Post-Natal Support Workshop (Melbourne)

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Do you care for post-natal women?

They will be at a great advantage if you attend this very important, must-attend workshop. Update and enhance support skills and knowledge to more effectively support women through breastfeeding, PND, loss, caesarean, multiples, settling and more.

How could a woman suffering from post-natal psychosis, slip unnoticed through the cracks? A woman who thinks her only way to get help from those out to get her, is to break her baby?s arm, so an ambulance would come and save them?

It?s time to take positive action ? so we?re putting on this fabulous workshop on Saturday the 24th May in Canterbury (in the BellyBelly Pregnancy Centre) which is all about enhancing and updating post-natal support skills and knowledge relevant to what is happening today. It is designed for anyone working with post-natal women from midwives to doulas to doctors and maternal and child health nurses and so on.

The speakers are brilliant with years of experience in their fields, and they all want to help make an impact in the state of affairs for post-natal women. Sadly more and more women are needing support and too many are falling through the cracks.

Lets work together, stand side by side and support women, bringing forward the need for more support services which are so desperately needed. So come along, hear from some industry greats and have a great day out!

Presenters

Featuring some of Melbourne?s most respected and experienced post-natal professionals, including:

Pinky McKay, IBCLC

Pinky is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Infant Massage Instructor, mother of 5 and author of several great parenting books including ?Parenting by Heart?, ?100 Ways to Calm the Crying?, ?Sleeping Like a Baby? and ?Toddler Tactics?.

She is a popular speaker in the industry who regularly presents workshops, seminars and at conferences on issues relating to breastfeeding, infant sleep, infant massage, settling and parenting.

Lisa Fettling BA Hons. (Psych), Dip. Prof. Couns. M.A.C.A.

Lisa has extensive experience with PND, having worked for PaNDa (a Victorian-based PND information and support service) for 15 years, prior to working in her own private practice. She is the author of ?Postnatal Depression: A practical guide for Australian families?, and ?Women?s Experience of Postnatal Depression: Kitchen table conversations?. Lisa is currently doing her masters in relationship counselling and regularly presents workshops and courses for couples and professionals on PND and its effect on relationships.

Barb Glare, IBCLC, BA Dip. Ed

Barb has been the Director of the Australian Breastfeeding Association for many years and is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant.

Melanie Cane, Doula

Melanie is well known for her wonderful work as a post-natal doula in Melbourne and is also Calmbirth certified. She is also the mentor for many trainee doulas being the Melbourne co-ordinator for Optimum Birth.

Details

The workshop will be held in the BellyBelly Pregnancy Centre in Canterbury on Saturday the 24th of May 2008. Commencing at 8.30am, until 5.30pm.

Cost

Attendance is $165 per person, inc. lunch and handouts. Only 40 places available ? book now! Please note that your place is not reserved until payment is made due to the small amount of places available.

More Info

For flyers and booking information please see the Post Natal Support Workshop Page