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Invited Keynote Speakers

Dr. Andrew Kotaska

Henci Goer

Dr. Allan Cyna

Dr. Jolyon Ford


Satellite Event

Moving forward with government supported homebirth - a discussion forum

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Thursday 18th September
Education Centre
Gold Coast Hospital
Little High Street
Southport

Guest speakers:
Dr Heather Hancock
Anne Saxton


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WELCOME

On behalf of The Australian College of Midwives I invite you to join with us in this important multidisciplinary maternity care conference.

Breathing New Life into Maternity Care: working together for normal birth is a collaborative conference held every second year to provide a forum for interdisciplinary dialogue about issues of mutual interest or concern in the provision of safe and high quality maternity care to women and their families. It attracts midwives, GPS and obstetricians, as well as consumers, policy makers and managers.

In 2008, the theme for the Breathing New Life Collaborative conference will be “working together for normal birth”. The program will explore opportunities for enhancing collaboration among maternity care providers to offer a more unified approach to inspire and support normal birth practice.

Pregnancy and birth are fundamentally normal physiological processes and together we can make a commitment to reducing unnecessary interventions in normal pregnancy and birth, and improved support for women during the postnatal period. The incidence of intervention into birth continues to rise in many developed countries with the rate of caesarean now reaching more than double that recommended by the World Health Organisation of no more than 10% to 15% of all births.

The ideal is to give mothers a better experience of a life-changing episode in their lives. The constant changes we see to healthcare provision, litigation, and the closures of smaller hospitals and maternity services in some areas have in many ways reduced women’s access to care that supports uncomplicated normal birth. With a more collaborative approach we can promote a move toward more normal birth where women receive support to achieve healthy pregnancy, spontaneous labour and birth, and a smooth transition to parenting, with medical interventions that are appropriate to their needs.

I look forward to meeting you.

Pat Brodie
National President
Australian College of Midwives

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MidPLUS Endorsed


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Exhibitors:

Ameda

Australian Breastfeeding Association

Birthrite

Cytyc

EMAP - Bounty

Elsevier

Endeavour Medical

Flinders Research

GE Healthcare

Hemocue Australia

Howard Wright

Hoyland Medical

Invitro Technologies

Jackel

 

K2 Medical Systems

Maternity Coalition

MCATS

Meridien Health Informatics

Parker Healthcare