Wednesday, September 10
*8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Pre-Conference Childbirth Educator Seminar
Are you ready to be a dynamic, evidence-based Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator? Take advantage of a great opportunity to become eligible to sit for the Lamaze Certification Exam by enrolling in the Lamaze Childbirth Educator Seminar offered at the conference! New and experienced childbirth educators, as well as midwives, are encouraged to attend.
The Douglas College Lamaze Accredited Childbirth Educator Program is offering a comprehensive on-site teacher training seminar designed to equip you with interactive teaching skills that will bring new energy to your classes, provide you with updated techniques to help increase women’s confidence in birth and prepare you to become a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator. Experienced childbirth educators and midwives who complete this seminar may be eligible to register for the October 24, 2008 Lamaze Certification Exam. Those new to childbirth education may be required to complete additional activities before becoming eligible to sit for the exam.
The seminar begins with two full pre-conference days on Wednesday, September 10, and Thursday, September 11, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A continental breakfast and boxed lunch will be provided each day. You also are required to attend a film showing on Wednesday evening. During the conference, you must attend all plenary sessions and the following concurrent sessions to complete the seminar:
B-1: Circle of Birth
E-1: Containing Anxiety and Encouraging Confidence in Pregnancy
F-4: Creating a Lamaze Course Design
Immediately after the close of the conference, you and other seminar participants will gather for a celebration and awards. When making travel arrangements, please note that the seminar will end by 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 14. Register for the Lamaze International 2008 Annual Conference and add the Lamaze Childbirth Educator Seminar, which includes the Lamaze Study Guide. Hurry! Space is limited. To learn more about the Douglas College Lamaze Accredited Childbirth Educator Program, visit www.douglas.bc.ca/programs/continuing-education/programs-courses/perinatal/p_career/lamaze.html.
Thursday, September 11
*8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Pre-Conference Childbirth Educator Seminar
*8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Pre-Conference Workshop – Evidence-Based Nursing Care: Labor Support Skills
This is a one-day workshop designed for nurse managers, midwives, staff nurses and other health care providers who care for women. The goal of the workshop is to provide education, training and support for labor and delivery nurses to increase labor support skills and the use of nonpharmacologic pain management strategies.
Potential benefits for the nurse include increased expertise in labor support skills and increased job satisfaction. Additional potential benefits for the patient include increased satisfaction, improved maternal-child well-being and reduced incidence of adverse outcomes including cesarean surgery.
*8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Pre-Conference Workshop – Creativity, Connection and Commitment: Supporting Teens During the Childbearing Year
This workshop is for childbirth educators, nurses, doulas, health specialists and other health care professionals who work with adolescent parents and their partners for birth and parenting. Serving pregnant teens is an exciting, challenging and important role. Committed adults can make a huge difference in a teen parent’s life by providing quality preparation for pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period. This workshop is designed to equip you with the skills needed to help teens approach birth with confidence and prepare for early parenting. The focus of this hands-on, experiential workshop is empowerment and respect for adolescents during the childbearing year. The instructor will model interactive teaching techniques that work best with young people. Teaching strategies geared to each topic will be demonstrated and creative learning activities will be shared and explored through small group work.
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
International Gathering
This meeting is intended to share the ideas, strategies and experiences of Lamaze education programs that exist internationally and to present various international models. Don’t miss this chance for international attendees to gather, network and discuss the state of birth in their countries and how to “spread the word” of Lamaze internationally.
5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
First-Time Attendees’ Gathering
Is this your first time attending a Lamaze International Annual Conference? If yes, we would like to invite you to a brief, informative orientation session to familiarize you with both the conference and Lamaze International. Learn tips to maximize your time and sign up for a conference buddy if you wish. Please check the appropriate box on the registration form if you plan to attend this session and/or would like a conference buddy.
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Conference Welcome
Join the Lamaze family of friends and begin your 2008 Annual Conference experience with a hearty welcome designed to help you forget about your worries and renew your passion Louisville style… Off and Running for Normal Birth.
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall
Please join the Lamaze leadership for the grand opening of this year’s exhibit hall, complete with light snacks at the reception. This is a great place to network, connect with old friends or meet new ones.
8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Film Showing and Director Commentary: Orgasmic Birth
Orgasmic Birth is a documentary that examines the intimate nature of birth and the powerful role it plays in women’s lives when they are permitted to experience it. Join fellow conference attendees in this exclusive film showing and commentary with director Debra Pascali-Bonaro.
Friday, September 12
6:15 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Morning Exercise Session: Wake Up Call!
Jeanne Green, MT, CD, LCCE, FACCE
Whether your body is young, pregnant or aging, feeling fit and flexible enhances your self image. Join us for a mild morning stretch.
