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Pregnancy, birth, parenting events in and around the area:


April 2009

April, VLCA Conference, Burlington, VT, Guest speakers include Linda Smither, author of "The Impact of Birth Practices on Breastfeeding" and Jim McKenna of Notre Dame, world's foremost mother/baby sleep researcher.
Visit www.vlca.org for more info.

April 3 - June 5, Friday mornings 9:00-11:00am, Infant-Parent Training Institute 8-Week Maternal Mental Health Course, Accepting Applications for Spring 2009 Session, Class meets at JF&CS Headquarters, 1430 Main Street, Waltham, Tuition: $800, Social Work CEU's will be provided. Instructor: Peggy H. Kaufman, MEd, LICSW., Download an application from our website www.jfcsboston.org?and send with a resume/CV to Meredith Joy at mjoy@jfcsboston.org or by mail at JF&CS, 1430 Main Street, Waltham, MA 02451.

April 6, 4:30-5:30pm - A Free Intro to Birthing from Within® class, at the Yoga Sanctuary on the Third Floor of Thornes Market place in Northampton, Ma.
Contact Beth Fairservis, www.mindfulbirthjourney.com, 413-268-3588, bethbirth@crocker.com

April 17-21, 9:30am - The WomanCraft Midwifery Education Program, Amherst, Massachusetts, 5-Day Intensive Beginning Midwifery Workshop.
If interested, please contact Beth Anne Moonstone at beth@womancraft.org.

April 18
& 25, 10am-4pm, Birthing from Within® 12 hour Immersion classes, 39 Main St,. Northampton, MA next to the Zen restaurant. Cost: Sliding Scale $160-200
Contact Beth Fairservis, www.mindfulbirthjourney.com, 413-268-3588, bethbirth@crocker.com


April 19
, one-day workshop on Postpartum Care, Hampshire College. Please visit http://www.birthdoulaworkshop.com for more information, or email Michelle L'Esperance at warmwelcomebirth@gmail.com for an info & registration packet.


April 25, 10-am-4pm
, Herbs for Childbearing. Bacon Hill Inn, Schuylerville, VT. Join midwife/herbalist Helena Wu for a day long workshop on Herbs for Childbearing. Remedies for pregnancy discomforts, birth, postpartum and breastfeeding will be discussed. You will make and take home some herbal preparations.
Please contact them if you want to stay overnight http://www.baconhillinn.com/index.html innkeeper@baconhillinn.com or 518-695-3693. Sliding scale $60-75. $25 non-refundable deposit reserves your space. Includes lunch. Please bring: 2 small (baby food or small jelly jar size) jar, 100 proof vodka, small bottle of olive oil.
Contact Helena Wu, LM, CPM, 802-856-7140, www.goodmedicinetree.net, oodherb@vermontel.net



May 2009


May 10
, Fourth annual Peaceable Planet Mother's Day Puppet Parade. Stay tuned for more details or contact Beth Fairservis, www. mindfulbirthjourney.com, 413-268-3588 or bethbirth@crocker.com

May 19
& 20, 8:30am-5:00pm, Partners in Perinatal Health 20th Annual Conference, Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, Marlborough, MA. CEU's available. Featuring Jeanne Watson Driscoll, Penny Simkin, Eugene Declerq, Ina May Gaskin, Kathy Kendall-Tackett, Ruth Watson Lubic and twenty additional speakers.
Visitwww.piphma.org or call 508-752-7313 or email Jennifer Fahey at jadoros@aol.com.

May 23
and 30, 10am-4pm, Birthing from Within® 12 hour Immersion classes, 39 Main St,. Northampton, MA next to the Zen restaurant. Cost: Sliding Scale $160-200
Contact Beth Fairservis, www.mindfulbirthjourney.com, 413-268-3588, bethbirth@crocker.com



June 2009


June 7-10, 2009, Embodyoga™: Awakening and Healing the Pelvis By Patty Townsend, Yoga Center Amherst,Register at Kripalu.org or call 866-200-5203.
For more information www.embodyoga.com or www.yogacenteramherst.com

June 16, 20th Annual Health Professional Breastfeeding Conference, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. Sponsored by the The NH Breastfeeding Task Force and the NH Department of Health and Human Services, Nutrition and Health Promotion Section. Conference topic: Sucking and Swallowing Skills in Breastfeeding Infants. Featured Speaker: Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC is a Lactation Consultant in private practice in New York City since 1992. She has a special interest in the anatomical, genetic and neurological influences on infant sucking skills. She is a co-researcher in a study utilizing ultrasound to examine tongue movements during breastfeeding in infants with ankyloglossia and other sucking problems. Her textbook Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants has recently been published.
Contact mthibault@dhhs.state.nh.us to receive a brochure.



Ongoing

2nd & 4th Mondays - Ongoing, 3:00 - 5:00 pm, Moms' Drop-In Group for 12-36-month-olds. 63 Laurel St., Brattleboro, VT.
Contact Lucinda McGovern, mcg@sover.net for more info.

Tuesdays - Ongoing. 10:15am-12:15pm, MotherWoman Postpartum Stress Support Group, Community Action, 56 Vernon St, Northampton, Free, drop-in group for mothers of infants and toddlers- siblings welcome-up to age 4. Designed for mothers experiencing baby blues, postpartum stress, depression & anxiety in Western MA. Free childcare & snacks.
Babies can stay with mothers in group. (413) 253-8990

Tuesdays - Ongoing 7:30-9:00p.m., Weekly drop-in group for mothers of color offered by the Pioneer Valley Women of Color Mom's Group. Support, community, great conversation. MotherWoman Office, 96 N Pleasant St., Suite 202 (in the same building as Food for Thought Books). This group is designed for mothers only. Babies in arms and expectant mothers welcome.
For more information contact Bessie Jones at PVWCMG@yahoo.com


Wednesdays - Ongoing starting September 10, 10:00-11:30am, MotherWoman Group, Amherst Family Center, Unitarian Church, downtown Amherst., Free, drop-in group to discuss the adjustment to & complexities of motherhood.
Free snacks & childcare. (413) 253-8990

Thursdays - Ongoing, 9:30-11:00am, New Moms Network, 2nd Floor Classroom, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, They are open to all new parents (not just the moms) no matter where the baby was born. They are presented for free by BMH. For information about the BMH Birthing Center, call Dawn at 802-257-8278.



Articles

Christine Kierstead wrote the following articles for Parents Express.


June 2005 - "Confessions of a Doula"

February 2006 - "The Woman's Servant" The definition and role of a doula

May 2006 (page1) (page2) - "Pregnancy and Birth Outside The U.S.: Stories from Two Countries. Check out these photos of her trip to Japan
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