric fistula survivors and traditional birth attendants to describe their experience of obstetric fistula. In addition, in-depth interviews and participant observation explore the effect criminalization of traditional birth attendants has had on maternal health care in eastern Uganda. Results demonstrate how the reliance on Western-prescribed imported practices has failed to address the root causes of maternal morbidity while simultaneously criminalizing Uganda’s culturally embedded system of birth attendants. 4. *The NARM Certification Process: Updates on Recent Changes and Expectations for the Future— Ida Darragh CPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 8 Discussion of the 2013 changes in eligibility requirements for NARM certification, the 2014 changes in testing procedures, and the impact of the US MERA statement on the NARM PEP process. 5. *+Recognizing Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Pregnant Mothers and Newborns— Erica Peirson ND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 9 There is currently an epidemic of subclinical hypothyroidism in the U.S. that is not being detected or treated by conventional endocrinologists. Physicians are currently trained to treat numbers on a page and not actual patients. This lack of treatment is not only leading to women who are fatigued, in pain and depressed, but also at risk of giving birth to a child with a birth defect, autism, or miscarrying. Additionally, nearly 100% of children with Down syndrome (Ds) are at risk of having subclinical hypothyroidism and experience profound effects in all organ systems from inactive thyroid hormone on the cellular level. The goal of recognizing and treating hypothyroidism in newborns and infants with Ds is not to fix their Down syndrome, but to optimize their health. CEU Notes: * MEAC CEUs approved; + ACNM CEUs approved; ^ ACNM CEUs applied Friday, October 24, 2014, continued 6:00- 8:00 pm Dinner on your own 6:00- 7:00 pm Student Caucus . . . . . . . Room 1555 6:00- 7:00 pm Christian Caucus . . . . . . . Sterling 5 6:00- 7:00 pm The International/ICM Section meeting . . . . . . . Sterling 4 6:00- 7:00 pm Native American Midwives Gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 1 9:00-11:00 pm Dance . . 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Regency CD 10:00- 11:00 am Exhibits/Posters/Break/ Author Book Signing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency AB 11:00-12:30 pm Breakout Sessions C 1. *AME Presents: Out of country clinical placements: Calling the question for MEAC schools—Wendy M. Gordon CPM, LM, MPH; Mary Yglesia; Ida Darragh CPM . . . . . . Sterling 3 Stating it is beyond NARM’s capacity to oversee or assure the quality of clinical training in dozens of world-wide sites, NARM will not accept clinical experiences for PEP applicants in out-of-country clinical sites after June 1, 2014. In light of NARM’s position, MEAC has convened a committee to study clinical placements in out-of-country settings for students in MEAC accredited midwifery programs. We will report the committee’s findings and create an opportunity for educators to bring forward important issues for discussion on this topic. 2. 1WHY Equity?—Sam Killermann . . . . . Sterling 6 Social justice comedian and author Sam Killermann talks about his passion for social justice through his own experience in the world of identity, gender, and sexuality. 1CEUs will be applied for from MEAC for this session. 3. *+Supporting Muslim Families in the Childbearing Year: A Guide for Midwives—Shannon Staloch LM, CPM, IBCLC; Krystina Friedlander . . . . . Sterling 7 This session is designed to sensitize midwives to the incredible diversity of religious and cultural preferences that color the childbearing experiences of Muslim women, thus giving midwives the tools to better navigate issues related to working with Muslim families. The session will cover a range of topics, including varying definitions of modesty, the relevance of gender roles, the complex relationship between culture and 10 religion, Muslim comfort with birth control, expectations about circumcision, Islamic traditions around birth and babies, fasting in Ramadan for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, and more. We also plan to share the results of the first-ever American Muslim Birth Survey. We will share strategies that midwives can use to promote midwifery care to the Muslim families in their local communities. 4. *+Legislative Drafting for Midwifery Advocates— April Blackmore JD . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 8 This session will provide midwifery advocates with tools to draft effective legislation and to lobby their state legislatures. We will begin with a short overview of the legislative process or “how a bill becomes a law.” We will discuss how to interpret existing statutes and how to read, write, and understand new legislation, focusing on best practices for effective communication with legislators and their staff. Finally, we will discuss the current state of midwifery laws at the state level, including Medicaid reimbursement and legal status of direct-entry midwives. We will also discuss state rules regarding implementation of mandates under the Affordable Care Act. 5. *+Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy: What Midwives Need to Know— Sarah Hunter CPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 9 This session aims to redress continuing neglect of Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP) by providing caregivers a multidimensional understanding of the condition and the tools to deal with it in the field. Using the midwifery model of learning, the session includes both information from the available medical research and empirical observations of my own experience with the illness. Crucial questions that arise when dealing with ICP will be addressed. With a better understanding of the differential diagnosis of itching during pregnancy and the pathophysiology of ICP we can help improve the lives of mothers and babies. 12:30- 1:25 pm Lunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency CD 1:25- 1:35 pm What is the Value of Midwifery Care? IAAM Video Premier: First of the new three-part series for IAAM 2.0. . . . Regency CD 1:35- 2:30 pm Awards Ceremony . . . . Regency CD 2:30- 3:00 pm FAM Appeal/Break . . . Regency CD CEU Notes: * MEAC CEUs approved; + ACNM CEUs approved; ^ ACNM CEUs applied Saturday, October 25, 2014, continued 3:00- 4:00 pm MANA Open Forum . . . Regency CD The following rules of the MANA Open Forum are taken from MANA Policies and Procedures Handbook, October 2014, Page 156. 1. All MANA members, including non-voting members, may speak at Open Forum. 2. Each member shall verify with the Membership Chair her or his membership status prior to speaking. 