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Plenary Session: When the Bough Breaks: Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Cheryl Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN
Postpartum depression has been described as the thief that steals motherhood. Approximately 15 percent of new mothers will suffer from this mood disorder. This session differentiates postpartum depression from other puerperal mood and anxiety disorders. Risk factors for postpartum depression, screening options, and effects on mother-infant interaction and infants’ cognitive and emotional development also will be discussed. Research on breastfeeding and postpartum depression will be summarized.
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions A
A-1
Train the Trainer for Evidence-Based Nursing Care: Labor Support Skills
Michele Ondeck, RN, MEd, IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE and Elizabeth Fein, CNM, MPH, LCCE
Want to teach Evidence-Based Nursing Care: Labor Support Skills in your community? Come be trained to train! This session is limited to those who have attended the Lamaze Labor Support Skills for Nurses Workshop in the past or this year’s pre-conference Evidence-Based Nursing Care: Labor Support Skills workshop.
A-2
Increasing Transparency in Maternity Care Through the Birth Survey Project
Nasima Pfaffl, MA
Have you ever wished it was easier for expectant parents to learn about a care provider or hospital in your commmunity? Learn about a project that will provide detailed consumer satisfaction information on maternity care providers and institutions and make intervention rates for institutions across the United States accessible to the public.
A-3
The Impact of Birth Trauma on Breastfeeding: A Tale of Two Pathways
Cheryl Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN
Up to 55 percent of new mothers have reported experiencing birth trauma. Documented risk factors for delayed or failed lactogenesis include stressful labor and delivery, unscheduled cesarean surgery and psychosocial stress/pain. This session will cover mothers’ perceptions of a traumatic birth, PTSD due to birth trauma and the impact of birth trauma on breastfeeding.
A-4
Who Gets the F for Failure to Progress?
Barbara Hotelling, MSN, CD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE
Powers, passenger, passageway or politics...whose fault is it that interventions and surgery continue to rise in spite of the overwhelming evidence for normal birth?
A-5
Research Update for Childbirth Educators
Debby Amis, RN, BSN, CD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE
During the past year, which research studies and publications most impacted childbirth education? Learn what’s new in the literature regarding induction, epidurals, cesareans and more.
A-6
Learning About Birth and Parenting from Our Hormones
Ellen Chetwynd, RN, BSN, IBCLC and Ami Goldstein, CNM, FNP, MSN
We know hormones are important for pregnancy and birth, but we are just beginning to learn how important they are after the baby is born. Understanding what is happening to the body on a chemical level during this time period can teach us how our bodies are programmed to manage labor and birth. And, if interventions happen, how can we continue to help our hormones work?
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Networking Luncheon in Exhibit Hall
Connect with colleagues and friends while you peruse the exhibits and the Lamaze Bookstore & Media Center at the Lamaze Annual Conference Networking Luncheon.
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions B
B-1
Circle of Birth
Kathleen Lindstrom, CD, CDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE
This very powerful and practical presentation will portray normal pregnancy, labor and birth and the consequences of not respecting or trusting the mother, the baby and the process.
B-2
Positive Postures: Using Yoga to Prepare for Normal Birth
Ann L. Israel, MA, RYT, LCCE, FACCE
This session will look at the benefits of the practice of yoga, including mind/body postures, breath awareness and meditation. See how these practices can have a positive influence on the pregnant body and the overall birth experience. There will be opportunity to demonstrate and practice the techniques, so that childbirth educators can incorporate these practices into their classes.
B-3
The Internet for Childbirth Educators
Robin Elise Weiss, BA, ICCE-CPE, CLC, CD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE
Are you a high-touch, low-tech childbirth educator who is afraid of all the new technologies that students use to get educated and communicate? If the Internet, text messaging, blogging and surfing give you hives, come learn how to get comfortable with these new technologies to expand the horizons of your class and practice.
B-4
Traditional Chinese Medicine in Pregnancy, Birth and Breastfeeding: Introduction and Examples from PRC
Doraine Bailey, MA, IBCLC, RLC, Kathleen Fluhart and Sara Harris
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is increasingly recognized and utilized in the West. 8-Principle Acupuncture is one iteration. This presentation gives a brief overview of TCM and the 8 Principles to provide insight into patterns of balance and imbalance in pregnancy, birth and lactation. Examples of current practices from the People’s Republic of China will be provided, along with general recommendations for care and referrals for treatment.
