Maternity Coalition on The Peninsula: Community Talks February

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Join us every 3rd Friday of the month to hear guest speakers talk about a range of topics, and socialise with other parents who have an interest in birth and related issues.

July 22: Apples & Ovaries: fertility discussion
August 19: Preparing for a good birth after a bad birth
September 16: Becoming a birth worker
October 21: Rhea Dempsey on healing after caesarean
November: TBA
December: Birth story telling

All meetings are held at Karingal Place, 103 Ashleigh Ave, Karingal 3199 on the 3rd Friday of the month from 12:30pm to 2:30pm. Children are welcome (some toys provided). When possible please bring food to share with the group. Free entry to first time visitors and $5 for return guests/members to cover venue hire costs.

Maternity Coalition is a national non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian consumer advocacy organisation. Maternity Coalition acts as an umbrella organisation to bring together support groups and individuals for effective lobbying, information sharing, networking and support in maternity services.

encourages a woman-centred approach to the birth process;

regard pregnancy and childbirth as normal physiological processes, not illnesses;

stresses the social, cultural and psychological factors influencing childbirth;

supports midwives as the primary caregivers for women in normal birth;

emphasises women's rights to make informed choices about their caregiver and place of birth;

promotes continuous assessment and critical evaluation of technologies used in maternity care;

supports the development of services sensitive to women's varied cultural and physical needs.

Background by Jennifer Furlotte / Pixels and IceCream

Maternity Coalition on The Peninsula

Monday, December 7, 2009

Community Talks February - June 2010

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