Birth A Play by Karen Brody July 9, 2010

Birth is a play based on over 100 interviews Karen Brody conducted with mothers across America who gave birth between 2000-2004. It tells the true stories of 8 women painting a portrait of how low-risk, educated women are giving birth in America today. Moving between first-person monologues, some dialogue, and the voices these women heard on the day they gave birth, Birth confronts, what City Lights Theater Company has called, "The naked truth about childbirth in America." This riveting look at birth in America today has touched audiences around the country. Reviews include: "Brody's play is a powerful new means of communicating the importance of birth issues to the public." Henci Goer, author of The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth." This honest, painful, funny, compassionate, courageous, and ultimately empowering play should bring it's powerful message to communities across the country. These are stories that women need to hear!" Barbara Behrmann, author of The Breastfeeding Cafe: Mothers Share the Joys, Challenges, and Secrets of Nursing. For more information about Birth: A Play by Karen Brody go to www.boldaction.org.

This presentation will coincide with the opening evening of The 2010 CA Assoc of Midwives Conference. All are welcome!

Special Conference events include: Keynote Speaker: Shafia Monroe, CM, CCE Shafia M. Monroe is the founder of the International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC); the nation's first Black midwifery training, breastfeeding promotion & infant mortality prevention not-for-profit organization. Featuring Jane Heinig, PhD, IBLC, from UCD: Secrets of Baby Behavior, Michael Fox, RN formerly of UCSF: Fetal Heart Rate Interpretation, & Jamie Otremba, CNM, RN: Obstetrics Challenges. Jamie will provide a comprehensive look at preeclampsia, PT labor, shoulder dystocia, abruption, PP hemorrhage and inductions. Attend Jamie's class at a Special Conference rate! CAM is approved by the CA BRN, Provider Number 8125.

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