gostaria de apresentar para voces o programa do envento que serah em Paris,
em outubro desde ano, para voces ja irem se programando e fazendo as malas
e economias.
O pessoal que vai dar as conferencias , eh o pessoal que estava em na
Conferencia Internacional de Humanizacao do Nascimento-Fortaleza nov/00,
acrescido de muitos outros.
Temos a honra, gracas a Deus, de ser o unico convidado da america do sul.
O interessante eh que vai ser uma visao do parto do lado da PARTERIA, e
nao da obstetricia...
Vejo esta minha participacao nao como algo pessoal, mas como um espaco que
foi aberto a America do Sul e gostaria de contar com o apoio de muitos,
alias, vou precisar.
Os que tiverem contribuicoes aos temas que vamos apresentar, favor mandar,
eu agradeceria muito, pois como vamos estar representando os paises de
lingua hispanica, pretendo colocar em particular o que esta acontecendo no
Brasil, nao somente, mas na America Espanhola, que pode servir de
parametro para a PARTERIA internacional,
A propria Red Latino Americana y del Caribe para la Humanización del Parto
y Nacimiento,
que esta sendo organizada depois de Fortaleza, eh outra vitoria desta banda
de cah.
Acho importante ingressarmos no movimento de parteria internacional, como
um bloco. Vamos ter espacos para abrir....
--
adailton salvatore meira
http://www.maternatura.med.br
Paris Conference
Thursday, October 18th Pre-Conference
Choose one:
9:00 12:30 pm
A1-English Clinical Practices-Ideas from around the world
Naoli Vinaver, Ina May Gaskin, Rosalind Weston, Michel Odent, Marion Toepke
McLean facilitates
This class will cover important midwifery subjects: post-dates, breech
presentation, prolonged labor, shoulder dystocia and hemorrhage. Each
speaker will give a review from their experience as well as research updates.
A2-English Waterbirth- Cornelia Enning, Franscoise Freedman and Marina
Alzugaray These speakers will explore the many benefits and ways of using
water in birth and will discuss its unique properties psychological as well
as physical. They will report on clinical findings and current research and
models from various places around the world, as well as share with us their
hands-on experience with this timely subject. Breakthrough discoveries in
birth psychology and newborn reflexes will be illustrated with amazing
video sequences.
A3-French The Essentials of Homebirth Practice -Beatrijs Smulders and Willy
Belhassen Learn about this important and safe birth practice. This class
will cover the research, philosophy and practical aspects and ideas for
starting or improving your practice.
A4-French Serving Women in Hospital Birth - Christina Isola, Franscoise
Bourdais, Chantal Birman and Franscoise
Bardes facilitates Learn how to create a nurturing environment for women at
hospital births. Study the issues, obstacles and concerns. Plan strategies
that protect and nurture women.
A5-Spanish Evidence-Based Midwifery Basis for Change Adailton Salvatore
Meira and Robbie Davis-Floyd
12:30-2:00 pm Lunch
Choose one:
2:00-5:30 pm
A6-English Evidence-Based Midwifery-Basis for Change-Sara Wickham and
Robbie Davis-Floyd One way we can make changes in childbirth is by using
evidence. This class will explore the many kinds of evidence that you can
call on to define and defend your practices and the midwifery model of
care. Includes how research, intuition and experience work together.
A7-English Are We Practicing Midwifery or Obstetrics? - Huguette Comerasamy
Explore the roots of midwifery by examining the paradigm shift from a
woman-centered to doctor-centered model of care. Huguette will examine the
current standard of midwifery in hospitals and answer the question -"are we
doing midwifery or obstetrics? Enhance your skills of critical analysis and
re-evaluate your beliefs and practices by learning about the history and
evolution of midwifery-help reclaim authentic midwifery.
A8-French Pregnancy, Birth and Breastfeeding Are All One Process - Suzanne
Colson and Michel Odent
Important issues, both physical and emotional will be presented. Includes
midwifery assessment tool for maternal infant wellbeing. Learn new and
important research and evaluation methods you can bring to your practice.
This course will make you a better midwife.
A9-French Waterbirth-Adailton Salvatore Meira, Cornelia Enning and
Franscoise Freedman These speakers will explore the many benefits and ways
of using water in birth and will discuss its unique properties
psychological as well as physical. They will report on clinical findings
and current research and models from various places around the world, as
well as share with us their hands-on experience with this timely subject.
Breakthrough discoveries in birth psychology and newborn reflexes will be
illustrated with amazing video sequences.