3. Each member who addresses the meeting shall identify herself or himself and her or his state before speaking. 4. Any member shall be entitled to speak once for a total of three (3) minutes to a proposal or matter being debated. 5. When there are no more members wishing to make NEW points on a pending proposal, the Facilitator will ask for unresolved concerns. 4:00- 4:30 pm Exhibits/Posters/ Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency AB 4:30- 6:00 pm Breakout Sessions D 1. *+Outcomes for mothers and neonates following waterbirth: The MANA Statistics Project 2004-2009 cohort, n=16,355— Melissa Cheyney PhD, CPM, LDM . . . . . Sterling 3 This session will present findings from a study examining outcomes from completed waterbirths in home and birth center settings. The purpose of this study was to compare neonatal and maternal outcomes for neonates born underwater, neonates not born underwater, and neonates whose mothers intended a waterbirth, but who were born “on land” instead. We used data from the Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project (MANA Stats), collected between 2004 and 2009 ( n=18,409 neonates and n=18,355 pregnancies). Active discussion by participants will help to illuminate the ways in which study findings may be applied to midwifery practice through quality assurance and quality improvement frameworks. 2. *+The Anti-Shock Garment Training for Midwives— Vicki Penwell CPM, LM, MS, MA . . . . . Sterling 6 This session will provide critical hands on training in how to use the Non-Inflatable Anti-Shock Garment to treat shock from blood loss in postpartum women. These newly designed NIASG are now on the World Health Organization’s list of measures to prevent death from postpartum hemorrhage, still the leading cause of mortality and morbidity surrounding childbirth everywhere in the world. 3. *+Gestational Diabetes: What Do We Know, What Do We See, What Can We Do—Linda Schutt BS CPM CM; Susan Derby CPM . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 7 We will present the most recent research on the occurrence and effects of Gestational Diabetes and the analysis of client history, food journals, risk factors, and diagnostic tests. We will discuss dietary education and recommendations, including the concept of carbohydrate excess, and client-based testing and dietary correction. We will explore potential adverse outcomes in newborns, including several case studies. 4. *^Playing the Insurance Game—Christine Romney; Nicole Wocelka CPM . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 8 With the movement in coding from ICD-9 to ICD-10, the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and the recent changes to HIPAA, providers have never had more liability when it comes to their insurance billing practices and health record keeping. We will give an overview of each of these programs and specifically highlight how these affect out-of-hospital midwifery practices, along with resources for more information. In this seminar we will address why the ‘hands off’ approach is no longer an option for midwives when it comes to these important national programs, and how knowing some key information can stack the deck in their favor. 5. *+Midwifery and the Life Continuum: Lessons Drawn from Birth and Death—Amy Wright Glenn MA, CD(DONA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 9 This session will explore the skills required of caregivers when holding space for both the birthing and the dying; discuss the features that characterize skillful support for individuals and families as they move through both birth and through death, the areas of overlap in the training of birth professionals and hospital/hospice chaplains and how birth workers have much to gain the formal study of how to support people as they die. 6. 1HOW Equity?—Sam Killermann . . . . . Sterling 5 Gender is one of those things everyone thinks they understand, but most don’t really understand at all. Kind of like the usage of the word “irony” (isn’t that ironic?). Sam will explain the complexities of gender, highlighting the obstacles with healthcare. He’ll follow up with a discussion to brainstorm strategies for dismantling these barriers. 1CEUs will be applied for from MEAC for this session. 6:00- 8:00 pm Dinner on your own CEU Notes: * MEAC CEUs approved; + ACNM CEUs approved; ^ ACNM CEUs applied 11 Saturday, October 25, 2014, continued 6:00- 7:00 pm Native American Midwives Council and MANA BoD Gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 1555 8:30-10:30 pm FAM Film Event, MicroBirth, and honoring St. Louis Midwives . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency CD 6:00- 7:00 pm Bridge Club . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 9 6:00- 7:00 pm AME meeting . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 4 Sunday, October 26, 2014 6:00- 7:00 am 7:00- 7:00- 8:00 am 8:00- 9:00 am Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency E Registration . . Regency Coat Room Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency CD *^Plenary: Making Sense of HIPAA— Christine Romney; Jeanette McCulloch IBCLC; Jenni Huntly RM . . . . . . Regency CD 9:00-10:00 am *+Panel: Midwifery in Native American Communities - The Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . Regency CD 10:00- 11:00 am Exhibits/Posters/ Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency AB 11:00-12:30 pm Breakout Sessions E 1. *+City Dweller Syndrome—Sister Sandra MorningStar CPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 3 Akin to Nature Deficit Disorder, the effects on wimyn’s reproductive lives by living primarily in the city has resulted in a wide variety of physical and emotional problems which contribute to biological and behavioral dependency on increasing medicalization of all female functions. Wimyn living closer to nature experience, as a whole, the absence or diminished symptoms of what I call City Dwellers Syndrome in much the same was as we observe mammals in captivity. Simple changes in early development and prenatal care can have lasting effects in reversing the magnitude of these adverse symptoms and save not only one womyn at a time but perhaps our global society as a whole. 2. *+ACNM, MANA and NACPM: Working Together to Promote Normal Birth in the United States—Justine Clegg MS, LM, CPM; Ellie Daniels CPM; Catherine Collins-Fulea MSN, CNM, FACNM . . . . Sterling 6 This session will describe the history of the Normal Birth Task Force, explain the Delphi Process that resulted in the document “Supporting Healthy and 12 Need to check out of your room? Store your bags in Sterling 4. Normal Physiologic Childbirth: A Consensus Statement by ACNM, MANA and NACPM” and use the companion consumer statement “Normal Healthy Childbirth for Women and Families: What you need to know” in client care and consumer education. We will access and use the BirthTOOLS toolkit to promote normal physiologic birth and discuss current national quality initiatives related to normal physiologic birth. We will relate the benefits of collaboration among the national midwifery professional organizations to promote midwifery and normal birth in the U.S. to other initiatives to advance midwifery and improve maternal and child health. 