NORMAL LABOUR BIRTH · As President of the Australian College of Midwives, I am delighted to...
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NORMALLABOUR &
BIRTHCONFERENCE
SYDNEY2016
PROGRAMDATES
Photo by Holly Priddis
As President of the Australian College of Midwives, I am delighted to welcome you to the 11th Inter-national Normal Labour and Birth Conference. For the first time this important conference will be held in Australia and hosted by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney and the Australian College of Midwives. I was fortunate to attend one of the first Normal Labour and Birth Conference held in the beautiful Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria, England. It was an amazing confer-ence – I had not experienced the level of thoughtful discussion and debate about the importance of normal labour and birth at a conference previously. As a star-struck Aussie midwife, it was also like being at the Oscars of the Midwifery World as many of the amazing midwives that I had only ever read were there and sharing their wisdom, research and stories. It was also a lot of fun and I have fond memories of sitting on the lawn of the lovely venue having. I have watched this fabulous event mature and develop over time and it is now the premier international conference about labour and birth and a must for all who work alongside women giving birth. I am therefore, absolutely thrilled that the 11th Conference will be held ‘down-under’ in beautiful Sydney at a gorgeous time of the year – our spring and we are really pleased to be in partnership with the team at Western Sydney University. I encour-age you to start making plans to head to Sydney – start planning your abstracts now! I look forward to seeing you in Sydney in October 2016.
Welcome from the Chair,Professor Hannah Dahlen
Welcome from the Australian College of Midwives President, Professor Caroline Homer
As Chairperson for the 11th International Normal Labour and Birth Conference (NLBC) I am thrilled to welcome you to Sydney in 2016 to participate in one of the best conferences in the world. This conference will be hosted by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University in association with the Australian College of Midwives. The NLBC conference was founded by Profes-sor Soo Downe from UCLAN and it has grown in reputation over the past 11 years. Every second year it leaves its lovely home in Grange-over-Sands in the English Lake District and goes to another country. The conference has now been held in Canada, China, Brazil, and in 2016 we will host it in Sydney. I have been going to the International Normal Labour and Birth Conference since 2010 and have persistently advocated for Australia to be a host, as I know how many wonderful researchers and passionate midwives, doctors and consumers we have working for normal birth in this country. We will have a wonderful line up of speakers including 10 keynote speakers (midwives, obstetri-cians, lawyers, scientits and consumers), 100 oral presentations, 70 posters and nine workshops. The conference will be held at Waterview located in Bicentennial Park, Sydney Olympic Park. The conference will address social, cultural, physiological, psychological, emotional and spiritual as-pects of labour and birth. It will examine new developments in the current evidence based on the nature of and cultures around birth, and on associated processes and outcomes of labour and birth. Papers will cover primary and secondary research, methodological debates, and new philos-ophies and constructs in this area. Don’t miss this amazing event. I look forward to seeing you Down-Under!
Keynote speakersProfessor Eugene DeclercqEugene Declercq is the Professor of Community Health Sciences and Assistant Dean for DrPH Education at the Boston University School of Public Health and professor on the faculty of Obstetrics and Gyne-cology at the Boston University School of Medicine. He has served as lead author of national reports on women’s experiences in childbirth and in the postpartum period entitled Listening to Mothers I, II & II-Iand New Mothers Speak Out and is the founder of the website www.birthbythenumbers.org. He is one of the Principal Investigators for the Massachusetts Outcomes Study of Assisted Reproductive Technolo-gies (MOSART) an NIH funded study of infant and maternal outcomes associated with assisted reproductive technologies. He was awarded the 2013 Martha May Eliot award from the American Public Health As-sociation for service to maternal and child health in the U.S.
Kerstin Uvnäs MobergKerstin Uvnäs Moberg is an MD, PhD from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and a full professor of physiology at the University of Agri-culture. She has published more than 450 peer reviewed original and review papers and supervised more than 30 PhD students. She spent her 10 first year as a scientist within the field of gastrointestinal phys-iology with a particular interest in the endocrine system of the gastro-intestinal tract and the role of the vagal nerve. In the beginning of the 1980 ies her research focus shifted to the physiology and psychology of oxytocin based on animal experiments and clinical studies. The role of sensory stimulation such as touch, warmth and stroking, for the release of oxytocin was studied in animal experiments. The release and role of oxytocin during labor, skin-to-skin contact, lactation and other types of relationships was studied in clinical studies.Recent research topics include the role of oxytocin in human animal interactions and the role of human animal interactions on wellbeing and health and also the beneficial role of oxytocin in menopause.She has published several books, e.g. the oxytocin factor and the hor-mone of closeness and oxytocin the biological guide to motherhood.
