MAWS Fall Conference and Annual Meeting
Friday November 18th, 2011
All-Region Peer Review, Saturday November 19th

Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA

With special guest Melissa Cheyney, PhD, CPM

An exciting conference for birth professionals packed with topics of interest to midwives, doulas, physicians, nurses, childbirth educators, and students.

Your lunch is included in full conference registration IN ADVANCE. The cost of a meal ticket ($10) will be added to registration at the door. If you are registering for a half day, lunch is on your own in the Bastyr Cafeteria.

IMPORTANT! MAWS MEMBERS, TO GET THE MEMBER PRICE: Be sure to login to your member account where it says "Club Member? Login to Register" on the registration page in order to get the member price (as well as the OB COAP discount.)

OB COAP Participants: If you completed the OB COAP project in 2010 (with all stats submitted in early 2011), you may choose the OB COAP discounted rate for the fall conference. Send an email to Lynn if you have any questions.

Advance registration is strongly encouraged.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

As always, if you must wait to register at the door, please click here to send an email with "Conference RSVP" in the subject line.

For more information on All-Region Peer Review or to RSVP, send an email.

Conference Schedule

7:15 am: Doors open early for registration and continental breakfast.

8:00 am: Welcome

8:15 am: "I'm Sorry" - Enhancing Relationships, Easing Grief and Preventing Medical Malpractice Claims - Victoria Grace

9:15 am: Vendor break

9:30 am: VBAC / Gestational Diabetes Research Update - Louisa Wales LM CPM / Tracy McDaniel ND / LM

11:00 am: The MANA Statistics Project: Streamlining, Expanding, and Going Public? - Melissa Cheyney, PhD, CPM

12:00 pm: LUNCH

12:45: Women of Wisdom Awards

1:00 pm: Annual Meeting

2:00: Overview of HEAL-WA - Valerie Lawrence

2:30 pm: Snack/Vendor Break

2:45 pm: Birth in Cultural Context - Sheila Capestany, MPH & Annie Moffat LM

4:15 pm: Darwin and the U.S. Homebirth Movement: Towards a (R)evolutionary Obstetrics - Melissa Cheyney, PhD, CPM

5:15 pm: Departing words

5:30 pm: Conference ends

6 MEAC CEUs have been applied for

Refund policy: With a minimum of one week's notice of cancellation, MAWS will refund registration fee less a $20 administrative fee by check within 45 days of cancellation. With notice 3 to 6 days prior to event, registration fee less $20 administrative fee in addition to the cost of food ($20.00), will be refunded by check within 45 days of cancellation. Generally, there are no refunds after Tuesday, November 22nd, except in the case of extenuating circumstances. Registrations, however, may be transferred to another individual. Any refund requests must be submitted in writing.