Birth 101 for Modern Mothers-to-Be

Bastyr University and its teaching clinic, Bastyr Center for Natural Health, are proud to present “Living Naturally: Conversations on Health and Happiness with Bastyr Experts” — a free series of talks with accomplished Bastyr faculty members. Each conversation will take place at Bastyr Center for Natural Health in Seattle and feature an audience Q&A session. Come learn from our experts and discuss what health and happiness mean to you. The spring 2012 series concludes with:

Birth 101 for Modern Mothers-to-Be
Thursday, May 10, 2012
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Bastyr Center for Natural Health
3670 Stone Way N., Seattle, WA 98103
Free and open to the public

Join us for this one-session workshop to learn about options and practices related to modern pregnancy, birth and motherhood.
You’ll learn:

– How birth works/worked historically, before technology
– The built-in survival mechanisms of normal birth
– What factors changed normal birth
– What ‘normal’ birth looks like today
– How modern birth practices put babies and women at risk
– How normal birth can be revived in modern maternity care

Join Carrie Kenner, BA, CD, CBE, LCCE, CLE, is a Certified Doula, Certified Birth Educator, Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and Certified Lactation Educator.