Dr Sarah BuckleyDr Sarah Buckley is a qualified GP with training in GP obstetrics, and is currently a full-time writer and lecturer on pregnancy, birth and parent-ing. She is the author of the internationally best-selling book Gentle Birth. Gentle Mothering, (Celestial Arts/Penguin Random House, 2009) and is also the mother of four children.Sarah has a special interest in hormonal physiology and was commis-sioned by Childbirth Connection (US) to write a scientific report on this topic. Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing was published in January 2015 by Childbirth Connection, now a program of the National Partner-ship for Women and Families, with support from DONA International and Lamaze International. This report has been described as “…one of the most revolutionary and influential publications on maternity and newborn care ever issued.”Sarah is committed to the best possible outcomes for mothers, babies, fathers and families in relation to hormonal physiology in childbearing and is currently also pursuing a PhD on this topic.
Professor Caroline HomerCaroline is the President of the Australian College of Midwives. She was the first President to be publicly elected, has been an active mem-ber of ACM for more than 18 years and has served on many national and state-based committees.In her day job, she is the Director of the Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Director of Midwifery Studies and the Associate Dean for International and Development in the Faculty of Health at the University of Technology Sydney. She has led research into the development and implementation of innovative models of midwifery care and the translation of research into clinical practice and holds ARC and NHMRC grants. She has been involved in the development and evaluation of midwifery and maternity services in Australia and in in a number of other countries in the Asia Pacific region, including Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Timor Leste. She was an author in the Lancet Series of Midwifery and the 2014 State of the World’s Midwifery Report.
Professor Alec WelshQualifications: GAICD MBBS MSc PhD FRCOG(MFM) FRANZCOG CMFM DDUProfessor Welsh is a subspecialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) with Masters and PhD degrees in Digital Imaging and Fetal Imaging. He is an active clinician in both obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine, and is a strong believer in collaboration between midwives and obste-tricians in maternity care. He runs a Fetal Imaging Research team of ten at UNSW and coordinates the Perinatal Academic Group at RHW. He helped to establish the NSW Fetal Therapy Centre at the Royal Hospital for Women and performs laser therapy for twin-twin-transfusion syn-drome as well as all other fetal procedures. Within the fetal medicine and fetal imaging research community, Professor Welsh has multiple collaborations including research groups of the Universities of Oxford, Sao Paolo, Michigan & Baylor College of Medicine. He has approxi-mately 75 peer-reviewed publications.
Professor Maralyn FoureurA midwife for 40 years and academic for the past 20, Maralyn Foureur is Professor of Midwifery at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). She is one of an inspiring team of midwives who prepare graduates to competently and compassionately care for women during pregnancy, childbirth and early parenting. In 1984 Maralyn set up the first inde-pendent midwifery practice in Australia with visiting rights to maternity hospitals in Newcastle, NSW. This was the inspiration for one of the first randomised controlled trials of continuity of midwifery care (un-der her previous surname Rowley); a study that now forms part of the Cochrane systematic review of this model of care. With a record of 100 publications and more than $5 million in research grants, Maralyn is regarded as a world leader in researching birth unit design and its im-pact on childbearing women and families and the quality and safety of maternity care provided by midwives. Her research findings have been translated into the design of several new Australian maternity units in Sydney, Canberra and Townsville and she is currently part of a team of researchers in Denmark undertaking a randomised controlled trial in this area.“My lifetime research has contributed knowledge to understanding how relationship based care and an optimally-designed birth unit provide the best environment for labour and birth to unfold.”