A10-Spanish Techniques from Mexico Herbs, Massage, Steam Baths and more
Naoli Vinaver
Friday, October 19, 2001- 2 auditoriums
General Session-Translated
9:00-9:30 am Opening-Birth Renaissance Birth Reborn Jan Tritten, Michel
Odent and Jean Ossart Join us in launching a global movement to reclaim the
miracle of joyful pregnancy and birth for motherbaby.
9:30-11:00 am How We Are Born and Why is it Important?
"The importance of birth experience it is a door for many places inside of
you."
From the Mother s Viewpoint- Jan Tritten and Naoli Vinaver
From the Baby s Viewpoint Laura Menargues
Effects on Society Michel Odent
Choose one:
11:30-12:30 pm
B1-English Keeping Birth Normal-Trusting Birth-Jan Tritten, Naoli Vinaver,
Ina May Gaskin
Midwives have an obligation to be protectors of normal birth. We ll give an
overview of the care midwives provide to women so that they have normal
pregnancies and birth healthy, vibrant newborns. Learn about nutritional
counseling, prenatal care, psychological issues, our language and
facilitating the birth.
B2-French Deconstructing Obstetrics to Re-conceptualize Midwifery -Huguette
Comerasamy How do we plan for the future of midwifery? Will it be woman
centered or medicine centered?
B3-Spanish Constructing a Midwifery Model Jesus Sanz, Adailton Salvatore
Meira and Robbie Davis-Floyd
12:30-2:00 pm Lunch
Choose one:
2:00-3:00 pm
C1-English Deconstructing Obstetrics to Re-conceptualize Midwifery-Huguette
Comerasamy How do we plan for the future of midwifery? Will it be woman
centered or medicine centered?
C2-French Keeping Birth Normal-Trusting Birth - Farida Hammani, Beatrijs
Smulders Midwives have an obligation to be protectors of normal birth. An
overview of the care midwives provide to women so that they have normal
pregnancies and birth healthy, vibrant newborns. Learn about nutritional
counseling, prenatal care, psychological issues, our language and
facilitating the birth.
C3-Spanish Keeping Birth Normal-Trusting Birth Naoli Vinaver and Marion
Toepke McLean
Choose one:
3:00-4:00 pm
D1-English Birth Renaissance-Birth Change-Jan Tritten, Sara Wickham, Marina
Alzugaray, Ina May Gaskin You are needed as a birth change agent, wherever
you are. Women want to have healthy babies, no matter what their country of
origin or level of education. Much is happening all around the world that
is preventing women from achieving these goals, our medical practice causes
trauma to mothers and babies. Learn what you can do in your community to
promote positive birth change.
D2-French Birth Renaissance-Birth Change-Chantal Birman, Francine Dauphin,
Huguette Comerasamy, Farida Hammani and Adailton Salvatore Meira You are
needed as a birth change agent, wherever you are. Women want to have
healthy babies, no matter what their country of origin or level of
education. Much is happening all around the world that is preventing women
from achieving these goals, our medical practice causes trauma to mothers
and babies. Learn what you can do in your community to promote positive
birth change.
D3-Spanish Birth Renaissance-Birth Change Jesus Sanz and Robbie Davis-Floyd
General Session
4:30-5:30 pm A Birth That Flows Like a River-Marina Alzugaray and Michel Odent
Translated How to follow the progress of labor without vaginal exams
(Theory and Theater)
General Session
5:30-6:00 pm-English Birthing Woman, Sacred Ground- Rosalind Weston We will
share stories and ideas that express why birth is such a profound, intimate
and deeply remembered experience for women.
5:30-6:00 pm-French Birthing Woman, Sacred Ground - Huguette Comerasamy We
will share stories and ideas that express why birth is such a profound,
intimate and deeply remembered experience for women.
5:30-6:00 pm-Spanish Birthing Woman, Sacred Ground - Adailton Salvatore Meira
Saturday, October 20, 2001
General Session
8:30-9:20 am Technology as a Threat to the Normal Birth Process: Pursuing
the Birth Machine-Marsden Wagner
Translated Marsden will explore the reasons for and the negative
consequences of the inappropriate or excessive application of technology
drugs as well as instruments, machinery and surgery in birth. Learn about
your role in the protection of pregnant and birthing women and how current
research actually supports the use of less intervention at the very time
that intervention is increasing in all aspects of birth.
General Session
9:20-10:20 am Whose Knowledge Counts in Childbirth and Midwifery? -Robbie
Davis-Floyd
Translated "How does the ideology of the practitioner affect the outcome of
birth? What is "Authoritative Knowledge?" Why is it important and the
difference between "open" and "closed" thought systems.
