UNIPA - Union of Midwives cordially invites you

to its international conference NORMAL BIRTH

„Lest we forget what is normal and safe."

to be held 10 – 12 May 2007 at Prague's Veletržní palác (Trade Fair Palace) as part of World Respected Childbirth Week, promoted every year by AFAR (The Francophone Alliance for Respected Childbirth)

Other events held as part of World Respected Childbirth Week:

Multimedia exhibition The Art of Giving birth.

Childbirth in art and the art of giving birth your way.

BABY EXPO trade fair: 11 - 13 May 2007

Products, information, entertainment, all about motherhood, healthcare aids, diverse programme of accompanying events.

international conference
Normální porod

/ Normal Birth
“Lest we forget what is normal and safe.”

10. 5. 2007 Thursday

Topic: What is normal birth
Cinema
09:30 Begin, Kateřina Jacques, a member of the parliament
09:40 – 10:30 Gerd Eldering (D) Bensberg maternity ward
10:30 – 11:00 Eva Hladišová (CZ) Uherské Hradiště maternity ward
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee
11:20 – 11:40 Bernard Bel (Fr) Birth activism in France: from social communication to social mobilization
11:40 – 12:00 Violeta Staniuleviciene (Lt) Normal delivery in lithuanian birth department
12:00 – 13:10 Johana Sengschmid (A) The history of birthcenter nussdorf and time after
13:10 – 14:10 Lunch

WORKSHOP A Cinema

14:10 – 16:00 Natálie Sedlická (CZ) Childbirth in Holland
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee
16:20 – 17:20 A Monika Brühl (D) Support provided by midwives during births at birth houses
17:20 – 19:00 Panel discussion – Healthcare workers who gave birth at home

WORKSHOP B Auditorium

14:30 – 16:00 B Ľuba Lapšanská (SK) Women and their role in the humanization of maternity wards in Slovakia
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee
16:20 – 19:00 B Elisabeth Geisel (D) The competency of the Mother

WORKSHOP C, D, E Parkhotel - 3 breakout sessions`

14:30 – 16:00 C Petra Urbanczyková (CZ) Breath is life
14:30 – 16:00 D Věra Vačkářová (CZ) Practical application of aromatherapy during pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period
14:30 – 16:00 E Mary Zwart (NL) The “Energy Model” – Why (we professionals) make the woman passive and don’t make use of the energy she has inside her
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee
16:20 - 19:00 C Jarmila Kovaříková (CZ) Prenatal preparations
16:20 – 19:00 D Kateřina Kloučková (CZ) Principles of motor development and the necessity for diagnosis of motor disorders
16:20 – 19:00 E Petra Sovová (CZ) At home in the maternity ward – childbirth from the clients’ point of view

11. 5. 2007 Friday
Topic: Barriers to normal birth
Cinema
09:30 – 11:00 Gerd Eldering (D) Barriers to normal birth
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee
11:20 – 12:00 Berthold Huppertz (D) Magnesium during pregnancy, placenta study
12:00 – 12:20 David Studnička (CZ) Magnesium as more than a tocolytic agent.

12:20 – 13:20 Mary Zwart (NL) The golden hour – How we professionals can “spoil” the first hour after birth
13:20 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:10 Marie O’Connor (IR) The current situation in Ireland, research
15:10 – 16:00 Edna Adan Ismail (Somaliland) Delivery services in Somaliland
16:00 – 16:40 Christine Loytved (D) Research in the area of normal birth
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee

WORKSHOP A Cinema

17:00 – 17:30 Tereza Hradilková (CZ) Presenting adverse diagnoses
17:30 – 18:00 Zuzana Kovaříková (CZ) Birth trauma – research
18:00 – 19:00 Ivana Königsmarková (CZ) Midwives in primary care

WORKSHOP B Auditorium

17:00 – 19:00 Monika Brühl (D) Breathing – sound – movement

20:00 Cinema: Film-Katja Baumgarten – My little baby

20:00 Social evening on the terrace of the Trade Fair Palace

12. 5. 2007 Saturday

Topic: Associated initiatives
Cinema
10:00 – 10:40 Lucie Suchochlebová Ryntová (CZ) CIMS + The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
10:40-11:00 Mery Zwert - 10 years of my cooperation with the Czech republic11:00 – 11:30 Aperio – Book of birthing stories
11:30 – 11:50 Coffee
11:50 – 14:30 PANEL DISCUSSION – Giving respect
14:30 CONCLUSION

15:00 Cinema: Film- Katja Baumgarten How did you make it

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