B-5
Pregnancy Following Perinatal Loss: Education and Support for Parents
Joann O’Leary, PhD, MPH, MS and Donna Cicchinelli
We teach families who have experienced a prior loss and then go on to become pregnant again. This session will address the current research on pregnancy following perinatal loss and explore supportive intervention to address parents’ fears and emotions as they prepare for the birth of a new baby. We will focus on ways to support mothers and partners/fathers at each stage of the pregnancy and how to equip parents with the necessary emotional and physical tools for a successful labor, birth experience and beyond.
B-6
Research Papers
Nurses Perceptions of the Use of Hydrotherapy in Labor
Mary Ann Stark, PhD, RNC
Birth Knowledge and Its Implication for the Birth Process
Erin Macey, PhD Student
The Pregnant Body Through History: Changing Views of Mother and Fetus
Elizabeth M. Armstrong, PhD, MPA
Research can be daunting at times and we want to make it accessible. Come learn as our presenters bring their research papers to life.
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Plenary Session: Pregnant in America: Creating Change in Birth
Steve Buonaugurio, Writer, Director, Producer
Steve Buonaugurio went from concerned husband and father-to-be to writer, director and producer of his first movie, Pregnant in America. We are fortunate to have a dad who will tell us about his journey. Experience his commitment and passion as he speaks about empowering women and families throughout pregnancy and birth.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Dinner Social (Optional)
Had a long day and don’t have the energy to go out on the town for dinner? Then join us for a simple, informal dinner buffet before viewing the film showing or retiring to your room to relax and rejuvenate for Saturday’s education-rich agenda.
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Film Showing and Director Commentary: Pregnant in America
Pregnant in America is the controversial story of life’s greatest miracle in the hands of a nation’s most powerful interests. Explore the underside of the U.S. childbirth industry and hear from the film’s writer, director and producer. See how you can help end the neglectful exploitation of pregnancy and birth.
Saturday, September 13
6:15 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Morning Exercise Session: Belly Dancing
Dawn Kersula, MA, RN, IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE
Celebrate the beauty, power and strength of the female body and exercise muscles you forgot you had as you greet the morning with this gentle, age-old dance.
8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Plenary Session: Giving Birth in Brazil
Ricardo Jones, MD
In a talk from the heart, we discover that Brazil, a developing country with many difficulties and problems, has a health system that has to face a lack of resources. As a result, Brazil has adopted a technocratic approach to childbirth that has never had good outcomes. The excess of cesarean surgeries and the dramatic death rates of mothers and babies are epidemic problems in Brazil. Learn how one physician values women’s innate ability to birth while working in this technology-centered environment.
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions C
C-1
The Rise in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: A Call to Action
Debra Bingham, MS, RN, Dr. PH Student, LCCE
Maternal mortality rates have been rising in the past few years and in many states the rates are well above the Healthy People 2010 goal of 4.3 percent. The United States ranks 41st among all developed countries. This presentation will outline the results of the 2002 California Pregnancy Associated and Pregnancy Related Maternal Mortality Review findings and the connection of maternal mortality to the added increase in maternal morbidity.
C-2
Scared! Paternal Fears and Childbirth
Lauren Hunter, PhD, CNM, WHCNP
Paternal childbirth related fears are a real phenomenon that can affect paternal and maternal birth experiences and the subsequent new family dynamics. This presentation will explore the latest qualitative and quantitative research and theory concerning paternal fears of childbirth. Educational strategies to minimize these fears, their potential consequences and suggestions for future research will be presented.
C-3
So What About the Breathing?
Patricia E. Predmore, RN, BSN, CD(DONA), CLE, LCCE
This interactive session addresses the modern childbirth educator’s dilemma of what to teach about the “breathing” by looking at the history and evidence surrounding pattern breathing, and by experiencing various breath and relaxation exercises.
C-4
Creating Birth Change: Grassroots Advocacy, Effective Resources and Tools
Nasima Pfaffl, MA
This session will explore resources available to activists to educate, advocate and support the Lamaze Six Care Practices that Support Normal Birth and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative to help bring about changes in maternity care in their communities.
C-5
Breastfeeding Lifestyle Tips for New Moms
Andi Silverman, JD
New moms need help, especially when it comes to breastfeeding. So, what can childbirth professionals do to support this critical part of motherhood? Their experience and expertise can give moms invaluable tips to make breastfeeding easier both at home and in public. Participants will share their own tricks of the trade with the group as well.
C-6
What Every Parent Needs to Know (But Is Afraid to Ask)
Kathy McGrath, MSW, LSW, CD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE
Typically, information given to parents-to-be about life with a newborn focuses on feeding and infant care. Useful as this information is, it doesn’t adequately prepare them for the monumental life changes ahead. What is it parents-to-be really need to know? This session presents key issues that affect whether or not new parents get off to a good start.
