hey all,

Anyone interested in going to this? I just signed up, it sounds amazing.

xoxo,
Katie


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From: Julie Rosen <julie.rosen@...>
Date: Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Subject: [MDG] HENCI GOER EVENT AT DEBRA PASCALI-BONARO'S HOME June
9th - Space Is Limited!
To: DoulasofNewJersey@yahoogroups.com,
seventhmoondoulas@yahoogroups.com, "metrodoulagroup@egroups.com"
<metrodoulagroup@yahoogroups.com>, MotherLoveDoulas@yahoogroups.com





Announcing an unprecedented opportunity to spend an illuminating
day/evening with normal birth advocate and national treasure,
Henci Goer, author of "The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth"
and "Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities"

Location: River Vale, New Jersey at the home of Debra Pascali-Bonaro
(director, "Orgasmic Birth", activist, doula, doula trainer, and
childbirth educator extraordinaire)

Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, beginning at 2:00 PM

Details:
Presentations (topics described below) by Henci and Q & A from 2:00 -
5:00 PM, followed by potluck appetizers/dinner to continue the
discussion
Swimming too! (weather permitting, bring towel)

Cost: $25 - 50, sliding scale

RSVP: to julie.rosen@..., Julie Rosen, with your name and
phone number, please

SPACE IS LIMITED. RSVP EARLY! This promises to be a wonderful,
educational and inspirational gathering.

Presentation Topics:

"The Case Against Elective Repeat Cesarean"

Henci's completely revised and updated talk has everything you would
want to know about VBAC versus Elective Repeat Cesarean (ERC),
including:

a.. Do ACOG's VBAC guidelines make sense?
b.. Is ACOG's position ethically sound?
c.. What are the tradeoffs between planned VBAC and ERC?
d.. What are the consequences of multiple VBACs versus multiple ERCs?
e.. Who should labor?
f.. What scar rupture rates and VBAC rates should be achievable?
g.. What policies and practices produce the best outcomes in VBAC labors?

"The Limitations of Evidence-Based Medicine"

Childbirth reformers have long hoped that the research evidence would
become the basis for determining care, but this has turned out to be
somewhat of a case of "be careful what you wish for." Join Henci in an
exploration of what's wrong with EBM, what's right with it, and the
problems of medical-model based research. Presentation will end with a
baker's dozen tips on how not to get duped by the research.


__________________________________________________________
Henci Goer's latest book is The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better
Birth. You can find out more about her and her book at
http://www.hencigoer.com/. A Resident Expert for the Lamaze Institute
for Normal Birth at http://normalbirth.lamaze.org/, you can visit her
online at www.lamaze.org/NormalBirthForum
<http://www.lamaze.org/NormalBirthForum> .

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Katie Karpenstein CD(DONA)
Birth Doula
www.earthmamas.net
917-742-4877