3. *+Hiding behind the Masks: Eating Disorders and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period— Tara Tulley CPM, LCSW . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 7 Participants will learn about the biological blueprint of the mind of an individual suffering from an eating disorder and learn how anxiety plays a factor into predisposing individuals who suffer. Participants will learn how an individual who has suffered or is currently suffering from an eating disorder may be at higher risk for experiencing pregnancy and postpartum depression and anxiety, body image disturbances, and relapse of eating disordered behaviors. Participants will learn which screening tools are available, how to bring up these issues during prenatal visits, and how to help clients find life saving treatment. 4. *+Basic Disaster Birth Support (BDBS) A Means of Changing the Perception of Birth— Ruth C. Walsh MA, CPM . . . . . . . . . . Sterling 8 This session will present the Basic Disaster Birth Support project. It will review the current national recommendations for pregnant women in times of disaster. CEU Notes: * MEAC CEUs approved; + ACNM CEUs approved; ^ ACNM CEUs applied Sunday, October 26, 2014 This includes March of Dimes, ACNM, White Ribbon Alliance, and CDC. It will compare and contrast the recommendations. The session will conclude with a summary of the West Virginia experience with BDBS. 5. *+Grief Politicized: When Homebirth Becomes Stillbirth—Elizabeth Heineman PhD . . . . Sterling 9 Homebirth for low-risk pregnancies attended by qualified midwives has as low an incidence of “bad outcomes” as hospital birth. That doesn’t mean there are NO bad outcomes. Hospital births gone wrong, however, aren’t taken as evidence that hospitalbased obstetrics should be shut down. By contrast, homebirths gone wrong become ammunition in the “midwife wars.” In 2008, my homebirth turned into a stillbirth. As I grieved, I learned that people’s sympathy could quickly turn to blame when they learned that I had chosen homebirth. At the same time, I feared exclusion from the gentle-birthing community that had become so important to me: perhaps I was now a political liability. The fact that I was driven to write a memoir about my experience compounded my worries. 6. *+Intermittent Auscultation in Labor: Research and Practice Updates— Wendy Gordon CPM, LM, MPH . . . . . . Sterling 5 This session discusses the use of intermittent auscultation (IA) in midwifery practice. We ompare the different types of instruments that can be used for IA, the interpretation of auditory vs. visual data, review of current research evidence, and identify information to be included in the documentation of IA in the client’s record. 12:30- 1:30 pm Lunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency CD 1:30- 2:30 pm FAM Appeal/Break/ Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency AB 2:30- 3:30 pm Plenary: Report from Home Birth Consensus: National Collaborative Guidelines on Transport from Home Birth to Hospital—Diane Holzer LM, CPM, PAC; Tami J. Michele OB/GYN . . . . . Regency CD 3:30- 4:30 pm Closing Ceremony—Sister Sandra Morningstar . . . . . . . . . Regency CD CEU Notes: * MEAC CEUs approved; + ACNM CEUs approved; ^ ACNM CEUs applied e v a S the ! e t a D MANA 2015 will be in Albuquerque, New Mexico October 15-18, 2015 M I DWI FE RY TODAY CON FE RE NCE Eugene, Oregon • March 18–22, 2015 “Birthing with Love Changes the World” midwiferytoday.com/conferences/Eugene2015 www.midwiferytoday.com E-mail: [email protected] • Tel: +1-541-344-7438 or 800-743-0974 (U.S./Canada) Photo by Emily Robinson—emilyrobinsonphoto.com Thank you to the Following Convention Supporters: Our Silver Level Sponsors are— Lansinoh® Brand HPA® Lanolin, recommended by more moms and lactation caregivers than any other brand, is the safest nipple topical with purity levels unmatched by any other lanolin topical available. 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Southern Cross Insurance Solutions provides access to many insurance carriers to serve your needs and offers business solutions and choices for all practices. Southern Cross knows your business and can always find a plan to fit your needs. <www.themidwifeplan.com> List of Exhibitors (as of printing this program) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Association of Midwifery Educators (AME) Bastyr University Bio-Oil Birth Boot Camp, Inc. Citizens for Midwifery (CfM) ClientCare.net Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC) Community School of Midwifery Fetal Position Model Flora/Floradix Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery (FAM) Fridababy Good Start Genetics Healthy Homes Raffle Items • • • • • • • • • • • • • In His Hands Birth Supply Jewels Within Mandala Journey Michigan Midwives Association National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) Piel Canela Peru/Fair Trade Organization Precious Arrows Radiant Belly Serola Biomechanics Southwest Wisconsin Technical College SQUAT Birth Journal TxOptions Vaccine Safety Gaps, LLC Thank you to all who donated raffle items. Check them out in the exhibits area, and pick what you hope to win. Raffle tickets can be purchased from the wandering ticket sellers at meals or at the MANA Sales Table in Exhibits. The Raffle drawing will take place Saturday night; so don’t delay! 15 MANA 2014 Sche Thursday, October 23 Yoga—6:00 to 7:00 am 7:30 am 8:30 am 9:30 am Breakfast—7:00 to 8:00 am Half Day President’s Welcome—8:00 to 9:00 am Morning Preconvention Sessions— 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Plenary: Undisturbed Birth—9:00 to 10:00 am Exhibits—10:00 to 11:00 am 10:30 am 11:30 am 12:30 pm Friday October 24 Breakout Sessions A—11:00 to 12:30 pm Lunch (on your own)— 12 noon to 2:00 pm 1:30 pm Full Day Preconvention Sessions— 8:00 am to 6:00 pm with lunch (on your own) from noon to 2 pm 2:30 pm Lunch—12:30 to 1:30 pm Plenary: Native Youth Sexual Health Network— 1:30 to 2:30 pm MANA Business Meeting— 2:30 to 4:00 pm Half Day 3:30 pm Afternoon Preconvention Sessions— 2:00 to 6:00 pm FAM Appeal/Break/Exhibits—4:00 to 4:30 pm 4:30 pm Breakout Sessions B—4:30 to 6:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:30 pm 16 Dinner on your own “The Face of Birth” Film Showing—6:30 to 8:00 pm 7:30 pm 8:30 pm Student Caucus; The International/ICM Section meeting; Native American Midwives Gathering— 6:00 to 7:00 pm Dinner on your own Opening Ceremony—8:00 to 9:00 