Midwifery Skills Lab Basic + Advanced

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Want LOTS of hands-on training and experiential learning to improve your skills?

Want to build more confidence with clients and more connections with other birth attendants?

Need sign-offs on PEP forms?

Ready to enhance your skills with advanced training?

Join us May 16-19 in Hickory, NC for this Midwifery Skills Lab led by Christine Strothers.

The basic MSL will be May 16-18
The optional Advanced Training will be May 19
Arrival begins Wed. May 15 at 6:00pm ~ Check-in Ends at 8:00 am Thursday May 16 - please plan to stay until late in the evening of the final day, or even the next morning to get the most out of our time together

The workshops will be at an AirBnB with lodging available. We'll share meals, giving lots of opportunity for connection and camaraderie. Sign up soon as attendance is limited to the available space. Your baby-in-arms is welcome, but no children that will not be in a carrier or worn AT ALL TIMES, please.

Membranes:

Sweeping, assessing for SROM, AROM
Assessing contractions

Vaginal exams:

Dilation, station, effacement, presenting part
Monitoring mom and baby
Charting: forms and protocols
Discussion of Birth Skills
Waterbirth: special considerations
Supporting the perineum
Nuchal hands and nuchal cords
Shoulder dystocia
Newborn suctioning: postural drainage, bulb, Delee
APGAR scoring

Hands-on practice skills including

Cervical checks - yes, be prepared to check and be checked
Perineal support
Nuchal hands/cords
Shoulder dystocia
Suctioning equipment
Postnatal Skills

At the Advanced Lab, we'll cover:

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Hickory, NC Ancient Art Midwifery MSL

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