Choose one
10:35-12:00 pm
E1-English Country Reports and Models That Work - Reports on birth
renaissance in action
Birth and Midwifery from a Global Perspective- Jan Tritten; Trends and
Traditions Beatrijs Smulders; Overview of the World-Marsden Wagner;
International Alliances-Jan Tritten; Midwifery in Mexico-Naoli Vinaver and
Robbie Davis-Floyd; Bali and the Inuit-a World of Change Suzanna Houd;
South America, Islands of Change Adailton Salvatore Meira
E2-English Midwifery Education for a Global Future Suzanna Houd, Sara
Wickham, Robbie Davis-Floyd and Mary Scheffer Zwart How can midwife
educators around the world come together in shaping the future of birth and
midwifery? How can we educate to achieve a midwifery model of care? Learn
about educational models from around the world. Share your ideas and hear
what others have to say in this interactive session. Introduction by Robbie
Davis-Floyd.
E3-Translated Reading Labor Holistically-Movement and Sound in Labor-Marina
Alzugaray
This class will help you learn how to be more in touch with what women
really need in labor, on all levels, and how you can best be "with woman"
at this time.
E4-Translated Waterbirth: Baby Birth Movements-Cornelia Enning Cornelia
reviews 20 years of waterbirth outcomes with a
focus on the behavior and interaction of the baby with his environment.
Breakthrough discoveries in birth psychology and newborn reflexes will be
illustrated with amazing video sequences.
E5-French Birth Centers- Gisele Steffen Learn about birth centers and why
they are important in maternity care. Come share your experience.
E6-French First Stage Difficulties: Including prolonged labor Chantel
Verdiere and Willy Belhassen
We will share the protocols and techniques to help the mother to move
through the first stage of labor. This discussion will include prolonged
ruptures of membranes, failure to progress, abnormal labor patterns and
non-medical intervention. Your input will help us broaden our knowledge of
these important issues.
E7-Spanish Second Stage Difficulties Jesus Sanz
E8-Spanish Cesarean Section: Issues, Ideas and Preventions Marion Toepke
McLean
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch
Choose one
1:30-3:30 pm
F1-English & French Cultural and Organizational Roundtables In this
well-loved Midwifery Today format, you ll sit in on three roundtables of
your choice. Roundtables will include:
1. Using Rebozo-Naoli Vinaver (English)
2. Dolphin: Human Connection-Marina Alzugaray (English)
3. Dutch Model-Mary Scheffer Zwart (English)
4. Starting a Pregnancy and Birth Shop Beatrijs Smulders (English)
5. Birth on the Farm-Ina May Gaskin (English)
6. How to Keep Nursing From Subsuming Midwifery- Sara Wickham (English)
7. Midwifery in Britain Tricia Anderson (English)
8. Preventing Cesarean Section Marion Toepke McLean (French)
9. Fear in Birth Francine Dauphin (French)
10. Healing Touch Chantel Veriere (French)
11. Healing the Baby Laura Menargues (French)
12. From French Hospital Based Midwife to American Homebirth Midwife Jamin
Goetze (French)
13. Smoking Cessasion in Pregnancy Kim Trout (French)
14. Primal Health Michel Odent (French)
15. Others to be announced
F2-English Pregnancy, Birth and Breastfeeding are All One Process - Suzanne
Colson Important issues, both physical and emotional will be presented.
Includes midwifery assessment tool for maternal/infant wellbeing. Learn new
and important research and evaluation methods you can bring to your
practice. This course will make you a better midwife.
F3-English Homeopathy in Pregnancy and Birth - Adailton Salvatore Meira
This class will explain which homeopathic remedies work in various
situations in pregnancy and birth. This class is filled with amazing
information that will help you become a more holistic midwife.
F4-French Non-Pharmacological Methods of Pain Relief Franscoise Bardes
Facilitates; Franscoise Freedman and Suzanna Houd and Kim Trout Explore the
theory, philosophy and physiology of pain in labor. Discover finding your
uterus. Experience the birth ball, positioning, water, ice packs and more.
You ll learn techniques from numerous healing modalities. Bring your ideas
to share.
F5-French Creative Prenatal Care-Farida Hammani Learn how to evaluate and
nurture the emotional, physical and psychological well-being of pregnant
and birthing women. The relationship between midwife and client helps
create a trusting birth experience. Learn how women s bodies function
differently when trust exists, how bonds between mother and child are
affected by the bonds the midwife and the mom share.