pm Exhibits Reception—9:00 to 11:00 pm Rooftop Dance Under the Stars—9:00 to 11 pm edule at a Glance Saturday, October 25 Sunday, October 26 Yoga—6:00 to 7:00 am Yoga—6:00 to 7:00 am Breakfast—7:00 to 8:00 am Breakfast—7:00 to 8:00 am Keynote Address: Dorothy Roberts— 8:00 to 9:00 am Plenary: Making Sense of HIPAA—8:00 to 9:00 am Plenary: MANA Division of Research Annual Update and 2014 Research Roundup—9:00 to 10:00 am Panel: Midwifery in Native American Communities The Challenge—9:00 to 10:00 am 7:30 am 8:30 am 9:30 am Author Book Signing and Exhibits—10:00 to 11:00 am Exhibits—10:00 to 11:00 am Breakout Sessions C—11:00 to 12:30 pm Breakout Sessions E—11:00 to 12:30 pm 10:30 am 11:30 am 12:30 pm Lunch—12:30 to 1:25 pm Lunch—12:30 to 1:30 pm IAAM Video Premier—1:25 to 1:35 pm Awards Ceremony—1:35 to 2:30 pm FAM Appeal/Break—2:30 to 3:00 pm MANA Open Forum—3:00 to 4:00 pm 1:30 pm FAM Appeal/Break/Exhibits—1:30 to 2:30 pm Plenary: Report from Home Birth Consensus: National Collaborative Guidelines on Transport from Home Birth to Hospital—2:30 to 3:30 pm 2:30 pm 3:30 pm Closing Circle—3:30 to 4:30 pm 4:30 pm Breakout Sessions D—4:30 to 6:00 pm 5:30 pm Native American Midwives Council and MANA BoD Gathering, Bridge Club, AME meeting— 6:00 to 7:00 pm Dinner on your own FAM Film Event, MicroBirth and honoring St. Louis Midwives—8:30 pm Songs & Conversation with Graham Nash— 5:30 to 7:00 pm 6:30 pm 17 7:30 pm 8:30 pm The MANA Sage Femme Award Recipient for 2014 is Jennie Joseph LM, CPM She is the chair of Florida’s State Council of Licensed Midwives. Currently she owns a Florida licensed midwifery school attached to her nationally renowned birth center and public health clinic in Winter Garden, Florida. She also developed and administers perinatal professional training and certification programs to address the health care provider shortage, diversify the maternal child health (MCH) workforce and address persistent racial and class disparities in birth outcomes. Due to the high prematurity rates experienced by low income and uninsured women she established an outreach clinic for pregnant women who are at risk of not receiving prenatal care. Her ‘Easy Access’ Prenatal Care Clinics offer quality maternity care for all, regardless of their choice of delivery site or ability to pay and has successfully reduced both maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in Central Florida. Jennie Joseph, a British-trained midwife and women’s health advocate, moved to the United States in 1989 and began a journey which has culminated in the formation of an innovative maternal child healthcare system, The JJ Way®. Jennie has worked extensively in European hospitals, American birth centers, clinics and homebirth environments. Jennie has been instrumental in the regulation of Florida midwives since the 1990’s and has been involved in midwifery education since 1995. 18 There are both quantitative and qualitative studies underway regarding Jennie’s work as well as continuous reviews of the impact of her clinical and educational programs. Jennie’s model of health care, The JJ Way®, provides an evidence-based system to deliver MCH services which improve health, reduce costs and produce better outcomes all round. As the founder and executive director of her own non-profit corporation, Commonsense Childbirth Inc., Jennie firmly believes that “every woman wants a healthy baby and every woman deserves one.” For more information about Jennie Joseph’s work, visit: • www.commonsensechildbirth.org • www.COPEperinatal.com • www.thebirthplace.org The MANA Sapling Award Recipient for 2014 Gina G. Dacosta Rivera CPM Gina Dacosta Rivera was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She has a BA in Humanities, and a MA in Italian Studies. Between 1998-2005 she lived in Italy, NH and NY where she worked as a foreign languages teacher. In 2008 she gave birth to her only daughter, Karaya Nanichi, in a beautiful and uneventful homebirth. Her midwife was Rully Delgado, the last Traditional Comadrona that was left in Puerto Rico. Her calling for midwifery came like a Divine message through Rully. In 2009, Gina started her studies in Community Midwifery with the Puertorrican CPM Debbie Díaz Ortíz, in her school Casa Escuela Dar a Luz. By 2011, she moved to El Paso, TX for an intense internship at Maternidad La Luz. Gina finished her clinical requirements (PEP) in FL with a preceptor, a homebirth midwife. In August 2012, she earned her CPM. Gina founded and leads an ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network) chapter in northern Puerto Rico, where women and families in her community receive education and support for preventing C/S and attempting VBACs. In a place in which the cesarean rate is incredibly high at a 49%, and in which midwifery care is hard to find, Gina has been a breath of fresh air for many families. Her leadership and love of community have helped Gina partner with Se Pare, a program that strives to bridge the gap in access to appropriate prenatal care and lower the alarmingly high cesarean rate for women in the northern area of Puerto Rico. Gina has partnered with its creators to offer ICAN support meetings on a monthly basis with the focus on educating the community on how to avoid primary cesareans, promote VBAC and support women who have undergone birth trauma. One of her efforts has turned the American blog “My OB said what?” into a Puertorrican Facebook group, providing Puerto Rican women a safe place to vent and discuss the obstetric violence they are experiencing on their island. Currently, she is working on writing and reviewing the midwifery guidelines of the organization, Midwives Sisterhood of Puerto Rico (HPPR). Gina is also the new representative of the CPMs through our HPPR in the Caribbean Regional Midwives Association of the International Confederation of Midwives. Gina is eager to teach aspiring midwives. She has studied with traditional midwives, and is passionate about Puerto Rico’s culture and uninterrupted midwifery lineage. Gina is helping to revive the profession and renew trust in it. 