Doh! Never mind, the organizer emailed me and it has filled up
already. Maybe we can get Henci for our conference in 2010, though.

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Katie Karpenstein <katharinek@...> wrote:
> hey all,
>
> Anyone interested in going to this? I just signed up, it sounds amazing.
>
> xoxo,
> Katie
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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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>
>
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> Katie Karpenstein CD(DONA)
> Birth Doula
> www.earthmamas.net
> 917-742-4877
>



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www.earthmamas.net
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