We will be having a special edition of BirthChat January 21, 2008. At Tree Top Yoga/The Clothes Pony in Fort Collins from 5:30 – 8:00 pm- drop in anytime. Food, fun, and special discussion topics. We will also be unveiling new plans to expand our focus, so please come and bring a friend or two and let us know how we can best serve YOUR needs. If you do bring a friend, we have something special for you, too.
Here’s something a little more light-hearted than we usually post…
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Grassroots Network Message 712027
Calling All Maternity Care Activists!
Dear Friends,
We do not “advertise” every birth and midwifery-oriented conference on
the Grassroots Network, but here is an opportunity especially for
birth activists, in conjunction with the Forum and Annual Meeting of
the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS).
The message below, from the CIMS Grassroots Advocates Committee, is
about an opportunity to get involved by participating in a training
that will take place on the first day of the forum, Thursday, March 6,
in Orlando. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in real
grassroots, bottom-up, projects that will help pregnant women get the
information they need about their local maternity care providers in
order to make informed choices.
The 2008 CIMS Forum: Mother-Friendly Care By All, For All, will take
place on Thursday, March 6 – Saturday, March 8 in Florida (near
Orlando). Find complete information at: http://www.motherfriendly.org/.
Please feel free to forward this message!
Sincerely,
Susan Hodges, “gatekeeper”
Calling All Maternity Care Activists! Enjoy a Family Vacation and
Reinvigorate Your Birth Activism! You are invited to attend the “CIMS
Grassroots Advocates Ambassador Training for The Birth Survey” and
become a project ambassador at the CIMS Forum in Orlando, Florida.
Interested in gathering obstetric intervention rates for the hospitals
and birth centers in your area? Become a GAC STATS Ambassador and work
with us to collect obstetric intervention data at the facility level
for all 50 states. The public has the right to know what is happening
in our hospitals. We will provide you with the support, tools and
guidance you will need to connect with the right people in your state,
access the data, and get the data out to the public.
Want to help spread the word in your community about The Birth Survey
? A consumer feedback tool similar to “Angie’s List” or “Consumer
Reports,” but for maternity care where women provide and view feedback
on specific doctors, midwives, hospitals and birth centers in their
local community. Join the GAC Marketing Ambassadors and help make The
Birth Survey a success in your area. We’ll provide you with marketing
tools and materials designed to engage the public and generate
excitement.
If these activities are of interest to you, please come to the GAC
Ambassador Training at the CIMS Forum. Thursday, March 6th from
9am-3pm in Orlando, Florida. See attached pdf flier. Register at
http://www.motherfriendly.org/events/index.shtml.
Scholarships: A limited number of need-based full registration
scholarships are available for the forum and training. Apply online
for a scholarship at
http://www.thebirthsurvey.com/survey/index.php?sid=5&newtest=Y.
CIMS Forum: To learn more about CIMS, the 2008 Forum, and to register
for the CIMS Forum and the included GAC Ambassador Training please
visit http://www.motherfriendly.org.
For more information on the GAC Ambassador Training and The Birth
Survey visit www.thebirthsurvey.com or email info@thebirthsurvey.com.
Please pass this anouncement along to other interested activists, list
serves, etc. Thank you and we hope to see you at the CIMS 2008 GAC
Ambassador Training
- CIMS Grassroots Advocates Committee
info@thebirthsurvey.com
For those who need a cesarean, this sounds like the best possible experience.
I’m not a fan of following celebrities but their lives do influence many people. As with any issue, if a celebrity popularizes it, the media will begin to cover it more in general. And some people may consider something that they hadn’t before.
Here’s a blog on celebrity miscarriage.