Sheena Byrom OBESheena Byrom is a practising midwife, and worked within the NHS for more than 35 years. Sheena was one of the UK’s first consultant midwives, and as a head of midwifery successfully helped to lead the development of three birth centres in East Lancashire. Sheena is a Board member of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), a member of the RCM’s Better Births initiative, Patron of StudentMidwife.Net and Chair of the Iolanthe Midwifery Trust. Currently Sheena is working as a midwifery expert at North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, and is one of the project leads for a new exciting development, the Midwife-ry Unit Network.Sheena’s midwifery memoirs, Catching Babies, is a Sunday Times best-seller, and her absolute passion is promoting normal physiological birth, and a positive childbirth experience for all women. Her latest book, The Roar Behind the Silence: why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care is jointly edited with Soo Downe, and together they hope the book will used as a resource to promote positive child-birth throughout the world. Sheena was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to midwifery, and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Midwives in 2015. Sheena actively lobbies for maternity service im-provements through several social media channels. Sheena is currently a midwife consultant, and lectures nationally and internationally on mid-wifery and childbirth related topics. Her personal and midwifery related website is sheenabyrom.com.
Professor Sally TracySally Tracy is the Professor of Midwifery at the University of Sydney and conjoint Professor, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW. She leads the Midwifery and Women’s Health Re-search Unit based at the Royal Hospital for Women. Her research proj-ects funded by the NHMRC include the randomised controlled trial of caseload midwifery care, the M@NGO trial; the EMU study, evaluating midwifery led units in New Zealand and Australia; and more recently the amniotic fluid lactate study and the Birth on Country partnership grant with the University of Queensland.
Professor Sue KildeaSue Kildea holds a clinical chair in midwifery and is a joint appoint-ment between the Mater Health Services Brisbane and the University of Queensland. She has clinical, management, policy, education and research experience across both acute and primary health care set-tings. Sue is a strong collaborative researcher and many of her research projects aim to make a difference to the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Together with a Senior Elder from Maningrida in Arnhem Land she was a joint recipient of the UTS Human Rights Award for contribution to advancing reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians (2004). Sue is a strong proponent of normal birth and returning birth to the rural, remote and primary care setting.
Andrew BisitsAndrew Bisits has been in full time obstetrics since 1984. Andrew is currently the medical co director of maternity services at the Royal Hos-pital for Women in Randwick Sydney a tertiary maternity service where 4100 babies are born each year.He did his training in Newcastle, NSW , Australia and worked there for 23 years . During that time he developed a strong interest in models of maternity care that supported normal birth , hence the focus on midwifery teams, primary midwifery and midwifery group practices. He has had a clinical,research and didactic interest in any area of obstetrics which minimises interventions and maximises the possibility of a safe and normal birth. Since the planning of the term breech trial he has looked at various ways of maintaining the capacity to offer vaginal breech birth where appropriate. A large part of this has involved looking at ways to increase the possibility of physiological breech birth. Andrew has research interests in statistics particularly the area of formal causal inference using observational data. He is a keen teacher .
Bashi HazardBashi Hazard is an Australian lawyer and the principal of B W Law, a legal practice directed at assisting women and children in Australia, and Board Director of Human Rights in Childbirth (HRiC). Bashi has repre-sented families and individuals in coronial inquests, statutory investiga-tions and in commercial litigation. She has also worked on healthcare policy and human rights based fact-finding reports both in Australia and internationally.Bashi’s background is in competition and consumer law, developed while working for several years with Allens in Sydney, immediately after graduating with first class honours in Law and Economics from the University of Sydney. Bashi has written and spoken on issues relating to competition and trade practices law, legal professional privilege, the human and constitutional rights of free speech, and women and repro-ductive rights, particularly in relation the human right to bodily integrity and informed consent.Bashi is mother to 3 amazing young children, teaches ethics to primary school aged children and grows orchids.
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N)
16:1
0-16
:40
16:4
0-17
:10
Pech
a K
ucha
: max
4 =
24
min
utes
and
6 m
inut
es d
iscu
ssio
n17
:10-
18:0
0R
hoda
nthe
Lip
sett
Indi
geno
us M
idw
ifery
Cha
ritab
le F
und
even
t
Day
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o W
edne
sday
12t
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ctob
er 2
016
08:3
0-09
:00
09:0
0-09
:10
09:1
0-09
:40
09:4
5-10
:15
10:1
5-10
:50
Reg
istr
atio
n –
tea
and
coffe
e on
arr
ival
Wel
com
e fr
om C
hair
Key
note
Add
ress
- Pr
ofes
sor S
ally
Tra
cy a
nd P
rofe
ssor
Ale
c W
elsh
“W
orki
ng to
geth
er fo
r nor
mal
birt
h”K
eyno
te A
ddre
ss –
Dr A
ndre
w B
isits
– “
Can
bre
ech
birt
h be
nor
mal
birt
h?”