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In that time, she has delivered more than 3,000 babies, has been the supervising midwife at over 5,000 births, and as the founder and director of Casa de Nacimiento, has been responsible for over 13,000 deliveries. Since 1985, Lynn has taught clinical and didactic midwifery to more than 800 students from around the world. Sarita Bennett DO, CPM — is an Osteopathic Family Practice Physician and Certified Professional Midwife who began studying and practicing the Midwife Model of Care over 30 years ago. After working as a home birth midwife for 15 years, she entered the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, completed a family medicine residency with a strong women’s and children’s health component and went into private practice, providing family medicine and midwifery services in rural West Virginia for the past 15 years. Sarita’s unique experiences make her an expert in Integrative Women’s Health. She has recently opened her new midwifery and integrative medicine practice in Charlottesville, VA. Sarita takes an active role in midwifery and medical education. She co-founded and was a core instructor at Sacred Mountain Midwifery School throughout its 4-year history. She has served as an associate clinical professor for the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM), and has served on the WVSOM faculty as an assistant professor in the Osteopathic Principles and Practice Department. Her new program, The Academy of Experiential Midwifery Education, opened in January 2014 in Charlottesville, VA. Sandra Bitonti-Stewart — has been the Executive Director for the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council since November 2011. Prior to joining the MEAC staff, Sandra worked as a health care lobbyist in the State of Michigan, as a grantmaker for the Michigan Women’s Foundation and as a fundraiser for a US Senate Campaign. As a proud consumer advocate for improving maternity care, Sandra is co-founder of Birth Network National and the CIMS’ Birth Survey (Transparency in Maternity Care) project. April Blackmore JD — is a lawyer and advocate for midwives and human rights in childbirth. She attended the College of Charleston in South Carolina and William and Mary School of Law. She drafted legislation for the Texas House of Representatives and Senate for five years, focusing on healthcare and social service laws. Currently she works as a doula and fundraiser for Circle of Health International, a non-profit that provides maternal and newborn care to women and babies in disaster areas and war zones. Her two young sons were born at home into the loving hands of midwives. Karin Borgerson MBA — recently moved into the role of MEAC’s Associate Director. Additionally, Karin is a DONA-trained birth doula. She has been a consultant to MANA and the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development. As a member of the board of trustees of Bainbridge Graduate Institute from 2005 to 2013, she helped guide the school through its accreditation process. She has been a senior associate in the climate and energy program at World Resources Institute (WRI) and the program director for climate and business development at an NGO focusing on consumption and institutional purchasing issues. Karin has also worked in project management and client relations in several software companies. Melissa Cheyney PhD, CPM, LDM — is an Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology and the Director of the Reproductive Health Laboratory at Oregon State University. She is a Certified Professional Midwife, Chair of the Board of Direct-entry Midwifery for the State of Oregon, Chair of the Division of Research for the Midwives Alliance, and the author of several publications on midwifery care including the recent JMWH (2014) article entitled “Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Panned Home Births in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009.” Justine Clegg MS, LM, CPM — is Association of Midwifery Educators Board President. A Florida Licensed Midwife since 1987, she is Academic Director and Faculty for Commonsense Childbirth School of Midwifery since 2009 and MiamiDade Community College Midwifery Director/faculty emeritus (1993-2008). Former Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery Chair (1993-2001) and Miami FIMR committee chair (2004-2009), she is also a licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Lactation Counselor. She graduated from the South Florida School of Midwifery and earned her MS from Florida International University. She served on the MEAC and NACPM Boards. 28 Augustine Colebrook CPM, LM — is a gifted teacher and mentor and leads Birthing From Within and Sacred Pregnancy Classes for expectant women and couples. She is a Nationally Certified Professional Midwife and an Oregon State-Licensed Midwife. She runs an apprenticeship-based midwifery training program at two of her State-Licensed Waterbirth Center in Oregon and is a teacher for her state’s required Ledged, Drug, and Device class for midwives. Augustine is an accomplished management executive with strong entrepreneurial heart, who takes much joy in mainstreaming midwifery and the midwifery model of care by bringing the modern communitycentered birth center choice to all low risk women. Catherine Collins-Fulea MSN, CNM, FACNM — completed her basic nursing and midwifery education in England then obtained her BSN at Mercy College of Detroit and her MSN at Oakland University. She is in full scope clinical practice as Midwifery Division Head at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit Michigan. Cathy has spoken national and internationally on various clinical and business topics such as Vitamin D deficiency, Preterm labor, benchmarking, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, and Collaborative practice with Residents. Jessica Danforth — is the founder and Executive Director of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, the first and only organization of its kind by and for Indigenous youth working across issues of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice throughout the United States and Canada. She has spent more than half her life mobilizing individuals, families, and communities alike to reclaim their ancestral rights to self-determine decisions over their own bodies and spaces. Jessica is currently serving as the Youth Coordinator for the National Indigenous Youth Council on HIV/ AIDS, and she is the North American co-chair for the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. In addition, she is a member of a number of national and international boards and collectives including SisterSong Women of Color for Reproductive Justice Collective and Women on Web/ Women on Waves. Ellie Daniels CPM — has attended homebirths for 34 years. Ellie co-owns Morningstar Midwifery, teaches at Birthwise Midwifery School, is NACPM current president and MEAC past president. She serves on the Steering Committee for the MAMA Campaign to gain federal recognition for CPMs. Ellie also owns The Green Store, offering environmentally sustainable products. Over the years, Ellie discovered a natural business aptitude which she now shares within the midwifery community. Ellie has three children, three stepchildren, and five grandchildren, four of whom were born into her hands. She loves to garden, knit, hike, and spend time at camp on the pond. Ida Darragh CPM — is a member of the NARM Board, currently acting as chairman and director of testing. She has been a midwife in Little