As practitioners working with pregnancy and birth, it is important to remember that experiences in our healthcare systems often vary based on race, gender identity, and sexual/affectional orientation. To better serve our pregnant patients, it is important to understand and unpack our personal, and our healthcare systems biases, discriminatory policies and misconceptions.

Recording in the members section: hear from birth professionals working closely with Indigenous, Black, and Queer communities.
What should we know? How can we improve? What can we do to best support these communities?

(Replay available – members section)
Date: October 26, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30pm PST
OBAA 2023 AGM followed by the Education Session, presented by Sarah Tewhey, L.Ac.

Sharon Weizenbaum will lead this OBAA Roundtable discussion on Thursday, April 13th at 12pm PST (3pm EST) – check your timezone!!

Here is the Zoom link – save it to your calendar, so it automatically converts to your timezone 👍

After a lot of interest in the OBAA Forum regarding the ARRIVE STUDY, we have planned a roundtable lecture and discussion to go over it and better understand how it will impact our patients.

There will be room for questions and discussion, so hope to see you all on Sunday, April 24th at 1pm Pacific Time (US and Canada).

March 10: 8am PST 

Reducing health inequities for socially disadvantaged pregnant women and their infants and increasing access to affordable quality reproductive services is a pressing concern in many countries. This webinar reviews studies examining this problem and recommendations to address it, primarily focusing on high-income countries. Special attention will be given to the role of midwifery and community-based programs in reducing poor health outcomes among structurally-marginalized women facing multiple social inequities.”

Speaker: Dr. Cecilia Benoit https://healthyseminars.com/MIH-Canada

November 21, 2019Time: 12pm PST

The OBAA Claudia Citcovitz week has begun! OBAA advisor Claudia Citkotiz is currently in Ireland presenting a weekend seminar on Acupressure and acupuncture for perinatal care (also available on-line)
Next Thursday is our Roundtable which will include Claudia and  RMT/Osteopath Suzanne Schmidt as they discuss everything you need to know to support your patients leading up to and after c-section. 

Join our guest speakers and OBAA mentors, Elisabeth Rochat de la Valée, Genevieve Le Goff and OBAA senior member Alda Ngo as we discuss how we can better understand and treat Postpartum Depression and Anxiety from both a classical perspective and with modern applications.

Online Webinar
Thursday June 6, 2019 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm Pacific Standard Time PST/PDT (Vancouver BC, Los Angeles CA)

Goals and objectives:

• Understand PPD and PPA from western and classical Chinese medicine perspectives

• Learn diagnostic signs and symptoms to better identify how to treat appropriately

• Learn Acupuncture point combinations and Chinese formulas used for PPD and PPA

• Explore other modalities for supporting PPD and PPA

• Navigating the weaning of medications

• Foods for prevention and treatment in the postpartum period

November 27, 2018 OBAA Co-President, Dr. Emilie Salomons is joined by OBAA Board Advisor Sarah Budd, a midwife and acupuncturist in the UK and OBAA Research Advisor Dr Debra Betts a lecturer, researcher and author of the book “The Essential Guide to Acupuncture in Pregnancy & Childbirth”.

Together they will cover the important aspects of adverse events in pregnancy. Sarah focuses on stillbirth from the midwifery and acupuncture perspective, and Debra covers the miscarriage aspect.

The panel discussion looks at how acupuncture and TCM can play a role in the emotional support, as well as addressing any physical discomforts from the birth such as after pains, breast engorgement, etc which are all such cruel reminders that she is a parent without having a baby to show for it. The panel will also look at ways to help with the post-natal recovery.

Register here to join live

June 14, 2018

This OBAA Roundtable offers a chance to discuss ways to improve your success treating back pain in pregnancy. We will cover acupuncture points, cupping and contraindications with author and international speaker, Debra Betts, as well as discuss the causes of back pain from a structural perspective, as well as exercises and postural adjustments you can teach your patients.

Join OBAA CO-President Emilie Salomons, Debra Betts and Sarah Stranan for this roundtable discussion: Top tips for Acupuncturists treating back pain in pregnancy.

Sign up to watch for free and to be notified when the recording is released: https://www.healthyseminars.com/product/obaa-roundtable-top-tips-acupuncturists-treating-back-pain-pregnancy

February 8, 2018

Join OBAA CO-President Emilie Salomons, Jani White and Laura Erlich for this roundtable discussion: Turning Breech Babies with Acupuncture and Moxibustion – Delving Deeper Than Just BL67

Moxibustion on BL67 is very well known for helping breech presentation, but when is the ideal treatment window, how much, how often, with needles or without? Are there any special considerations for people who are also doing chiropractic or osteopathic treatment? What if the patient is carrying twins?

These questions and so many more will be answered in this edition of the OBAA’s Roundtable: Breech Presentation, with Jani White and Laura Erlich.

Sign up to watch for free and to be notified when the recording is released: https://www.healthyseminars.com/product/obaa-roundtable-turning-breech-babies-acupuncture-and-moxibustion-delving-deeper-just-bl-67

October 6, 2017

Join Sharon Weizenbaum L.Ac and OBAA Advisor with Michelle Evans (RD) and OBAA Board Members Shannon Larson (Dr. TCM) and Emilie Salomons (Dr. TCM) for a roundtable discussion on clinical recommendations for working with clients with gestational diabetes.

Sign up to be notified when the recording is released here: http://www.medigogy.com/archives/obaa-roundtable-series-gestational-diabetes