Ref
resh
men
t Bre
ak10
:50-
12:3
0C
oncu
rren
t Ses
sion
3:
Sess
ion
bree
ch b
irth
Cha
ngin
g th
e sy
stem
Wor
ksho
pW
orks
hop
Roo
mR
oom
Roo
mR
oom
1.Sh
awn
Wal
ker
Inte
ntio
n, id
entit
y an
d re
spon
sibi
lity:
A g
roun
ded
theo
ry s
tudy
con
cern
ing
phys
iolo
gica
l bre
ech
birth
sk
ill ac
quis
ition
2.3.
Shu-
Wen
A de
cisi
on-m
akin
g m
odel
re
gard
ing
birth
cho
ices
fo
llow
ing
a pr
evio
us c
ae-
sare
an d
eliv
ery
4.M
ary
Sher
idan
Supp
ort f
or v
agin
al
bree
ch b
irth
at te
rm: F
ind-
ings
from
the
UK
“Thi
nk
Bree
ch” a
mix
ed m
etho
ds
stud
y5.
Kar
ol P
etro
vska
Sear
chin
g fo
r aut
onom
y:
An in
tern
atio
nal q
uant
i-ta
tive
surv
ey o
f wom
en’s
expe
ctat
ions
and
ex-
perie
nces
sur
roun
ding
pl
anne
d va
gina
l bre
ech
birth
1.Tr
acey
Coo
per
Usi
ng e
vide
nce
for t
rans
for-
mat
iona
l cha
nge
2.Ly
ndel
Gra
yTr
ansl
atio
n of
nor
mal
labo
ur
and
birth
rese
arch
: The
im
-pl
emen
tatio
n of
a s
tate
wid
e no
rmal
birt
h gu
idel
ine
3.Lo
rna
Dav
ies
Barri
ers
to s
usta
inab
ility
in
mid
wife
ry p
ract
ice
4.H
anifa
tur R
osyi
dah
Wom
en a
nd m
idw
ives
’ sat
is-
fact
ion
with
the
expe
rienc
e of
ch
ildbi
rth: A
qua
litat
ive
stud
y5.
Elin
Ter
nstr
om
Hig
her p
reva
lenc
e of
chi
ld-
birth
rela
ted
fear
in fo
reig
n bo
rn p
regn
ant w
omen
: Fi
ndin
gs fr
om a
com
mun
ity
sam
ple
in S
wed
en
Mar
y N
ewbu
rnM
idw
ifery
Uni
t N
etw
ork:
Build
ing
capa
city
and
con
-fid
ence
thro
ugh
diss
emin
atio
n an
d so
cial
med
ia n
et-
wor
king
Jane
San
dall
Impl
emen
ting
and
scal
-in
g up
sus
tain
able
con
-tin
uity
mod
els
of c
are:
A
wor
ksho
p on
pra
ctic
al
appl
icat
ion
and
theo
ret-
ical
und
erpi
nnin
gs fr
om
impl
emen
tatio
n sc
ienc
e
Mod
els
of c
are
Roo
m
1.M
iche
lle N
ewto
nU
nder
stan
ding
how
cas
eloa
d w
orks
:Can
theo
ry h
elp?
2.K
ate
Daw
son
Cas
eloa
d m
idw
ifery
in A
ustra
-lia
: Wha
t acc
ess
do w
omen
ha
ve?
3.H
ilde
Perd
ok-v
anO
pini
ons
of p
rofe
ssio
nals
ab
out i
nteg
ratin
g m
idw
ife-le
d an
d o
bste
trici
an-le
d ca
re in
th
e N
ethe
rland
s 4.
Susa
n C
row
ther
Con
tinui
ty o
f car
er in
rura
l re
gion
s ca
n he
lp k
eep
birth
sa
fe a
nd n
orm
al y
et n
eeds
to
be s
usta
inab
le5.
Alli
son
Cum
min
sW
hat a
re th
e ex
perie
nces
of
new
gra
duat
e m
idw
ives
wor
k-in
g in
mid
wife
ry c
ontin
uity
of
care
mod
els?
