MINNESOTA BETTER BIRTH COALITION ENVISIONS SAFER, LOWER-COST MATERNITY CARE
The message is simple:  Better birth, lower cost. 

The Minnesota Better Birth Coalition exists to promote better birth at lower cost for all women in Minnesota by organizing public support for legislation that will remove barriers to evidence-based, woman- and family-centered maternity care.  Click "Read More."   For more information, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call Susan Lane at 612-810-1544.

The next meeting of The Minnesota Midwives Guild is on noon, November 8, 2010 in Edina. Our agenda is to continue discussion of a proposed formulary to be added to the Standards of Care. Please submit any additional agenda items to Gail Tully, Secretary, via mail or email, no phone submissions, before November 1st. The board would like to review all proposed submissions before the day of the meeting.

All Minnesota midwives are invited and welcome. 

We meet twice a year. Our fall meeting is the one in which we review proposals.

Chair, Kim Garrett, CPM can be reached at  her cell 612-669-0333

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 The Breech Update is a three-hour class for midwives, physicians, Labor and Delivery Nurses and active midwifery apprentices. 3 MEAC contact hours are available to CPMs and MN nurses (Category B).

Breech Update

Fri, Sept. 17, 1-4 pm Cambridge, MN

Sat. Oct 30,  Shell Lake, WI (after a Shoulder Dystocia class)

Breech birth videos and conference video footage.

Begin to understand the Breech Cardinal Movements with the pelvic box. 

Hands on practice for the “Hands Off” method.

"Does “hands off” really mean ME??"

Why does facing a hip for a breech mean "HELP ME!" ?   Practice the new Louwen Maneuver to free the head with an OB manikin and doll or pelvic box and doll. Informed consent, charting supplement and breech protocols. 

 

 

 

 

“The future of vaginal breech birth is training….every 2-years, retrain.” - Dr. Andre Lalonde, Society of Obstetrics Gynecological of Canada