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In This Issue
About Birth
Stillbirths in U.S. can be prevented
About Nutrition
Why
Plants Are (Usually) Better Than Drugs
Our Charis Family
Jennifer
Goodwin
Charis Cuisine
Banana Salad
Charis Around the World
Tidbits From Ebony
Childbirth in Kenya
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Congratulations Vicki Sink
for successfully completing all the requirements to become our
newest Charis Certified Childbirth Educator / Certified Doula!!!
Please join us in celebrating with Vicki, what a huge blessing she
is to birthing women and families in Ohio, all her hard work and
dedication to excellence has paid off!
Mark Your
Calendars
Charis
“Labor Support” Workshop
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
at
Birthways Family Birth
Center
in Sarasota, Florida
For childbirth educators, doulas, midwives, or anyone
who would like to improve her ability to support
laboring women.
At our workshops, learning is interactive, hands-on,
fun, and interesting. All Charis workshops are taught
from a Christian perspective, giving God the glory for
His marvelous creation and how He so wonderfully created
women to bear children.
You will spend the day making new friends and becoming
more skilled in putting to use many techniques to bring
a woman comfort during each phase of labor,
understanding the science behind why the comfort
measures work, creating an environment conducive to the
natural progression of labor, recognizing when a woman
is beginning to panic and helping her regain control,
gently encouraging a woman to effectively push out her
baby while taking advantage of the natural physiology of
second stage, assisting a woman in breastfeeding for the
very first time, and so much more.
In addition to the valuable skills acquired at the
workshop, you will also take home with you a beautiful
“labor support bag” filled with an assortment of tools
to help you successfully support, serve, and bring
comfort to your future clients as they labor.
A delicious lunch will be provided for all the workshop
attendees to enjoy as you get to know each other better
during a midday break.
The cost is $200 for Charis members and $230 for
non-members (includes one-year Charis membership).
To
register, complete the
Registration Form
and mail it, along with payment, to:
Charis Childbirth
P.O. Box 6900
North Port, FL 34290
Childbirth
Preparation Classes
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Presented by: Birth InSight
Christi Jones (CCE, CD) and Aimee Roberts (CCE, CD)
six week class
Wed evenings from 7-9pm
July 20- August 24
Cost
$200.00
For more information and to register visit our website:
http://www.birthinsightva.com
or call
757-270-0437
Childbirth
Preparation Class
Cookeville, Tennessee
Instructor: Corinne Henderson
Charis doula and
childbirth educator student
Where: The River Community Church, Cookeville, TN
When: Once a week for 8 weeks beginning Thursday,
June 16, 2011
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost: This series is being offered free of charge.
To sign up or for questions,
contact Corinne at
931-319-1721
or email at
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Our
Director's Heart
How
Moms and Babies in the Community
can Win during Hospital Transfer
I have
friends all over the country who serve their communities as home
birth or birth center midwives. One thing that seems to
frustrate ALL of them is what they and their clients face when
hospital transfer is needed. It is understandable that the
hospital personnel wish that everyone would choose hospital
delivery, just like Southwest Airlines would wish that everyone
would choose their airline for travel. I just so happened to
need to “transfer care” to Southwest Airlines one time after I was
not able to get on the flight I had booked with another airline.
They did not treat me like I had three heads when I asked to buy a
last minute ticket to board their plane. They did not talk
with me about how I should have booked with them first or how
dangerous the other airline is. Instead, they were perfectly happy
being my “Plan B” that day and treated me with the same excellent
service that the other passengers received. How beautiful it
would be if hospital staff could put aside their own opinions and
welcome families with respect when the family’s “Plan A” for
out-of-hospital birth needed to change.
I am extremely grateful to be near
Sarasota
Memorial Hospital, a hospital that is working very hard to make
transfers as positive as possible for my clients. It started
nearly a decade ago when the perinatologist in the area complained
to the Council for Licensed Midwifery in Florida about the way
midwives were transferring their clients who needed hospital care.
I don’t know all the details or what midwives were involved, but
that seemed to get the ball rolling toward positive change. As
a result, and after much hard work on the part of midwives, hospital
administration, and that perinatologist, midwives now have quarterly
meetings with L&D charge nurses, other L&D staff, hospital
administration, and the perinatologist to talk about recent
transfers, how they went, how the patients felt about the care they
received at the hospital, etc. It is a forum for everyone
involved to voice their concerns. The midwives have the
personal cell phone numbers of specific hospital administrators and
have been asked to call immediately, day or night, if a problem
arises during transfer. The administrator is committed to addressing
and resolving the issue immediately. I believe we may have one
of the best transfer situations in the United States!
The only missing ingredient is the doctors. The perinataolgist
is the only doctor involved in these meetings. After about two
decades of licensure for midwives in FL, many of the OBs are
clueless about the level of training and education LMs or CPMs
receive or the laws concerning their practice. Many of the
docs still call the Licensed Midwives “lay midwives” and a couple of
the Health Department OBs even tell the women who transfer care to
the hospital that LMs are unskilled or untrained and scold them for
choosing midwifery care.
Although my goal is for all the moms and babies I serve to remain
healthy and low risk and not need hospital care, I hope to develop
good relationships with as many doctors as possible so that moms and
babies will have an even greater chance of having a positive
experience just in case they do need to transfer to the hospital.
I plan to do this and still be true to my convictions concerning
traditional midwifery and the excellent maternity care women
deserve. I believe in doing so, moms and babies in my
community win!
Blessings,
Kristin Schuchmann
Executive Director, Charis Childbirth, Inc.
Contact Us
Charis Childbirth
P.O. Box 6900
North Port, FL 34290
www.charischildbirth.org
Kristin Schuchmann ~
Executive Director
Cell (941)441-6410
http://happyhealthyliving.wordpress.com/
Susan Oshel ~ Director of Midwifery Studies
Update
Charis Membership
We at Charis are extremely grateful for our wonderful members. This
past year, your dues have made it financially possible for us to
creatively correspond with people in areas of the world where
internet is spotty at best. Having all forms of communication
available for us is essential if we are going to successfully train
birth professionals in the far reaches of the earth. As our
community of members grows, there will be more funds available for
even more world-impacting outreach. Thank you!
Several people have contacted us recently asking about when their
membership dues should be paid. Membership is due every December 31
for the coming calendar year. So, if you became a member on or
before December 31, 2009, your dues should be mailed by the middle
of December, 2010, to be sure it is received in time. If you became
a member sometime in 2010, then your membership is not due until
December 31, 2011.
You can send your
membership form and $30 dues to:
Charis Childbirth
P.O. Box 6900
North Port, FL 34290
Our address
Charis Childbirth, Inc.
P.O. Box 6900
North Port, FL 34290
It's
been over a year since Charis headquarters moved to
Florida. If you use our old Virginia Beach address, your mail will
not reach us as the post office is no longer forwarding mail.
Be sure to mail your yearly membership fees to the Florida address!
Look us up
Attention Aspiring
Midwives!
You will love the flexible, thorough,
distance academics course offered through Charis Childbirth!
Check
it out!
Want to serve childbearing families as a Certified Doula or
Childbirth Educator?
Become trained and certified through Charis Childbirth!
Take a look
at our unique certification process!
If you seek a school that offers the convenience of
self-paced distance learning, personal mentors for each student, a
commitment to the highest excellence in education, a family-like
network of students and birth professionals, and education from a
Christian perspective, Charis may be just the right fit for you!
For more information
Visit the Charis Web site
for course description and outline.
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