Cul
tura
l und
erst
andi
ngPe
rspe
ctiv
es o
n la
bour
an
d bi
rth
Qua
lity
mat
erni
ty c
are
Wor
ksho
pR
oom
Roo
mR
oom
Roo
m
1.Su
ha H
usse
inTh
e ba
rrier
s an
d fa
cilit
a-to
rs o
f int
rodu
cing
evi
-de
nce-
base
d pr
actic
es
arou
nd th
e us
e of
epi
siot
-om
y in
Jor
dan
2.M
arya
m B
azar
gan
An o
verv
iew
of c
hild
-birt
h in
Iran
: Who
doe
s th
e m
ater
nity
car
e sy
stem
se
rve?
3.M
arg
Doc
king
Embr
acin
g th
e tra
ditio
nal
mal
e le
ader
ship
in U
gan-
da to
impr
ove
birth
out
-co
mes
.4.
Enda
ng K
oni S
urya
n-in
gsih
Indo
nesi
an v
ersi
on o
f Pr
enat
al A
ttach
men
t In
vent
ory:
A p
relim
inar
y St
udy
5.D
oree
n B
alab
anof
fEm
bodi
ed d
esig
n fo
r bi
rthsp
ace
1.Sa
rah
Nor
risC
ogni
tive
appr
entic
eshi
p in
a
mid
wife
ry le
d un
it:Th
e te
ach-
ing
and
lear
ning
exp
erie
nce
of m
idw
ifery
men
tors
and
st
uden
t mid
wiv
es2.
Meg
Hitc
hick
Wal
king
with
a fo
ot in
eac
h w
orld
: Stu
dent
s’ ex
perie
nces
of
dea
ling
with
the
divi
de b
e-tw
een
theo
ry a
nd p
ract
ice.
3.M
echt
hild
Gro
ssTh
e lo
ngitu
dina
l ana
lysi
s of
ca
re d
urin
g la
bour
: The
mid
-w
ifery
per
spec
tive
4.M
aggi
e R
edsh
awW
hich
wom
en a
re a
ctua
lly
aske
d ab
out t
heir
men
tal
heal
th in
pre
gnan
cy a
nd th
e po
stna
tal p
erio
d? F
indi
ngs
from
a n
atio
nal s
urve
y5.
Mic
helle
But
ler
Expl
orin
g pa
ttern
s of
nor
mal
bi
rth in
Brit
ish
Col
umbi
an
data
set
s
1.Le
sley
Pag
eR
elat
ions
hips
: The
key
to
safe
, hig
h qu
ality
mat
er-
nity
car
e.2.
Sally
Cus
ack
Wom
en tu
rnin
g th
e tid
e:
How
a ru
ral b
irthi
ng s
er-
vice
was
sav
ed3.
Mar
y N
ewbu
rnSe
rvic
e us
er in
volv
e-m
ent:
Wom
en c
hang
ing
serv
ices
4.Ja
ne S
anda
llVa
riatio
n in
hea
lthy
ma-
tern
al a
nd n
ewbo
rn b
irth
outc
omes
in E
ngla
nd:
The
influ
ence
of o
rgan
-is
atio
nal,
staf
fing
and
wom
en’s
back
grou
nd
char
acte
ristic
s
5.Je
nny
Parr
atC
are
in th
e fir
st 3
0 m
in-
utes
afte
r birt
h: W
hat d
o Au
stra
lian
wom
en w
ant
mat
erni
ty c
are
prov
ider
s to
kno
w?