F6-Translate Epidemics: Epidural, Ultrasound Induction and Episiotomy
Marsden Wagner, and Beverley Beech
Learn about the level of birth interventions around the world. Understand
why these epidemics occur and what to do about them. The impact on mothers,
babies and midwifery practice will be discussed. We will review facts,
statistics and research-based information in regards to our rising
technocratic epidemic. The latest research will be presented.
F7-Spanish Birth Change-Models That Work Robbie Davis-Floyd
F8-Spanish The Male Role in Labor and Birth Jesus Sanz
General Session
4:00-6:00 pm-Translated. Tricks of the Trade: Techniques for prolonged
Labor, Malpresentation, Tear Prevention, Starting Slow Babies, Shoulder
Dystocia and More-Jan Tritten and Sara Wickham-English, Naoli
Vinaver-French and Jesus Sanz and Marion Toepke McLean-Spanish
Learn the tricks others have employed and share your own in this open
forum. "Worth at least two weeks of academic training," says a participant.
Sunday, October 21, 2001
Choose one
9:00-10:30 am
G1-English Thousands of Babies, Thousands of Ways Ina May Gaskin, Beatrijs
Smulders, Suzanna Houd, Adailton Salvatore Meira and Rosalind Weston Learn
from the wisdom of this experienced panel from five different countries.
G2-English Hemorrhage and Third Stage Difficulties including Physiological
Third Stage Alternative Perspectives - Marina Alzugaray and Sara Wickham
It is important to facilitate delivery of the placenta physiologically and
with patience. Learn how to assess and deal with bleeding, and what factors
cause intrapartal and postparal hemorrhage? Learn how to help pregnant
women keep healthy to reduce hemorrhage. Other alternative methods will be
discussed in this information packed course including the ill effects of
early cord cutting.
G4-English Blending Traditional and Professional Midwifery Naoli Vinaver
Naoli draws on the rich tapestry of birth in traditional Mexico, blending
it with what she has learned from the women and the profession. She strives
to come up with the best possible blend, always considering each woman as
the totally unique person she is. Her perspective of birth as an inherently
sensual and sexual process and her great love of that process is sure to
rekindle the passion for birth in you.
G3-Translated Singing in Pregnancy and Birth-Farida Hammani (Michel Odent
translate and teach) Learn the wonderful healing effects of singing in
pregnancy and how to incorporate it into your practice.
G5-French Shoulder Dystocia and Second Stage Difficulties Marion Toepke
McLean and Willy Belhassen
Second stage is a time of watchfulness and sometimes mounting tension.
These speakers will discuss constructive and effective ways of handling
maternal and fetal wellbeing and difficult situations. Prepare for the
possibility of shoulder dystocia and learn mechanisms to aid you in the
event that it occurs.
G6-French Liberty in Birth: Democracy has not Arrived to Birth Beverley
Beech and Naissance Action Group
Midwives come work with activists to promote choice in birth.
G7-Spanish Anthropology in Birth Robbie Davis-Floyd
G8-Spanish Waterbirth Jesus Sanz and Franscoise Freedman
General Session
11:00-12:20 pm International Summit Meeting: Establishing the Midwifery
Model of Care in Each Country Please join us in this global visioning
session for birth and midwifery. Your ideas are needed. We will break into
small groups-each with a facilitator-to work on issues such as but not
limited to:
Country Groups
How do we take the fear out of birth? Ina May Gaskin (English)
How can we change birth locally? Beverley Beech (English)
Saving Traditional Midwives Robbie Davis-Floyd (English)
How do we strengthen midwives autonomy? Marsden Wagner (English)
How can we change birth globally Jan Tritten and Sara Wickham (English)
How do we plan midwifery education for a global future? - Suzanna Houd
(English)
The Aachen declaration-how to get it instituted throughout the world-Tricia
Anderson (English)
How do we take the fear out of birth Francine Dauphin (French)
How can we really attain safe motherhood objectives? Speaker TBA
How can we change birth locally? Naissance Action Group (French)
How do we plan midwifery education for a global future-Mary Scheffer Zwart
(French)
Strengthening out of hospital birth in France Willy Belhassen and Farida
Hammani (French)
The Aachen declaration-how to get it instituted throughout the
world-Franscoise Bardes (French)
How can we network with the Spanish speaking countries for positive birth
change? Jesus Sanz (Spanish)
How can we change birth globally? Adailton Salvatore Meira (Spanish)
What are your ideas? Let s work on them.
12:20-2:00 pm Lunch
2:00-3:00 pm Share Goals and Conclusions by Language from summit meeting
Choose one:
3:30-4:45 pm
H1-English Complicated Birth Review - Sara Wickham, Ina May Gaskin,
Rosalind Weston
Learn perspectives and clinical skills from the combined experience of
these midwifery teachers. This workshop will be informative and provocative
on specific topics of interest to you, inspiring deeper reflection.
