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The
World Health Organisation framed the ‘Birth is not an illness’
statement over two decades ago, identifying that at least 85% of
women are able to give birth without medical intervention.
In the last
two decades, women in New Zealand have experienced escalating levels
of intervention during childbirth and a declining ‘normal’
birth rate - the latter being recorded as less than 68% of all births
in the 2004 Report on Maternity. As induction of labour (20.1%),
epidural anaesthesia (25.3%) and episiotomy (10.5%) are included
in that rate, it is unknown how many women and babies actually experienced
physiological birth.
The
Spirit of Birth: Nature, Nurture and the Evidence© embraces
the facilitation of birth without unnecessary medical procedures.
Itactively promotes the restoration of physiological birth as an
ideal childbirth culture in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
The seminar
is a ‘hearts and minds on’ programme on evidence-informed
practice - irrespective of the midwife’s practice environment
or employment status.
Midwifery
Council's Recertification Programme
The Spirit
of Birth: Nature, Nurture and the Evidence© has been allocated
10 points in the elective education category of Council’s
Recertification Programme for midwives. Certificates will be issued
on the day.
Issues covered during the day include:
- The birth
environment
- Initiation
of labour
- Membrane
integrity
- Meconium-stained
liquor
- Assessment
of labour progress
- Assessing
the unborn baby’s response to labour
- Modalities
of pain relief
- Placental
birth
This
seminar is intended to support practice by:
- Broadening
midwives’ knowledge around key areas of physiological birth
- Identifying
the impact on women and babies of statistically common interventions
- Identifying
evidence-informed care that promotes physiological birth
- Offering
opportunity for midwives to reflect on their own practice
- Facilitating
discussion and debate on maternity practice where the evidence
is inconclusive
- Promoting
strategies to protect and promote physiological childbirth
Presenter
Maggie Banks is a home birth midwife, researcher and writer living
in the Waikato, New Zealand. A home birth midwife since 1989, previously
she worked for 18 years in women’s and newborn health in both
large and small hospital settings. Maggie is a guest lecturer in
undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes in New Zealand
and regularly runs Workshops, Seminars and Intensives. She is currently
undertaking doctoral study.
Hours
9.30am - 4.30 pm (Coffee available from 9.15am)
Cost
$175.00 (incl. GST) Registration includes lunch,
morning and afternoon refreshments during the Seminar, plus printed
material.
Pre-registration is essential. Numbers are strictly limited and
are allocated as paid registrations are received.
Further
information
Contact Maggie for any queries - ph 07 856 4612 or email maggiebanks@birthspirit.co.nz |
