Friday, April 18, 2008
Tukwila Community Center
Rising Cesarean Rates: Clinical Influence and Risks to Mother and Baby. Nancy O'Briend-Abel, NM, RNC. Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialitst, Center for Perinatal and Pediatric Excellence, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle. Teaching Associate Depaartment of OBGYN, UW School of Medicine.
Cesarean Trends: Economic, Legal and Political Factors. Richard G. Robers, MD, JD, FAAFP. Professor of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin. President elect, World Organization of Family Doctors. Past president, American Academy of Family Physicians. Co-author, AAFP statement on Trial of Labor After Cesarean.
Cesarean: The Personal Impact. Pam Udy. President of International Cesarean Aareness Network; has served on ICAN Board since 1999. Mother of 5 children, 2 born by cesarean, 3 VBAC. Co-compiler of Cesarean Voices.
Education on Cesarean Birth: Finding the Right Perspective. Penny Simkin, PT, Childbirth educator, doula, lecturer, author of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, The Birth Partner and the Labor Progresss Handbook.