Rotating periodically around the room, the teachers meet individually with
each small group of participants.
3:30-4:45 pm
H2-French Complicated Birth Review Michel Odent, Farida Hammani and Gisele
Steffen
Learn perspectives and clinical skills from the combined experience of
these midwifery teachers. This workshop will be informative and provocative
on specific topics of interest to you, inspiring deeper reflection.
Rotating periodically around the room, the teachers meet individually with
each small group of participants.
H3-English Haptonomy The Science of Effective Touch Chantel Verdiere Learn
the importance of touch in birth practice. Learn how to apply the science
and heart of touch.
H4-English Autonomy Marsden Wagner and Suzanna Houd
Why does midwifery need to be an autonomous profession? It will be
discussed why it is essential that midwifery be an autonomous profession
around the world. We will hear about specific ways in which autonomy for
midwifery can help birthing women and reduce unnecessary and risky
intervention in birth. Discover examples from our midwifery history that
support the need for independent midwifery. We will be provided with
important facts to use on our advocacy for our profession and craft.
H5-French Creating a Social Fabric For Gentle Birth - Bringing French
Parents and Parent Organizations Together for Birth Renaissance Naissance
Action Group and Beverley Beech
H6-French Hands, Our Treasured Tools-Naoli Vinaver
This class will affirm the knowledge and the power we contain and express
through our hands. It will remind you that the essence of midwifery is,
after all, its hands-on approach to providing care, support and education.
It will give you confidence to use your senses, to keep your heart open and
to listen. While the practical use of hands will be discussed, you will be
reminded that hands are also tools of emotional support and love.
H7-French Midwifery Yesterday, Today and in the Future in France-Chantel
Birman, Franscoise Bourdais and Christina Isola Join this esteemed trio to
understand and plan birth in France. Theater, humor and incredible insights
are all in this class.
H8-Spanish First Stage Difficulties - Marina Alzugaray
H9-Spanish Medical Imperialism The Impact of the Western Model of Birth
-Adailton Salvatore Meira and Robbie Davis-Floyd
General Session
5:00-6:00 pm Closing Jan Tritten, Christine Isola and Adailton Salvatore
Meira Weaving a global future by launching a global birth renaissance.
Monday, October 22, 2001 Post-Conference
Choose one
9:00-12:30 pm-F
I1-English Anthropology of Birth-Robbie Davis-Floyd
Want a college course in one day? This seminar will give you a fascinating
overview of recent findings from social scientists studying midwifery and
birth around the world. Recurrent themes include the establishment of
professional midwifery, midwives roles in the medical hierarchies
established by colonial systems all over the third world, disagreements
over appropriate routes to midwifery education, the problematic
relationship between nursing and midwifery and the shifting identities and
role transformations experienced by what Davis-Floyd has called "postmodern
midwives.
I2-French Improving Your Practice-Thanks to a better knowledge of the
medical literature Michel Odent Michel will teach us how to look at birth
through the eyes of a physiologist, which is a valuable asset to any
midwife. In an easy-to-understand manner, he will cite important findings
from many areas of research and explain how this information can affect
mothers and babies, not only during birth, but also over the course of
their lives. "I learned more in this seven-hour class than I have in any
other class I have attended during my 24 years as a midwife," says Jan
Tritten.
I3-Spanish Alternative Practices for Pregnancy and Birth Adailton Salvatore
Meira and Marina Alzugaray
CHOOSE ONE
1:30-5:00 PM
I4-English Improving Your Practice-Thanks to a better knowledge of the
medical literature Michel Odent Michel will teach us how to look at birth
through the eyes of a physiologist, which is a valuable asset to any
midwife. In an easy-to-understand manner, he will cite important findings
from many areas of research and explain how this information can affect
mothers and babies, not only during birth, but also over the course of
their lives. "I learned more in this seven-hour class than I have in any
other class I have attended during my 24 years as a midwife," says Jan
Tritten.
I5-French Herbs and Massage from Mexico-Naoli Vinaver Naoli will
demonstrate the use of massage and herbal remedies for the childbearing
year from a cross-cultural perspective. This class is a combination of
lecture and hands-on that will keep you excited. Your practice will be
enriched for a lifetime as you take home techniques you can use immediately.
I6-Spanish Gentle Birth and Midwifery Past, Present and Future Plans in the
Spanish Speaking Countries - Adailton Salvatore Meira, Robbie Davis-Floyd
and Jesus Sanz