Rock, Arkansas, since 1980. She travels to many states teaching workshops related to midwifery practice and the politics of midwifery, and represents NARM when speaking to state and national legislators and policy makers. On the local level, she has served on the Midwifery Advisory Board of the Arkansas Department of Health and in various roles in the Arkansas Association of Midwives. Susan Derby CPM — is a CPM with 30+ years experience in home birth in upstate NY. She is also BSN of 40+ years, currently working as a public health nurse serving medicaid families and at risk mothers and babies. She has previous experience working in clinics on the Onondaga Indian Reservation, in hospital L+D,and with the regional Perinatal Mortality / SIDS committee. Krystina Friedlander, Researcher at Harvard Divinity School — is a childbirth doula and homebirth midwifery student in Cambridge, MA. In addition to her experience with childbirth, she works on the Religious Literacy Project at the Harvard Divinity School, where she writes about global religious diversity. She holds an MA in Cultural Anthropology from Tulane University. Amy Wright Glenn MA, CD(DONA) — earned her MA in Religion and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She taught in The Religion and Philosophy Department at The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey for over a decade. While at Lawrenceville, Amy was the recipient of the Dunbar Abston Jr. Chair for Teaching Excellence. She is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, a DONA certified birth doula, and a hospital chaplain. She is the voice for “Motherhood, Spirituality, and Religion” for Philly.com. She recently published her first book: “Birth, Breath, and Death: Meditations on Motherhood, Chaplaincy, and Life as a Doula.” Speaker Biographies, continued Nicolle L. Gonzales, BSN, RN, MSN, CNM — I am Navajo, and my clan is Tl’aashchi’I, Red Bottom clan, born for Tachii’nii, Red Running into the Water clan. My maternal and paternal grandfathers clans are Hashk’aa hadzohi, Yucca fruit-strung-out-in-a line clan, and Naasht’ezhi dine’e, Zuni clan. Growing up on and off the Navajo reservation near Farmington, New Mexico our traditional healing practices have always been apart of my life. I attribute my accomplishments to the many prayers and ceremonies done on my behalf as I was growing into the woman I am today. While obtaining my graduate education, it became apparent that our traditional healing practices and philosophies about “health” and “wellness” were vital to the care I provided as a Nurse Midwife. It is with this deep understanding and respect for our way of life as indigenous peoples that my worldviews are based on and are reflected the projects I participate in. My primary goal as a Nurse Midwife is to keep birth sacred and in native communities, by integrating and applying traditional knowledge. I received my Bachelors degree in Nursing and a Masters degree in Nurse Midwifery from the University of New Mexico. I have had the pleasure of being involved in several community projects since the completion of my education as well as being invited to serve on several health panels emphasizing cultural diversity in midwifery. In addition to my community service I have served as a mentor for emerging Native American midwifery students at the University of New Mexico and continue to support future midwives. Wendy M. Gordon CPM, LM, MPH — is a licensed midwife, currently practicing in Washington State. She is an assistant professor at Bastyr University’s Department of Midwifery, where she developed and facilitates courses on Undoing Racism and Cultural Versatility in Midwifery Practice, as well as co-teaches the core midwifery theory courses. Wendy is also a board member of the Association of Midwifery Educators. (AME). MJ Hanafin CNM D.Hom — is a British-trained midwife and homeopath with 40 years extensive experience in home, birth center, and hospital births around the world. MJ has used homeopathy for her mums for most of her professional life. She finds that the women and babies seem to have less problems in pregnancy and birth when homeopathy is used. Both mother and baby appear to have a speedy and happy recovery too. Presently MJ has her own homeopathic practice and teaches homeopathy internationally. She is a faculty member of Academy of Classic Homeopathy giving distance learning courses. Ellen Harris-Braun CPM — is the Database Development Coordinator for the MANA Division of Research, and is half of Harris-Braun Enterprises, an experienced Webdevelopment team that wrote the software for the MANA Statistics Web site. Ellen is also a practicing midwife, MANA Stats contributor, certified doula and lactation counselor, and childbirth teacher, involved with birth since 1999 and with MANA since 2002. She lives in rural New York State in an intentional community with her family. Elizabeth Heineman PhD — is mother of one stillborn and two surviving children. Her prize-winning essays on taking her stillborn child home have been published in salon.com and New Millennium Writings; her memoir of her stillbirth is Ghostbelly (Feminist Press, 2014). She is a professor at the University of Iowa, where she teaches and researches on gender, sexuality, and human rights, including issues of reproductive rights and reproductive health. Diane Holzer LM, CPM, PAC — is a homebirth midwife of over 20 years and also practices as physician’s assistant in a rural healthcare clinic. She has been actively involved with Midwives’ Alliance of North America (MANA) for over 16 years and has been on the faculty at Maternidad La Luz, a midwifery training program, for over 10 years. She has been the regional representative for the Americas and is a past president of MANA. Sarah Hunter CPM, CH — has been studying and working in the field of alternative and complimentary medicine since 1999. Her passion was lit with herbal medicine, which then naturally progressed into Midwifery. Certified with the North American Registry of Midwives, she has been working with pregnant families since 2004. Her view of illness and wellness is filtered through her understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Sarah has many projects and interests including managing two small businesses and volunteering as an Online Community Manager for MANA. Jenni Huntly RM — is a dedicated midwife who is committed to professional excellence and to continuous learning as the foundation of her practice. Her focus on clinical practice and outreach assists her in supporting normal birth in all settings and in providing caring and accessible midwifery care. Originally trained and certified in Ontario, Canada, she is now working with a homebirth practice in Austin, Texas. Jenni has been also working with Maternity Neighborhood providing client technical support for the EHR