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Greetings!
There is so much news to report this month! First, we hope you already
read the email announcing that our Department of Midwifery program has been
approved by the regional accreditors as an articulated BS/MS in Midwifery
degree. It is an historic time in direct-entry midwifery education and we are
proud to be at the heart of it.
Other big news news is that our anti-racism work has gained significant
momentum and we are inviting you to participate. You may remember that we
received a generous grant from a local foundation to support our work in
visioning an anti-racist institution educating the childbirth professions. With that funding the leadership from the Department of Midwifery and Simkin Center
are working with a very skilled group of consultants in this project. Below
you can read more about this project and our consultants. Does this project
inspire you? If so consider joining us in this essential work.
All the best,
Mary Yglesia, Department
of Midwifery
Annie Kennedy, Simkin Center
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Get Involved! The Anti-Racism Visioning Team Needs Your Help
The Anti Racism Visioning Team is working to create a learning environment free from
institutionalized racism, dedicated to social justice and a culturally
versatile approach to maternity care.
We need your help!
Our Consultant Team (photo above) will convene focus groups and conduct interviews in the
next few weeks. Your experience in former SMS, Bastyr Department of Midwifery or Simkin Center programs and your thoughts about
our goal are sincerely requested. Though difficult, we believe
listening and dialogue are steps towards healing and making change. We
welcome your presence and voice.
Focus groups will be in the Seattle area and phone interviews will take place at a time that is convenient for you.
Contact Margo Adair madair@toolsforchange.org to join a focus group or interview.
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June Birth Doula Training
With Penny Simkin!
 Did
you know that the Simkin School Doula Trainers have inspired nearly
3700 birth doulas since 1988 and are leaders in shaping the doula
movement and women's care in birth?
Join us and see why
students say the Labor Support Course is a life-changing experience.
Four full days June 23-26, 2010. Register now, or for more information, click here.
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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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Study: Postpartum depression affects fathers too?
An
analysis finds that 10% of men suffer serious depression at some point
between a pregnant partner's first trimester and one year after
childbirth. Stress and sleep deprivation can be factors.
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Global MOMS Act Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives
On May 12, Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) introduced the Improvements in Global Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes While Maximizing Successes Act
in the United States House of Representatives. "If passed, this
legislation - also known as the GLOBAL MOMS Act - would improve access
to life-saving care for women and infants around the world, including
skilled medical assistance, family planning information and services." Read the full press release from CARE>
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NYC home births become illegal as St Vincent's Hospital closes
Read the New York Times article about the closure
Read the Choices in Childbirth blog to see the list of media and blogosphere responses to the news.
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Job Opportunities Administrative Assistant
The
Simkin Center is hiring an administrative assistant. Click here to read a job
description and learn how to apply. Clinical Seminar Instructor
Department of Midwifery has an
opening for a Clinical Seminar Instructor Click here to read a job
description and learn how to apply.
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The New Demography of American Motherhood From the Pew Research Center
"Today's
mothers of newborns are older and better educated than their
counterparts in 1990, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of
data from the National Center for Health Statistics and U.S. Census
Bureau. They are less likely to be white and less likely to be married."
Click here to read the full report >
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Choices in Childbirth Database
From the Lamaze eNewsChoices in Childbirth (CIC) offers a national, searchable database of mother-friendly
providers. If you are a care provider that works with women during the
childbearing year and upholds the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI), you are invited you to join the rapidly growing network. Proceeds received will support the Guide to a Healthy Birth and CIC efforts to improve maternity care by helping expectant parents make informed decisions.
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Congratulations
to Open Arms Perinatal Services
Winner of the 2010 Seattle Human
Services Coalition Award for "Innovative Program." Well deserved!
 "Open
Arms Perinatal Services has received the 2010 Seattle Human Services
Coalition Human Services Award for Innovative Program. The Coalition
chose to recognize Open Arms for its 'response to an existing need in a
new way, its ability to build upon an outstanding program model, its
creativity in leveraging resources, and its positive program results.'"
Click here to read Open Arms' press release>
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The Doula Numbers Game
Do
you quote statistics about the efficacy of doula care? Check out this
interesting web site from Doula and Childbirth Educator Andrea Lythgoe,
B.S., CD(DONA), ICCE, LCCE. Lythgoe encourages doulas who use research
data to promote their doula practices to be sure you are familiar with
the current data. Click here for the article>
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Seattle Woman Article - "The Doula Business"
Check out this article on doulas by former SMS Executive Director,
Cheryl Murfin. Includes an interview with Simkin Center faculty, Penny
Simkin.
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A Child Is Born; A Mother is Born Take a look at Gina
Crosley-Corcoran's blog post at RH Reality Check, honoring mothers,
their feelings about their birth experiences and their choices. Click here to read the post> |
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CALL FOR SPEAKERS: 2011 AWHONN CONVENTION
The
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
seeks volunteer presenters for the Annual Convention to be held June
25-29, 2011 in Denver, Colorado. Do you have something to say or share
about the care of women and newborns? Now's your chance! Applications
are due August 23, 2010.
