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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
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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
raimondibird@gmail.com.
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.
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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
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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. *ÂME 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
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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
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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.
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 . . Gateway Terrace, 18th Floor
Rooftop Terrace Dance with
DJ from Millenium Productions
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Saturday, October 25, 2014
6:00- 7:00 am
7:00-
7:00- 8:00 am
8:00- 9:00 am
Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regency E
*Keynote Address: Why Midwives
Matter to Reproductive Justice—
Dorothy Roberts . . . . . Regency CD
9:00-10:00 am *+Plenary: MANA Division of
Research Annual Update and 2014
Research Roundup—
Melissa Cheyney PhD,
CPM, LDM . . . . . . . . . . . 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
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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.
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
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
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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
*^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
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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.
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.
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
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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
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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
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
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
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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.
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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. She brings
energy and wisdom to her practice and a selfless
determination to build a stronger community for
the families she serves. She has also written for
Midwifery Today.
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2800-136 Sumner Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27616
1-877-423-779
“Birth Centers that are accredited by CABC using the
AABC Standards for Birth Centers and the CABC Indicators are:
 Demonstrating good clinical outcomes
 Reducing health care cost
And attracting other birth centers to join them in their worthy
efforts for babies, families, and communities. In short,
birth centers that are members of AABC and accredited by CABC
are accountable.”
Dr. Stan Shaffer, Neonatologist and CABC Commissioner
University of Missouri – Kansas City, School of Medicine
Why do birth centers choose CABC Accreditation?
“CABC offers a higher level of standards and consistency and also
provides an avenue of knowledge to improve quality of services and to
keep a mindset of continuous improvement.“
“It's important for us to adhere to national standards. Accreditation also
helps our reputation and, in the end, I found it to be an educational
process as well.”
“It is nice to have the experience of Birth Centers be [part of] the
accrediting body and available for guidance and support.”
Read Dr. Shaffer’s complete testimony to the South Carolina state legislative
committee considering birth center regulations:
https://www.birthcenteraccreditation.org/a-neonatologists-view-of-birthcenters-and-cabc-accreditation/
“I chose [CABC] because of the standards they adhere to, I wanted to
have a safe practice as well as be able to bill for facility fees.”
www.BirthCenterAccreditation.org · 305-420-5198
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Speaker Biographies
Lynn Arnold CPM — is a midwife and midwifery educator who has been practicing
and teaching since 1975. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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STORAGE
MEN
WOMEN
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FEDEX OFFICE® PRINT
AND SHIP CENTER
PREFUNCTION
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PASTRY KITCHEN

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