Private Practice. Her interest in providing care in low-resource settings has taken her to the Institute for Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium for a certificate program for nurses and midwives, to fill short-term replacement duties in a birth centre in Puvirnituq (Nunavik), and as a volunteer midwife and instructor in Hinche, Haiti. She continues to be an active member of the Association of Ontario Midwives Clinical Practice Guidelines Subcommittee, where she was a contributing author to recent guidelines on VBAC and GBS, among others. Jessica Kelly-Shaieb JD — is an Accreditation and Volunteer Training Coordinator for the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council. She has worked for MEAC since February 2012. Prior to joining MEAC, Jessica worked as a consumer advocate in the realms of maternity and midwifery care, circumcision, breastfeeding, and child passenger safety. Jessica has a small number of published and unpublished works related to those topics. Sam Killermann — is a comedian and social justice advocate, and the guy behind It’s Pronounced Metrosexual, a one-man comedy show and blog about snap judgments, identity, and oppression (but in a totally funny way). He is the author of A Guide to Gender, which is an exploration of gender from a social justice perspective, with humor and comics sprinkled in. His well-received TEDx talk distilled a few hundred pages of gender-bending discourse into a few minutes of fun, energetic, and (with some luck) comprehensible speech. Sam is a dedicated ally and advocate, and blends humor into the work he does because he believes (like Mary Poppins believed) that sugar helps the medicine go down. Indra Lusero MA, JD — is a genderqueer latina parent with a diverse family of people from all over the world. Indra has been a teacher, a performance artist, a wall-paper hanger, a non-profit manager, and a counselor at law (among other things). Indra went to law school after attending a MANA conference in 2005 where folks were calling for a “hot shot team of lawyers” who could help defend midwives. Indra has endeavored to become just such a lawyer. Indra works closely with National Advocates for Pregnant Women, Legal Advocates for Birth Options and Rights, and Human Rights in Childbirth. Jeanette McCulloch IBCLC — has brought strategic communications to women’s health advocacy for more than 20 years. She is the co-founder of BirthSwell an organization improving infant and maternal health by changing the way we talk about birth and breastfeeding. BirthSwell provides local, national, and international birth and breastfeeding organizations and advocates with strategic communications, ensuring that families have access to high-quality care and information. She is a board member of Citizens for Midwifery and is passionate about consumer representation and health equity in birth and breastfeeding. She also speaks about social media, strategic communications, and health equity for birth and breastfeeding professionals at national conferences. Tami J. Michele, DO, FACOOG, OB/GYN — is a Board Certified physician, Department Chair, and Medical Director of Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial OB/GYN in Fremont, MI. Dr. Michele is on the OB Advisory Committee for the Michigan Hospital Association Keystone OB Project which is improving the maternity and perinatal safety in Michigan hospitals. She previously served on the Leadership Team of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS). As a delegate to the Home Birth Consensus Summit, she is an active participant on the Collaboration Task Force. She has provided obstetrical and surgical services to women in rural, inner city, and metropolitan areas as well as Togo, West Africa. Prior to medical school, Tami worked as a doula, childbirth educator, prenatal fitness instructor, and midwife assistant. Her experiences have brought a unique perspective into her OB/GYN practice. Sister Sandra MorningStar CPM — has dedicated a lifetime to the preservation of instinctual birth. She birthed her own daughters at home and has helped thousands of other wimyn find empowerment through instinctual birth. She is the founder of a spiritual retreat center and author of books related to instinctual and spiritual living. She lives as a Cherokee Hermitess and Catholic Mystic in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri. 29 Speaker Biographies, continued Sherry Lenore Payne RN MSN CNE IBCLC — holds a BSN in nursing and an MSN in nursing education from Research College of Nursing in Kansas City, MO. She is a certified nurse educator, IBCLC, and midwifery student. Ms. Payne founded Uzazi Village, dedicated to decreasing health disparities. She is an editor for Clinical Lactation Journal, and sits on the board of CIMS. Her career goals include opening a birth center and increasing the numbers of midwives and lactation consultants of color. Ms. Payne resides in Overland Park, KS with her husband and six home-birthed and breastfed children. Erica Peirson ND — is a Naturopathic physician and the mother of a 5 year old son with Mosaic Down Syndrome. She sees patients privately at the Down Syndrome Treatment Center of Oregon. She also lectures whenever possible to help spread awareness to parents and physicians that the symptoms of Down Syndrome are treatable. Vicki Penwell CPM, LM, MS Midwifery, MA Intercultural Studies — has been a midwife 34 years, the last 23 spent in Southeast Asia, where she currently lives and runs a birth center featured in “Birth Models That Work.” She and her family started Mercy In Action, a non-profit organization that offers quality maternity care at no charge to families living in extreme poverty. Vicki has attended thousands of highrisk births and recently led a disaster response that set up birth tents at ground zero of the Philippine Disaster zone following the largest storm to ever make landfall on planet earth. Dorothy Roberts — is the 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor and George A. Weiss University Professor of Law & Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, with joint appointments in the Departments of Africana Studies and Sociology and the Law School, where she is the inaugural Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights. She is also Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science & Society. An internationally recognized scholar, public intellectual, and social justice advocate, she has written and lectured extensively on the interplay of gender, race, and class in legal issues and has been a leader in transforming public thinking and policy on reproductive health, child welfare, and bioethics. Professor Roberts is the author of the award-winning books Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty (Random House/Pantheon, 