Click here for complete details.
AWHONN is the leading professional association
for nurses who specialize in the care of women and newborns. Their
members include neonatal, women's health, OB-GYN and labor and delivery
nurses, nurse researchers, educators, executives and managers,
childbirth educators, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners
and nurse-midwives. Presenting at AWHONN ensures that your talk,
research, case studies or innovative programs will be heard or viewed
by a highly skilled, sophisticated and influential body of nurses.
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 Midwifery Program Application UpdateAlthough our priority application deadline for the midwifery program has passed (March 1), we are still accepting applications from exceptional applicants. All late applicants must contact our admissions advisor, Stephanie Safholm, before submitting an application. She can be reached by email or by phone at 800.747.9433, x101.
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Admissions Update
Later this month we will be interviewing our last round of applicants
and making our final decisions about our incoming midwifery class. We
are no longer accepting applications for the Fall 2010 year. Please
take a look at the main Bastyr website for information about the
midwifery program.
Our admissions advisor for the midwifery program is available to assist
you in planning for prerequisite courses and to answer your questions
about the midwifery program. She can be reached at 800.747.9433,x101
or by e-mail at mwadvise@bastyr.edu.
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Welcoming New Simkin Center Adjunct Faculty
Melinda Ferguson MS, CD, PCD (DONA)is
a DONA certified birth and postpartum doula and childbirth educator.
She served on the board of Postpartum Support International of
Washington, and often works with Open Arms Perinatal Services. She
particularly enjoys assisting postpartum families who are having a less
than optimal postpartum adjustment. Melinda has been a Guest Lecturer
for the Simkin Center Postpartum Doula Training since 2007, and joined
the adjunct faculty in 2010. Prior to becoming a doula, Melinda worked
as a Marine Geochemist and Project Manager. She lives in Edmonds with
her husband and two school age boys.
Angie Dobbins ICCE, CD (PALS), CPD (DONA) is
a DONA & NAPS Certified Postpartum Doula; she is also a PALS
certified birth doula. Angie serves as Vice President of PALS Doulas.
She is also an ICEA certified childbirth educator, as well as a
Birthing from within Mentor. Angie joins the adjunct faculty as an
instructor of the Postpartum Doula Training in 2010 and has been
teaching in the Greater Puget Sound area since 2003. Additionally, she
facilitates a monthly Birth Trauma Support Group. Angie is married and
has two grown daughters.
We are pleased to welcome both Melinda and Angie to the Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations faculty at Bastyr University!
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Please join us in honoring the extraordinary spirit of Veronica Lassen, SMS midwifery program alumni
Colleague, guide and dear friend.
Hold with love her daughters Maia and Zoe, her husband Roger.
Read about Veronica>
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Join us the first Tuesday of every month - Midwifery Program and Simkin Center Open House
Tuesday, June 1 / July 6 - 4:30-6:30 PM
From 4:30-5:30 learn more about the classes offered through the Simkin Center (labor support course, postpartum doula training, childbirth educator training, breastfeeding education). From 5:30-6:30 we will be talking about the midwifery program. This event will be held at our Talaris Campus.
Please RSVP by clicking here
Click here for directions
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Upcoming Conferences & Workshops
Touch Techniques for Pregnancy and Postpartum
May 22-23, 2010
- Kenmore, WA. More information>
MANA-Mexico
June 11-13, 2010 in Chiapas, México. Click here to see the program>
Click here to Register>
Normal Labor & Birth: 5th International Research Conference: The Benefits & Challenges of Preserving Physiologic Birth
July 20-23, 2010 - Vancouver, BC. More information>
International Lactation Consultant Assoc
July 21 - 25, 2010 San Antonio, TX. More information>
DONA International Conference
August 5 -8, 2010 Albuquerque, NM. More information>
Bringing Baby Home Certification Training
September 17th-19th, 2010 - Seattle, WA. More information>
50th Anniversary Mega Conference
Lamaze & ICEA Together! Uniting for the Future of Birth
September 30 - October 3, 2010 Milwaukee, WI. More information>
The Midwives Alliance of North American 2010 Conference
Nashville, TN - October 14-17, 2010. More information>
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Pregnant in Seattle? - Panelists Needed
The Simkin Center is seeking pregnant women in their third trimester to be
panelists for our popular Birth Doula Labor Support Course.
It's a lot of fun and a great chance to help aspiring doulas learn
about the emotions of pregnancy. We need panelists for June 23, August 4 and Sept 22 at Bastyr's Talaris campus (former SMS location) from 1:00 to 2:00 PM. Honorarium offered. Contact us by email for more information.
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We truly appreciate the feedback you continue to give us on the eNews. Please keep it 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, Department of Midwifery and Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations, Bastyr University
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