Midwifery & Doula News from SMS
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October 2008
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Volume 6 No 10
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Greetings!
We hope you're enjoying our updated eNews format and hope you'll continue offering your suggestions and feedback.
If you haven't stopped by the SMS web site recently, be sure to visit soon. Grab a cup of tea and browse our new site. We have a new look, new features and many lovely photos of our campus and students. After this eNews, we are modifying our list so that the SMS eNews goes out to those who truly want to receive it. To make sure you keep receiving the eNews, please opt-in by clicking the "confirm" link at the top of this email.
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 One week left!
Early Decision Admissions Process
Are you ready NOW to apply to our Midwifery Education Program? Do you want to save $500 on your tuition? We are looking for highly qualified students who are prepared and eager to make their commitment to attending Seattle Midwifery School. Read more>
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info@seattlemidwifery.org
4000 NE 41st Street
Building D, Suite 3
Seattle, Washington 98105
206.322.8834 / 800.747.9433
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Calendar Notice
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Next Childbirth Professions Open House 12/4/08
Please note that our November Open House has been cancelled so you can VOTE that day!
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 Do You Have a Passion for Helping New Families? Looking for a Fulfilling New Career?
Become a Postpartum Doula!
Many new families in our society lack the continuity of care they need following the birth of their baby. The postpartum doula helps meet this need by educating, nurturing, and
empowering mothers and families towards confidence in their new roles. The next 4-day Postpartum Doula Training will be held at SMS November 21-22 and December 12-13. Register now, or click here for more information.
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Basic Nutrition Online
This one-quarter 3-credit introductory nutrition course is designed to provide you with a basic nutrition foundation. It also fulfills the prerequisite for the SMS Midwifery Education Program. The next section starts January 2. Read more>
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Fall 2008 MAWS ConferenceFriday, Nov 7 at BastyrThe Midwives' Association of Washington State invites you to join them for their Fall 2008 Conference at Bastyr University. Workshop topics include Techniques to Promote Labor in Out-of-Hospital Settings, NSTs, PIH/Preeclampsia/HELLP, and Room Air vs Oxygen in NRP. For more information and to register, visit the MAWS conference page.
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New Report on Evidence-Based Maternity Care
Released by Childbirth Connection in collaboration with the Reforming States Group and the Milbank Memorial Fund. Read more, and download the report at Childbirth Connection. Read the coverage in the October 8th USA Today. Read the "Our Bodies, Ourselves" Blog on the report. Order a free printed copy from Milbank.
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Midwifery Funded in Alberta!
SMS midwifery program graduates in Alberta are celebrating now that Alberta has extended health care coverage to midwifery beginning April 1, 2009. Read the details at the Alberta Newsroom. Stay in Touch With the latest birth- and midwifery-related news by bookmarking our Birth-Related News page on the SMS Web site.
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Understanding Infant Adoption - Free Training For Healthcare Providers
Covers WA adoption law and practices; birthfather's rights and responsibilities; open, semi-open or closed adoption choices; non-directive counseling; cultural and social awareness. Shoreline Conference Center, co-sponsored by SMS. January 26, 2009. CEU's available for nurses and social workers. Please register online by clicking here.
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Interested in Volunteering to Support Midwifery Education Nationally?
The Association of Midwifery Educators (AME) invites you to join us as we create a network of support and resources for all midwifery educators through connection, communication and collaboration. Become a member of AME or consider serving on our national board of directors. Contact board chair, Mary Yglesia for more information.
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Pregnant (or Postpartum) in Seattle? - Models and Panelists Needed
Always had a hankering to be a model? Or, maybe you have never wanted to be a model, but you want to promote midwifery by helping to train new midwives. Seattle Midwifery School needs models to help assess the prenatal and postpartum clinical skills of our Senior students. All skills will be non-invasive, external and very kindly done! (Belly measuring, fetal heart tones, questions and answers, etc.) Models should be between 30-36 weeks pregnant OR 2-10 weeks postpartum at the time of the exam. We need models for two mornings and afternoons of the following days:
December 8, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and December 9, 2008, 9:00 am. - 5:00 p.m. Models will be paid $10 / hour plus lunch and snacks for full day. Please phone Sarah at 206.322.8834 x108 or send her an email.
The Simkin School is seeking pregnant women in their third trimester to be
panelists for our popular Labor Support Course - Training Birth Doulas.
It's a lot of fun and a great chance to help aspiring doulas learn
about the emotions of pregnancy. We need panelists for Saturday, November 1 and Wednesday,
December 3 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm. Honorarium offered. Contact us by email or call Annie Kennedy at 206.322.8834 x115 for more information.
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Support SMS when you buy Penny Simkin's New Comfort Measures for Childbirth DVD
Christiane Northrup, MD says, "Comfort Measures is wonderful. I suggest that it be required viewing for all pregnant couples and childbirth professionals." Purchase Penny's expanded and updated 91-minute Comfort Measures DVD, featuring more than 40 comfort measures, and Penny will donate 10% of the purchase price to Seattle Midwifery School. This offer is only good when purchasing Comfort Measures directly from Penny Simkin Inc. either at Penny's new online store or by calling 206.325.1419 and mentioning this offer and cannot be combined with other offers. To see a list of the comfort measures and techniques included in the DVD, click here.
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Love Teaching? Interested in Midwifery Education? Two Midwifery Faculty Positions Open
 The Midwifery Education Program is looking for instructors to teach Pharmacology and Treatments 1 and Midwifery Care 5: Postpartum and Newborn Care. Both positions are open until filled. Click on the position to read the job description. Click here to contact us regarding either position.
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Job Opening at Within Reach
Within Reach is seeking a Prenatal Care Outreach Project Coordinator whose responsibilities include: increasing knowledge and understanding of the importance of early and on-going prenatal care by pregnant women throughout Washington and increasing access to prenatal medical care and First Steps Maternity Support Services (MSS) providers among pregnant women, especially women with First Steps coverage. Read the full job description.
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Keep the feedback coming. We welcome your input and, certainly, any news that affects women, babies and families in the childbearing year. You can write to us by simply replying to this email. And please share this with your friends by using the "forward email" link, which will give them the benefit of the graphics and photos. They will not be automatically subscribed to the list, but they can sign up if they like!
Sincerely,
Seattle Midwifery School
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