Orgasmic Birth Screening/MAP Meeting
Reminder for our Big Day, Saturday, Jan. 17th!!!!!!!! "Orgasmic Birth" will be shown at 12 noon at the State Theatre, in State College. There will be tables and displays before this so come early to visit and check out the MAP table. After the movie, there will be a panel discussion, with a number of MAPpers and more! Directions and all other info on their site: http://www.thestatetheatre.org/ Immediately following the panel, at @ 3 pm, we will walk five or so doors down the street and go upstairs to the Allen Street Grill. All are welcome, but only MAP members can vote. You can join MAP ...
MAP invites you to join us for our first Annual Meeting
Sunday November 9th from 12-3:30 pm Luncheon buffet from 12-1pm Join us from 12-1 pm for food, conversation, and networking with fellow midwives from PALM(Pennsylvania Association of Licensed Midwives)*. There will be a raffle/silent auction to help raise funds for MAP’s efforts. Annual Meeting from 1:30-3:30pm Hear updates from MAP’s first 6 months, help set MAP’s agenda for 2009, adopt our official bylaws and elect MAP’s Governing Council. At Molly Brannigans 2nd and Walnut Street (31 N. 2nd Street) Harrisburg, PA 17101 717-260-9242 Lunch is free. Free parking is available at a lot across from the restaurant and on-street parking is free on Sundays as well. Directions From Route 83 ...
International Midwives Day
On May 2, 2008, at 9:30 am, the fourth annual International Midwives Day Celebration will be held at Mountain Laurel Lodge, the office of Krystn Madrine, birth educator and agitator in Centre County. What began as a way to meet other midwives when Krystn was new to this area has become a tradition! The morning will feature a speaker, Lizzie Sensenig, who will share her journey to getting her CPM. After a potluck lunch, MAP will hold its second meeting. Many women from all over this state have RSVP'ed, and this looks to be a great big and diverse group! ...
ACOG: Out of Touch with Needs of Childbearing Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, February 7, 2008 Trade Union claims out-of-hospital birth is “trendy;”tries to play the “bad mother” card (February 7, 2008) — The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), a trade union representing the financial and professional interests of obstetricians, has issued the latest in a series of statements condemning families who choose home birth and calling on policy makers to deny them access to Certified Professional Midwives. CPMs are trained as experts in out-of-hospital delivery and as specialists in risk assessment and preventative care. “It will certainly come as news to the Amish and other groups in this country who have long chosen ...
ACOG 2008 Press Release on Home Birth – CFM Rebuttal and Talking Points
In February 2008, ACOG put out a anti-home birth press release. View it here. Citizens for Midwifery has prepared rebuttal talking points in response. We encourage anyone who is willing to respond to this press release to do so. Here are some thoughts, resources and facts that may be useful if you have an opportunity to respond to press coverage in your local paper, or respond on-line to news coverage or blogs. Consider using any press coverage of ACOG’s press release as an opportunity to put out accurate and positive facts about home birth and direct entry midwives and the Certified Professional ...
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