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Awards Luncheon
Attend this year’s Awards Luncheon and enjoy a special ceremony to induct Fellows in the American College of Childbirth Educators (FACCE). Each year, Lamaze International recognizes those who have significantly contributed to the field at the Lamaze Annual Conference.
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions D
D-1
Leading the Pack: Advocating for Normal Birth in Your Community
Lisa Crane, RN, BSN and Sharon Johns, RN, LCCE, FACCE
You promote normal birth in your classes, but you may have asked yourself: “What is my responsibility as a childbirth educator on a community level?” It seems overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. Learn how to network with others who have the same goals, collaborate in effecting birth practices in your community, and join with others to influence policies affecting women, their health and their babies.
D-2
Betting on the Odds: Tip Sheet for Natural Labor Experience
Glenda Adams, MSN, APRN (WHNP), RNC, Eve Hiatt and Ermalynn Kiehl
This presentation is a sure “winner” for the childbirth educator! Labor induction rates have increased 23 percent in the past 15 years and are continuing to rise. Odds are, couples are preparing themselves with classes related to childbirth, but are they truly equipped to make informed decisions about their options in labor? Empower couples with the essential knowledge about labor and induction to avoid unnecessary inductions and achieve a natural labor experience.
D-3
Hold Your Breath and PUSH! Do We Cause Harm in Routine Maternity Care?
Ami Goldstein, CNM, FNP, MSN and Ellen Chetwynd, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Review the evidence, risks and benefits of standard obstetrical second stage labor management techniques including: holding your breath and counting to 10 for pushing, birth positions and timing of pushing initiation. Learn more about best practices and potentially harmful practices for protecting the perineum, physiologic pushing and management of latent, active and transitional second stage labor. A well-developed, interactive, Jeopardy-style game will be played called Je-parity.
D-4
Teaching Baby Talk: Preparing New Parents to Understand the Language of Their Newborn
Janice Tedder, BSN, FNP
Learn to recognize and teach about a newborn’s “zones” and “SOSs” (Signs of Over-Stimulation) to boost parents’ confidence, improve a baby’s (and a mother’s) sleep, facilitate breastfeeding and enhance parent-child bonding.
D-5
Using Interaction Analysis and Video Ethnography to Implement Practice Changes Related to Uninterrupted Skin-to-Skin in the First Hour: A Case Study
Kajsa Brimdyr, PhD, Ann Marie Widstrom, PhD, RN, MTD, Kristin Svenson, RN, MA, IBCLC, Karin Cadwell, PhD, RN, FAAN, IBCLC, Cindy Turner-Maffei, MA, LCCE
Continuous skin-to-skin beginning soon after birth and lasting until after the first breastfeeding has the potential to decrease neonatal deaths by 22 percent. The presenters will describe a case study in which interaction analysis and video ethnography were used successfully to drive practice change.
D-6
Using The Official Lamaze Guide as Your Class Text
Sue Galyen, RN, MSN, HCHI, LCCE, FACCE
Use The Official Lamaze Guide: Giving Birth with Confidence as your class curriculum. A six-class series is easy to plan using this publication. Approach your classes with confidence and positivity. Learn activities to teach care practices that support normal birth.
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions E
E-1
Containing Anxiety and Encouraging Confidence in Pregnancy
Sharron Gibbs, CD(DONA), LCCE
The majority of pregnant women experience anxiety and fear. The impact of these feelings can have a significant effect on the mother’s confidence and well-being. This session will explore the role of the childbirth educator in helping women clarify their fears and develop self-calming techniques. Gibbs also will cover boundary issues and appropriate referral.
E-2
Empowering Parents to Cross the Finish Line with Normal Birth
Barbara Hotelling, MSN, CD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE
Parents arrive in our classes in all stages of acceptance of normal birth. Understanding the stages of acceptance of new information can move parents from being unaware to actively choosing normal birth.
E-3
This Is Still a Birth: Cesarean Delivery
Kris Avery, RN, BSN, LCCE, FACCE
Role play, along with other teaching tools, is a very effective way to teach to the “unexpected outcomes” topics in your class. Explore how to bring together several teaching strategies and tools to help your class participants explore what happens when the birthing pathway takes an unexpected turn.
E-4
Applying Diffusion of Innovations Theory to Changing Care Practices: A New Approach to Change
Ruth Ancheta, MA, CD(DONA), ICCE
The mission of Lamaze International includes advocating to promote normal birth and attachment. We can use Diffusion of Innovations research findings to help us advocate more effectively. This session will be of use to change-makers inside and outside of hospitals.