Rhe
a D
emps
ey
Pain
dyn
amic
s an
d ph
ys-
iolo
gica
l birt
h
Wor
ksho
pR
oom
Nig
el L
eeSt
erile
wat
er in
jec-
tions
for p
ain
in la
bour
12:3
0-14
:00
13:3
0-14
:00
14:0
0-15
:40
Lunc
hFo
rmal
Pos
ter V
iew
ing
(pos
ters
acc
ompa
nied
by
post
er a
utho
rs)
Con
curr
ent S
essi
on 4
:
15:4
0-16
:10
16:1
0-17
:10
19:0
0-23
:00
Key
note
add
ress
– S
ue K
ildea
(Titl
e TB
N)
Pech
a K
ucha
: max
4 =
24
min
utes
and
6 m
inut
es d
iscu
ssio
nD
inne
r
Day
Thr
ee T
hurs
day
13th
Oct
ober
201
608
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09:0
009
:00-
09:2
009
:20-
10:0
010
:00-
10:3
010
:30-
11:0
011
:00-
12:4
0
Reg
istr
atio
n an
d te
a an
d co
ffee
on a
rriv
alW
elco
me
by C
hair
and
“It i
s ra
inin
g O
xyto
cin”
Key
note
add
ress
-Pro
fess
or K
erst
in U
vnas
Mob
erg
- The
Oxy
toci
n Fa
ctor
Key
note
Add
ress
Pro
fess
or M
aral
yn F
oure
ur “
How
birt
h sp
ace
can
influ
ence
nor
mal
birt
h”M
orni
ng te
aC
oncu
rren
t Ses
sion
5:
Birt
h is
sues
Labo
ur a
nd b
irth
Safe
car
eW
orks
hop
Roo
mR
oom
Roo
mR
oom
1.R
ache
l Ree
dTr
aum
atic
chi
ldbi
rth:
Wom
en’s
desc
riptio
ns o
f ca
re p
rovi
der a
ctio
ns a
nd
inte
ract
ions
2.Ju
lia L
einw
eber
Post
traum
atic
stre
ss in
Au
stra
lian
mid
wiv
es:
Prev
alen
ce a
nd ri
sk fa
c-to
rs3
Birg
itta
Lars
son
Cou
nsel
ing
for c
hild
-bi
rth-re
late
d fe
ar:E
valu
a-tio
n an
d a
natio
nal o
ver-
view
4.Ja
mes
Har
risAs
sess
ing
the
barri
ers
and
faci
litat
ors
of th
e im
-pl
emen
tatio
n of
del
ayed
co
rd c
lam
ping
: A q
ualit
a-tiv
e sy
nthe
sis
5. R
akim
e El
mir
Nor
mal
isin
g bi
rth: A
ustra
-lia
n m
idw
ives
resp
onse
s to
obs
tetri
c em
erge
ncie
s
1. A
nk d
e Jo
nge
Num
bers
nee
ded
to c
heat
: Se
nse
and
nons
ense
abo
ut
the
safe
ty o
f birt
hs p
lann
ed
in p
rimar
y ca
re a
nd o
ut o
f ho
spita
l2.
Jenn
ifer V
ande
rlaan
Neo
nata
l out
com
es w
ith h
os-
pita
l wat
erbi
rth3.
Jane
Hen
ders
onW
omen
’s ex
perie
nce
of e
arly
la
bour
: A m
ixed
met
hods
st
udy
4. M
elis
sa C
heyn
eyM
ater
nal a
nd n
ewbo
rn o
ut-
com
es fo
llow
ing
wat
erbi
rth:
The
Mid
wiv
es A
llianc
e of
N
orth
Am
eric
a st
atis
tics
proj
-ec
t, 20
04 to
200
9 co
hort
5. M
elis
sa C
heyn
eyPl
anne
d H
ome
VBAC
in th
e U
nite
d St
ates
, 200
4-20
09:
Out
com
es, m
ater
nity
car
e pr
actic
es, a
nd im
plic
atio
ns fo
r sh
ared
dec
isio
n m
akin
g
1.M
agda
lena
Oha
jaN
orm
al a
nd/o
r saf
e ch
ildbi
rth: a
sou
thea
st
Nig
eria
n pe
rspe
ctiv
e2.
Jane
Win
esC
ould
the
mid
wiv
es
of B
ritis
h C
olum
bia
bene
fit fr
om a
mod
el o
f m
idw
ifery
sup
ervi
sion
?3.
Deb
orah
Fox
Birth
plac
e in
Aus
tralia
: Q
ualit
ativ
e pe
rspe
c-tiv
es o
n in
trapa
rtum
tra
nsfe
r fro
m p
lann
ed
hom
ebirt
h to
hos
pita
l4.
