Saturday,
May 10th, 2008
NCNM, Portland, OR
FEATURING:
Mary Bove, ND – Botanical Medicine for Mothers and Babies;
Cultivating Healthy Beginnings
Tammi Kent, PT – Root Medicine: Applying the Wisdom of
the Female Body to Birth and Mothering
Mary Grabowska, ND – Neonatal complications – both common
and rare
Molly Linton, ND – Unusual complications
in pregnancy
Holly Scholles, LM - CPM-Biodynamic Model
of Birth
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:30 – 9:00 – Registration
9:00
– 10:00 Mary Grabowska
Newborn Problems both Common and Rare
Mary Grabowska ND, LM, LAc has been an Oregon licensed Naturopathic
Physician since 1993 and an acupuncturist and Washington licensed
midwife since 1994. She especially enjoys working with the mother’s
energy to stimulate the onset of labor. She teaches midwifery
and neonatology classes at the National College of Natural Medicine
in Portland, Oregon. Her first love is attending women at their
homebirths and watching the pure, innocent babes emerge into their
mama’s arms.
Mary’s course for the conference will focus on the newborn and
conditions particular to the neonatal period. We will review common
newborn conditions and how to reassure new parents regarding their
significance. Participants will lean about unusual complications
of the neonate as well as the management of these complications.
10:00 – 10:30 – Break
10:30
– 12:00 Tami Kent
Root Medicine: Applying the Wisdom of the Female
Body to Birth and Mothering
Tami Kent, MSPT, is a Women’s Health Physical Therapist, mother
of three, and author. With advanced training in multiple bodywork
techniques and the ability to read energetic patterns of the body,
Tami provides a bridge between modern medicine and traditional
women’s wisdom. She is lead author and researcher for a scientific
study published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and
shares her pioneering approach to restoring balance in the female
pelvis in her book, Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit, and
Joy in the Root of the Female Body.
Tami’s course for the conference will introduce her integrative
approach to pelvic care. In a practice she calls Holistic Pelvic
Care ™, Tami physically and energetically realigns a woman’s pelvic
bowl. A valuable physical medicine, Holistic Pelvic Care can address
the imbalances in the root to alleviate a variety of pelvic symptoms,
enhance core vitality, and assist post-partum healing. Tami will
share her knowledge of this powerful potential in the root of
the female body through keen insights and fascinating case studies.
12:00 – 1:00- Lunch
(Courtesy of AANM)
1:00 – 2:30 Holly Scholles’s
Facilitating a Biodynamic Birth
Experience
Holly Scholles, MA, CPM, LDM, is an anthropologist, midwife and
president of Birthingway College of Midwifery in Portland, Oregon.
She has been attending homebirths since 1978. She currently sits
on the Oregon Board of Direct Entry Midwifery, the Midwifery Education
Accreditation Council, and the Academic Consortium for Complementary
and Alternative Health Care. She is the Education Chair for the
Midwives Alliance of North America. Her two amazing Children were
born at home.
Holly’s workshop will review the underlying principles of the
Biodynamic Model, including the impact of oxytocin, catecholamines
(epinephrine and norepinephrin) and other hormones on the course
of labor. Specific protocols for implementing Biodynamic birth
practices will be discussed, including creating a biodynamic labor
and delivery environment, working with the Ferguson reflex, optimizing
the fetal ejection response, delaying cord clamping and separations,
and utilizing physiologic management principles in the immediate
postpartum.
2:30-3:30
Molly Linton
Unusual Complications of Pregnancy
Molly Linton, ND, LM is a Naturopathic Physician and Licensed
Midwife who has been in private family practice for almost 25
years. Her background includes being the Dean of Naturopathic
Medicine and Chair of the Midwifery Department at Bastyr University
where she taught for 20 years both academically and clinically.
She has extensively lectured throughout the country and written
many articles on natural Childbirth, Pediatrics and Naturopathic
Medicine. She is also the proud mother of two children, Brittany
and Rodney, Jr.
Molly will present such complications as the dermatological diseases
(e.g. herpes gestationis, melasma, popular dermatitis, pruritic
urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy PUPPS); metabolic
issues such as HELPP; unusual musculoskeletal issues. Her lecture
will focus on a Naturopathic diagnostic triage and therapeutic
plan based on Naturopathic principles. Dr. Linton would also encourage
anyone to email her about complications they would like her to
cover at D2rmolly@aol.com.
3:30 – 4:00 – Break
4:00
– 6:00 Mary Bove
Botanical Medicine for Mothers and Babies:
Cultivating Healthy Beginnings
Dr. Mary Bove obtained her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine
and Midwifery Certification from Bastyr University in Seattle,
WA. She received the Diploma of Phytotherapy/Herbal Medicine at
the School of Phytotherapy in Great Britain. She served as a full-time
faculty member at Bastyr University, in the departments of Botanical
medicine and Naturopathic Midwifery. She is the author of the
Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children and Infants and co-author
of Herbs for Women’s Health. She lectures internationally and
writes on the topics of botanical medicine, pediatrics and natural
childbirth. Dr. Bove currently practices Naturopathic Family Medicine
in Brattleboro, VT.
Mary will cover naturopathic and botanical tools used for building
an optimal foundation of health for mother and baby during the
gestational period, infancy and childhood. She will address botanical
medicines used to cultivate wellness, optimal growth and development
and for the treatment of illness. Botanical medicines will be
discussed in terms of active constituents, pharmacological activity,
recent clinical trials, safety and dosing. Special attention will
be given to use of botanical medicines with infants and children.
Early registration for members:
$145 (before April 25, 2008)
Early registration for non-members: $155
Regular registration: $175
Student registration: $35
Work study option for students: free (sign up ASAP as there
are a limited number of positions)
Registration Form (Deadine, May 5th)
Conference Flyer
