Birth Choices Expo

Birth Choices Expo’s aim is to make information about pregnancy, birth & parenting more accessible so that you can make the right choices for you & your baby and experience the joy of a positive more normal birth experience and a great start to parenting, just as you always dreamed. The last Birth Choices Expo at Annandale Community Centre in October 2009 was a great success, triggering a move to a larger venue to accommodate exhibitors and visitors for March 5, to mark International Women’s Day.

Good childbirth education has been proven to help women have more success with natural birth. Your natural birth begins long, long before you feel the first hints of labour. Birth Choices Expo at Leichhardt Town Hall on March 5th 2010 is the one stop place to start to gather this information. 6pm – 9pm FREE ENTRY!

Rising caesarean rates are proving to be a concern internationally; the World Health Organisation places the average acceptable rate at 14%, Australia is fast outpacing the USA, with caesarean Section rate of 40%. Pregnancy can be overwhelming physically and mentally with lots of decisions and choices to be made; Birth Choices Expo is a unique opportunity for women & families to meet a range of highly experienced birth professionals and obtain information on how to have a great birth, all in one evening in a supportive and fun community event.

PETER JACKSON, founder of Calmbirth® will be one of our two special guest speakers. As a male midwife working in a country hospital for over 20 years, Peter Jackson witnessed mothers whose experience of childbirth was one of fear, anxiety and trauma. He believed the answer lay in the preparation of the couple during pregnancy. Thus he developed the Calmbirth® Childbirth Preparation program. Peter is internationally recognised for his success in childbirth education. He offers over 30 years experience in General, Midwifery and Psychiatric disciplines of Nursing in Sydney and NSW regional hospitals.

RENEE ADAIR, founder of Australian Doula College. Renee first began working with women and babies in 1994 &1998 began studying and working as a doula, childbirth and early parenting educator and birth counsellor. For three and half years she then worked for the Australian Red Cross at their young women’s health program/refuge and set up both the outreach and childbirth and early parenting education programs for that service. Renee is the founder and principal educator of the Australian Doula College, The Centre for Spiritual Birth and Development and the registered charity Doula Heart Network. In her career she has supported hundreds of women, their partners and families through pregnancy, birth and the early parenting phase.

Come along on the 5th of March and you will have the opportunity, in a relaxed atmosphere, to meet with:
• Independent Midwives
• other parents, including dads at the Men at Birth table
• Birth Centre Midwives
• Doulas
• plus enjoy speakers, food, free show bags & more...
• Natural Health Practitioners
• Parenting Experts

FRIDAY 5 MARCH 2010, LEICHHARDT TOWN HALL. NSW 6 – 9 pm FREE ENTRY www.birthchoicesexpo.com.au

For Event information contact: helena@birthchoicesexpo.com.au / Mob: 0424 096 546
For further Press information or images or to arrange interviews, Contact: sacha@bluedakini.com.au /  Mob : 0418 264 755