Seminars and Events
Birth Matters regularly holds seminars and events on special topics or general issues, such as choices of care provider, birth companions and birthplace in South Australia, medical interventions, pain relief options, vaginal birth after caesarean, homebirth and waterbirth.
A Birth Matters subscription will put you on our postal and email lists to get hot-off-the-press notification of our future seminars and events.
- NBAC SEMINAR - Another of our highly popular Seminars, this time on Next Birth After Caesarean, was held on 15th August at Eastwood Community Centre. Topics included: deciding between vaginal birth (VBAC) and repeat caesarean; pros and cons of VBAC, and VBAC in hospital and home; a short birthstory from a woman who recently had a VBAC at home, and one who had a VBAC in hospital after 2 previous caesareans. May be run again in 2009.
- BIRTH CHOICES SEMINAR May run in 2009.. To receive advance notice of our seminars, take out a Birth Matters subscription.
- NATURAL BIRTH AND WATERBIRTH at the WEA - Birth Matters members Lareen Newman and Tania Smallwood also present a regular evening course every term at the WEA Centre. Last course for 2008: 25 November. Courses for 2009 likely to be 18 February; 20 May; 26 August; 24 November. For details and enrolments see your WEA Guide or visit www.wea-sa.com.au Class size limited to 30 - all classes for 2008 have booked out. Suitable for women and men.
Birth Matters seminars are informal and provide opportunities to ask questions. Partners, other family members and birth support people are all welcome. A short but inspiring birth video is usually presented and people are encouraged to discuss issues with the midwives and consumers who attend. This gives perspectives of giving birth with different types of care provider and in a variety of birthplaces. Birth Matters emphasises helping people make genuinely informed choices which suit their particular needs, rather than advocating any one type or place of birth.