Chr
istin
e C
atlin
gTh
e cu
lture
of m
idw
ife-
ry in
Aus
tralia
5.H
olly
Pow
ell K
en-
nedy
Qua
lity
mat
erna
l and
ne
wbo
rn c
are
and
the
cont
ribut
ion
of m
id-
wife
ry: E
stab
lishi
ng
rese
arch
prio
ritie
s
Wom
en a
nd B
irth
and
Mid
wife
ry
wor
ksho
p on
writ
ing
for p
ublic
atio
n
Com
plex
issu
esR
oom
1.M
alin
Edq
vist
Mid
wiv
es m
anag
emen
t dur
ing
the
seco
nd s
tage
of l
abor
in re
la-
tion
to p
erin
eal i
njur
ies
2. D
ella
Fos
ter
Tren
ds in
epi
siot
omy
rate
s am
ongs
t pro
vide
rs a
nd a
cros
s O
ASIS
risk
sco
res:
A 1
0-ye
ar
retro
spec
tive
stud
y fro
m a
te
rtiar
y ho
spita
l in
Mel
bour
ne,
Aust
ralia
3.Je
ffrey
Cra
igC
an tw
ins
have
a n
orm
al b
irth?
4.H
anna
h D
ahle
nTh
e re
latio
nshi
p be
twee
n ea
rly
birth
, cae
sare
an s
ectio
n an
d m
ater
nal m
enta
l hea
lth a
nd
gast
ro-o
esop
hage
al re
flux
in in
-fa
nts
adm
itted
to h
ospi
tal i
n th
e fir
st 1
2 m
onth
s fo
llow
ing
birth
in
NSW
(200
0-20
11)
5. M
aria
do
Car
mo
Leal
Prov
ider
-initi
ated
late
pre
term
bi
rths
in B
razi
l: D
iffer
ence
s be
-tw
een
publ
ic a
nd p
rivat
e he
alth
se
ctor
s
12:4
0-13
:30
Lunc
h
Film
– T
he M
idw
ife In
side
by
Shea
Cap
lice
13:3
0-14
:00
Form
al P
oste
r Vie
win
g (p
oste
rs a
ccom
pani
ed b
y po
ster
aut
hors
)14
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15:3
0C
oncu
rren
t Ses
sion
6:
Hum
an ri
ghts
in c
hild
-bo
rth
choi
ceB
reas
tfeed
ing
and
new
born
hea
lthSu
ppor
ting
mid
wiv
esLa
bour
and
birt
hTB
CR
oom
Roo
mR
oom
Roo
m
1.Zo
e M
iller
-Ved
amIs
ther
e a
hum
an ri
ght
to p
hysi
olog
ic b
irth?
The
Eu
rope
an C
ourt
of H
u-m
an R
ight
s an
d ac
cess
to
hom
e bi
rth.
2.W
endy
Klin
eW
hen
lega
l mec
hani
sms
fail:
Act
ivis
m a
nd th
e up
-hi
ll ba
ttle
for r
epro
duct
ive
just
ice
3.Vi
cki V
an W
agne
rD
efini
ng n
orm
al b
irth
4.Si
lvan
a G
rana
doPr
egna
ncy
and
birth
ca
re ra
cial
ineq
ualit
ies
in
Braz
il5.
Reb
ecca
Jen
kins
onSu
ppor
ting
wom
en’s
auto
nom
y: L
esso
ns fr
om
one
terti
ary
hosp
ital
1.La
ura
God
frey
-Isaa
csFr
om T
he M
adon
na to
Br
elfie
s: R
epre
sent
a-tio
ns o
f the
bre
ast a
nd
brea
stfe
edin
g, a
nd h
ow
the
cont
empo
rary
pub
lic
perfo
rman
ce o
f bre
ast-
feed
ing,
act
s as
a fo
rm o
f cu
ltura
l res
ista
nce
2.Vi
rgin
ia S
chm
ied
Expl
orin
g In
dian
-bor
n m
igra
nt w
omen
’s in
ten-
tions
and
exp
erie
nces
of
birth
and
infa
nt fe
edin
g in
Au
stra
lia3.
Kaj
sa B
rimdy
rW
hy b
irth
mat
ters
: The
im
pact
of e
pidu
rals
on
new
born
beh
avio
r4.
Kaj
sa B
rimdy
rW
hy b
irth
mat
ters
: The
im
pact
of s
ynth
etic
oxy
to-
cin
on n
ewbo
rn b
ehav
ior
1.El
izab
eth
New
n-ha
m
The
circ
le o
f tru
st:
New
dev
elop
men
ts
in m
idw
ifery
theo
ry
for s
uppo
rting
nor
mal
bi
rth2.
