Kate, that sounds great. Thanks! As for dates, if we want to get the word out
to more people, we may want to do the meeting the week after next, as next week
is Bayram and may be too short notice for some of the midwives to organize their
schedules.

Is Esra still interested in continuing with midwifery? Last I spoke with her,
she had moved to Balikesir and was planning to work in her brother's company.
Esra, if you're out there--let us know!

I can write to the leaders of the IWI moms' groups and see what they think. As
for IWI membership, they just had their membership drive, it's 70YTL, and they
have a bimonthly magazine. As far as I know, no online newsletter, but email
updates regarding regular events.

Let me know what you guys think about the date and as soon as we have a
consensus, I will pass the date along to anyone else who may be interested.

See you all soon!
Julia


--- Elizabeth "Charlie" Soubelet wrote:
>
> As far as dates go, next Wed. could be okay for me as my Mom will also be
> heading to Istanbul to catch her plane back to Paris. I'll bring my toddler
> daughter, so babysitting would be welcome, Kate! How can I get to your
> house from Yenikapi? It would be great, Julia, to meet some Turkish
> midwives who are interested in "natural" birth! I have made email contact
> with Esra and she sounds really nice! I do not, however, belong to IWI - I
> was just thinking that it would be a good place to advertise. Do they have
> a monthy electronic newsletter? I am willing to write and ask them about
> it, but if you already run their Moms + Babies group, maybe it would be
> better coming from you, Julia.
> Cheers, Elizabeth
>