E-5
Anthropology of Childbirth
Ricardo Jones, MD
Humankind evolved from primate ancestors through bipedalism. This first step toward consciousness was followed by a series of challenges and adaptations to the species to develop its characteristics. Human birth became a more complex and complicated event due to the difficulties imposed by bipedalism and subsequent encephalization. Because of these challenges humans developed a series of strategies and adaptations that became the core of what we call “human civilization.”
E-6
Implementing the Six Care Practices that Support Normal Birth: I Feel Caught in the Middle
Carolyn Ogren, RN, ICCE, CD(DONA)
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone embraced the Lamaze Six Care Practices that Support Normal Birth? Unfortunately, we know that is not the case. In this session, we will identify some of the challenges that childbirth educators and nurses face when trying to change practices. We will discuss why there is resistance to change and explore what participants can do to implement these practices.
6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Special Interest Group Sessions
Spanish-Speaking Educators
Atención! Atención! Llamando a todas las educadoras para el parto que hablan español! Reunámonos para intercambiar impresiones y compartir recursos. Juntas desarrollaremos nuevos proyectos y ideas para este naciente grupo de intereses comunes.
Birth Networks
Birth Networks are groups of concerned and passionate people who work to educate families and help promote birth as a normal, natural and healthy process. Learn how to start your very own network! Also learn about the Lamaze mini-grants initiative for Birth Networks and how your group can apply.
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Dine Around Louisville!
Why dine alone when you can explore Louisville’s best restaurants and shopping areas with different members of Lamaze International leadership, special interest groups or with new friends? The Louisville hospitality committee will make suggestions for delicious food, entertaining atmosphere and convenient locations. Group sign-up sheets will be posted at the hospitality desk.
Sunday, September 14
6:15 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Morning Exercise Session: Surya Namaskar – Greeting the Sun
Carol Penn, DO, MA, RYT, LCCE, FACCE
Get your day off to the very best start in this sunrise session. Join us no matter what your yoga experience level is: beginner or more advanced!
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions F
F-1
The Team Approach: The Doctor, the Midwife and the Doula
Ricardo Jones, MD
In this presentation, Dr. Jones will show his experience with a collaborative team of a midwife, an obstetrician and a doula. The ability to offer continuity of care, even when interventions, such as cesarean surgeries, are needed, makes pregnant women feel confident with this model.
F-2
Do Your Values Cause Ethical Distress?
Michele Ondeck, RN, IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE
In today’s birth culture, do your values result in a conflict of interest with your professional duties? This session will provide an overview of ethics, codes of ethics and ethical decision-making.
F-3
Ready Class? OK, Relax
Patricia E. Predmore, RN, BSN, CD(DONA), CLE, LCCE
This interactive session will explore the basis for encouraging relaxation in labor and for teaching these skills in class. A variety of teaching methods will be sampled with an emphasis on spiraling content to enhance knowledge and utilization of relaxation as a coping technique during labor and beyond.
F-4
Creating a Lamaze Course Design
Sharron Gibbs, CD(DONA), LCCE
Reserved for attendees that participated in the preconference seminar. Course design is an essential skill for the childbirth educators as the ability to design and modify curriculum will be important throughout their career. This session will cover the sequencing of the required content for a Lamaze series, the spiraling of key concepts throughout the classes, the value of class evaluations and the writing of meaningful course objectives.
F-5
The Mother-Baby Dance: The Right Brain Connection
Christina Smilie, MD, FAAP, FABM
Left brain, right brain—what do these terms mean, and what do they have to do with mother’s intuition and baby’s competent behavior? This is not just about how mothers help their babies learn to feed, but also how babies learn to handle emotions. There are also strong implications for how we communicate with mothers.
F-6
Does Attendance at a Prepared Childbirth Class Influence a Woman’s Choice for an Elective Labor Induction
Kathleen R. Simpson, PhD, RNC, FAAN and Gloria Newman, RNC, MSN, LCCE, FACCE
This session will present results of research sponsored by Lamaze International. This study of more than 1,500 patients took place at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis. The purpose of the study was to determine if there is a relationship between attendance at a prepared childbirth class and the decision of a woman pregnant with her first child to have an elective induction of labor.
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Plenary Session: Baby-Led Breastfeeding: How Infants Learn to Breastfeed
Christina Smilie, MD, FAAP, FABM
Like kittens and puppies, human babies are hardwired to learn to feed, not only in the first hours, but at any age. This session will show videos of babies looking for and finding the breast, with their mother’s support. It is the mother’s intuitive response to her baby that helps the infant act so competently. A look at this behavior will suggest why current methods for teaching breastfeeding might sometimes run into trouble, and will help us offer alternative strategies.