Changes in Monthly Format
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By Kimberly James in General Published: Friday, 14 November 08 - 09:29 PM (GMT -07:00) Last Updated: Friday, 14 November 08 - 09:35 PM (GMT -07:00) |
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It's that time of year when the weeks start flying by and we all get very busy with our families, work, and extra-curricular activities. Can you believe the holiday season is upon us?!!
I'd like to change the format of the ICAN meetings just a bit. Certainly I would like to schedule special meetings and forums to address specific needs in our childbearing and mother/baby supporting community, but more than anything I'd like to build community and a strong activism base surrounding natural and evidence-based childbirth practices. So, I'd like to do our monthly gatherings "mixer style."
Support for natural (or at least low interventive) birth is shifting. Many of you know that Dr. Lynn Montgomery, the obstetrician who opened the Birth Center, passed away unexpectedly. His loss is tremendous. I have also learned that Nancy Everett, CNM at Western Montana Clinic, will stop delivering babies sometime next summer. Deni Llovet, former Birth Center CPM, is now involved in family practice down in Florence. Luckily Dr. Montgomery had recently hired two CNMs to his practice, but I am concerned that support (from the medical community) of low interventive birth is waning in Missoula. I am hoping that with your help, ICAN of Greater Missoula can be an integral part of the discussion and solution when it comes to keeping options open and available for women and their babies.
Anyway, I'd like to invite you to attend an informal gathering to discuss the birth "situation" in Missoula. I'm interested to hear your thoughts and experiences with giving birth in Missoula. I'm interested to hear your ideas about ways to advocate for our (childbearing mothers and their infants) needs and bring about tangible changes here in our community.
Please join me THIS SUNDAY EVENING, NOV. 16 at 7:30pm
at LIQUID PLANET COFFEEHOUSE, 223 N Higgins Ave
I have reserved their cozy conference room! Please feel free to invite others who share our interests. Families are of course welcome!
Other upcoming events:
A week of programming at Happy Mama (Dec 1-5), including my presentation on VBAC Bans (time, exact day TBA)
ICAN Christmas Gathering, Sunday, December 21 at 7:30pm (place TBA)
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