Thursday, Nov 14th, 2024. 1:00PM – 2:30PM PST
Please check your own timezone! 
Join us for the 2024 AGM and the Educational Session with Debra Betts and Kate Levett!
 Debra and Kate will be facilitating a session on the updated guidelines for managing back pain in labor.
 This is for OBAA members only, so there will be plenty of room to ask questions and discuss. We really hope to see you all there!!

The 2022 OBAA AGM is scheduled for November 3rd at 12pm PST (please check your timezone) and the Education Session will be presented by Dr Laurena White, MD, OBGYN, L.Ac.: Identifying and treating rashes in pregnancy: annoying itch, or RED FLAG?

We would like to welcome all members to the 2021 OBAA AGM on November 4th, at 11:30am PST. Following the AGM, there will be a FREE class on supporting Queer/Trans/Gender Non-Conforming Families in the Perinatal Period.

This 2h workshop examines various birth settings and models of care that have historically included/excluded queer birth. Our goal is to help you develop an understanding of (some of) the specific needs of queer + trans folks in the perinatal period and explore tools to provide support as a birth and/or postpartum professional.

Some of the topics included in this session are:

1. Terminologies/language to use when supporting queer/trans folks in birth and postpartum

2. Intersectionality and the impact of race, class, gender on the experiences of birth and postpartum for queer/trans families

3. Queer/trans family planning: modalities & costs

4. Second-parent adoption laws

5. Steps towards building queer inclusive practices. 

Morgane Richardson, M.A.

Morgane has been a doula and Perinatal Health Educator since 2012 and wears a variety of hats in this field including: Former Director of the NYC Doula Collective and Head of Practitioner Relations at Allbodies & Co-Founder of Woven Bodies.

Morgane is also a birth doula, childbirth educator, certified breastfeeding counselor, placenta encapsulation specialist and doula mentor. She facilitates workshops for birth professionals on supporting queer, trans & gender nonconforming families during the conception and perinatal periods.

Morgane holds a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology and Art History from Middlebury College and an M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies, with a focus on gender and peacebuilding, from the University for Peace.

Date: Wednesday April 21, 2021 
Time: 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm PDT
50% off if you want CEUs or Free to just listen for OBAA members!   

During COVID-19, longstanding efforts of many people are coming to fruition as we witness institutional changes and signs of potential systemic change, despite ongoing racism and white supremacy that prevail. While anti-racism and decolonial movements are not new, this time in history offers some potential for genuine, deep-seated change. In this talk, we will discuss the deleterious impacts of racism on mental and physical health and how to provide healthcare services to embrace ethno-cultural diversity. 

Speaker: Dr. Farah Shroff
Dr Farah Shroff is a public health researcher and educator who has worked towards better health for all for many years. Her anti-racism theoretical perspectives are grounded in research and work in communities all over Canada and the world. She is committed to the creation of a world in which racism is erased. She teaches at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine and is the Founder and Lead of Maternal and Infant Health Canada (MIHCan), a global public health collaborative that strives to improve the lives and health of women and children through education, research, and innovation. MIHCan’s anti-racism work involves the support of integrative health practices, Traditional Medicines, and other mind-body practices that emanate from the Global South and Indigenous communities.

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

Live webinar with Debra Betts: Acupuncture for post-partum urinary incontinence.
January 22, 2018

Find the webinar here: https://www.healthyseminars.com/product/acupuncture-post-partum-urinary-incontinence

While traditional Chinese medicine emphasises the importance of preventive care following childbirth, many women only seek treatment if problems arise. Urinary incontinence is a common complication following childbirth. It is estimated to affect one third of women and can occur after a uneventful pregnancy and delivery. This can be bladder leakage under stress such as coughing or exercise, or urge related where there is a sudden urge to urinate and leakage before the women can reach a toilet. Although women are frequently reassured this will resolve within a year of delivery, one third to one half of women with post-partum incontinence report some degree of bladder leakage five years later, with up 20 percent reporting this as “socially bothersome.”

This one hour presentation uses a case history and the latest research to outline the potential for promoting acupuncture as a relevant treatment for post-partum urinary stress and urge incontinence. If promoted, it is likely that women would actively seek out treatment for this common complication, allowing practitioners to offer additional treatment and advice relevant to improving maternal health in this postpartum period.

The 4 W’s of Acupuncture Cervical Ripening, Birth Preparation and Labour Induction. Who, When, Why, and What You Need to do to with Emilie Salomons

June 20, 2017

Find the webinar here: http://www.medigogy.com/archives/4-ws-acupuncture-cervical-ripening-birth-preparation-and-labour-induction-who-when-why-and