1997) and Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare (Basic Books/Civitas, 2002), as well as co-editor of 6 books on constitutional law and gender. She has also published more than 90 articles and essays in books and scholarly journals, including Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, and Stanford Law Review. Her latest book, Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century, was published by the New Press in July 2011. Among her many public interest positions, Roberts is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Black Women’s Health Imperative. Christine Romney — is a Certified Medical Biller and President/CEO of Larsen Billing Service, LLC, the nation’s leading billing service for midwives and birth centers. Christine is passionate about educating midwives and birth center owners regarding the business aspects of their practice. She has been billing for and consulting with midwives for over 12 years. Bonnie Ruder CPM, MPH, MA — is a researcher for the MANA Division of Research and the International Program Officer for TERREWODE, a Ugandan NGO. She received her master in public health and master in medical anthropology in 2012 from Oregon State University. Her research examined the cause of obstetric fistulas from the perspective of obstetric fistula survivors and traditional birth attendants, and the impact of international policies on local maternity care. Bonnie is a Certified Professional Midwife and has attended births in Oregon since 1997. She has also had the opportunity to live and work in Zimbabwe, Haiti, and Uganda. Linda Schutt BS CPM CM — has a BS in Maternal and Child Health, is a NY Licensed Midwife,CPM and CM. Her midwifery education, in hospital and home birth, was in the UK, with 1 1/2 years midwifery experience in W Africa, and 30+ years homebirth practice in upstate New York. Brittany Simplicio CNM, MSN — is a recent midwifery graduate from the University of New Mexico. She is both Dine (Navajo) and Zuni Pueblo originally from Shiprock, NM. She is happy to be back home on the Navajo indian reservation practicing at Tsehootsooi Medical Center in Fort Defiance, AZ. Prior to midwifery she taught university level college success classes to low-income and minority high school students at the University of New Mexico. As a National Congress of American Indians Health Graduate Fellow her interests lie in health policy, health literacy, contraceptive counseling, traditional healing, and continuing education for teenage parents. 30 Shannon Staloch LM, CPM, IBCLC — is a mother to three homebirthed children. After working at the only birth center in San Francisco, Shannon now runs a private home birth and lactation practice in the Bay Area. She lectures frequently on midiwfery care, birth, and maternal nutrition. She also writes about these topics at www. birthrite.me. Tara Tulley CPM, LCSW — is a Certified Professional Midwife and Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in psychosocial issues affecting childbearing women. Tara co-founded The Community School of Midwifery and The Community Health Clinic with programs emphasizing diversity and psychosocial wellness as a fundamental piece of maternal health care. Tara specialize in the treatment of eating disorders, PTSD, and pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders. Ruth C. Walsh MA, CPM — served in the past as Southeastern Regional Representative of the Midwives Alliance of North America , past chair of the North American Registry of Midwives, President of Midwives Alliance of WV, Rural midwife for the last 25 years, Ruth is an advocate for physiologic birth. Ruth’s latest project is promoting Basic Disaster Birth Support (BDBS). Pam White NRP — has been a practicing Midwife since 1984 attending over 1500 births to date and became an NRP instructor in 1992. She has conducted over 125 trainings developing her classes to meet the unique circumstances of the out of hospital care provider. Pam’s philosophy of teaching includes the belief that Midwifery is better served as we create more community, and sharing knowledge is essential to that end. Lisa Maureen Wiley MSM — is a recent graduate of Bastyr University’s Department of Midwifery (formerly the Seattle Midwifery School), where she dedicated her Master’s thesis to investigating the power dynamics inherent to the student-preceptor relationships within Direct-Entry midwifery education. Following an overwhelmingly positive response to broaching this subject matter, from aspiring and practicing midwives alike, she has been inspired to continue facilitating this dialogue in an effort to strengthen the profession of midwifery – beginning at its roots. Lisa is a Seattle native, though a traveler at heart. Krysta Williams — is the Advocacy & Outreach Coordinator for the Native Youth Sexual Health Network. Krysta is of the Delaware Nation from Moravian of the Thames First Nation. She is a traditional singer and hand drummer, connecting these teachings to reproductive justice and Indigenous Feminisms. She currently volunteers with the National Pregnancy Options Infoline, a free 24/7 link to sexual and reproductive health information and services. Krysta recieved an undergraduate degree from the University of Waterloo but is more interested in community and land based forms of education and learning. Nicole Wocelka CPM — has been self-employed for over 12 years as a consultant in a variety of fields. With her degree in management, career in education, and experience as a midwife and business owner, Nicole is thrilled to bring these seemingly divergent skills together to serve midwives and their clients. Mary Yglesia — is a graduate of the Seattle Midwifery School, practiced midwifery briefly in Eastern Washington before returning to the school to serve as a school administrator. She was a past Executive Director of SMS and is now the Practicum Coordinator of Bastyr University’s Department of Midwifery. She is on the board of directors of the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC) and the Association of Midwifery Educators (AME). She is the proud mother of three incredible young women who were all born at home into the hands of a midwife. Thank you to our Poster Submissions— • “Best Practice Guidelines: Transfer from Planned Home Birth to Hospital” by Jill Breen CPM, CLC and Diane Holzer LM, CPM, PAC • “Illuminating Healthy Birth with the MANA Statistics Project” by Ellen Harris-Braun CPM and the MANA Division of Research STERLING STUDIO 1 STERLING STUDIO 2 STERLING STUDIO 3 STERLING STUDIO 4 STERLING STUDIO 5 STERLING STUDIO 6 STERLING STUDIO 7 STERLING STUDIO 8 STERLING STUDIO 9 STORAGE MEN WOMEN GUEST ELEVATORS COATROOM ESCALATORS SERVICE ELEVATORS C REGENCY BALLROOM Second Floor Plan B A KITCHEN D FREIGHT ELEVATOR FEDEX OFFICE® PRINT AND SHIP CENTER PREFUNCTION E F PASTRY KITCHEN