Fion
a M
cArt
hur
The
Mid
wife
’s St
ory
3.El
aine
Bur
nsN
orm
alis
ing
brea
st-
feed
ing:
Mid
wife
ry
lang
uage
and
pra
ctic
-es
dur
ing
brea
stfe
ed-
ing
supp
ort
4.A
lison
Tea
teEx
plor
atio
n of
sto
ry-
tellin
g in
ant
enat
al
care
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Day One Posters Tuesday 11th James Harris Engagement in the research process for undergraduate midwifery students: The
role of the clinical auditC.orine Verhoeven The effect of continuous support of women in labour by primary care midwives on
referral rates during labour in The NetherlandsYing-Chen Tseng The effectiveness of rooming-in education program on execution time and the
breastfeeding-related indicatorsSaraswathi Vedam Giving voice to mothers of color
Tracey Cooper What do women and midwives think that a midwife does: A feminist technoscience perspective
Tanya Capper Sharing midwifery students experiences of normal birth
Susanne Ahlund Complications and birth satisfaction three weeks after birth: A comparison between two methods for midwives’ management of second stage of labour
Tanya Capper Sharing midwifery students experiences of normal birth
Shaista Rahim Strengthening clinical and business skills of community midwives to help establish their private practice: A study from Sindh, Pakistan
Susanne Darra Coping help and coherence in ‘normal’ childbirth
Sarah Pallett Umbilical cord clamping: Working together to improve practice
Robyn Maude Can early pregnancy probiotic supplementation reduce the rate of gestational diabe-tes?
Peggy Seehafer Static terms for a multifactorial influenced process of body movements during birth
Pei-Chi Liu An exploration of parental expectations, experiences and reactions and grade of anxiety related to routine ultrasound examination in Taiwan
Pascale Pagola Davis
Prenatal education in private health in Chile: Empowering couples and promoting normal birth
Ingvild Aune Experiential factors promoting a normal birth and a positive birth experience
Jutta Wohlrab NLP and hypnosis in childbirth creating the right inner vision
Helen Watson Discrimination against childbearing Romani women and their infants in maternity care in Europe
Helen Haines Continuity of midwifery care for rural women through caseload group practice: Deliv-ering for almost 20 years
Federico Girosi Economic analysis of the Complete Birth Study: A randomised controlled trial of an-tenatal integrative medicine for pain management in labour
Helen Hall Mindfulness and perinatal mental health
Meei-Ling Gau Efficacy of ergonomics ankle support aid for squatting position on pushing skills and birth outcomes during the second stage of labor
Margareta Johans-son
Swedish fathers contemplate the difficulties they face in parenthood
Margareta Johans-son
Swedish fathers’ experiences of childbirth in relation to maternal birth position: A mixed method study
Margaret Flood How accurately do midwives report postpartum haemorrhage in Victoria?
Mary-Ann Davey Risk factors for excessive blood loss in the COSMOS trial
Lisa Johnston Keeping it normal through continuity of care: Reflections and discussion from mid-wives of Townsville Birth Centre
Lindsay Cole The delivery driver: Attributions of accountability for medical intervention use during childbirth
Laura Gabriel The influence of ‘risk’ on intrapartum midwifery care: A literature review
Lena Back It takes years to achieve: Swedish midwives about professional confidence
Kathryn Braye Trends in early onset sepsis in a health district in NSW, Australia, 2006-2014: Can continued data surveillance inform clinical practice and keep birth normal?
Li-Chu Lee Evaluation of the effects of Friendly Childbirth Program on childbirth outcome
Ellise D. Adams The effects of skin-to-skin care during an uncomplicated cesarean compared to skin-to-skin care after a complicated cesarean on maternal and newborn outcomes
Karolina Petrovska Death, risk and danger: A prospective analysis of web-based news reports on breech birth
Karin Cato Risk factors for exclusive breastfeeding lasting less than two months: Identifying women in need of targeted breastfeeding support
Lauren Williams Can a change in early labour care reduce epidural rates in a tertiary hospital?
Julie Arthur Establishing the first alongside primary maternity facility in New Zealand
Jessie Isabella Johnson-Cash
Stages of labour: A systematic literature review
Jocelyn Toohill Birth trauma and fear in midwives: Prevalence and impact on provision of care
Jayne Garrod Making childbirth choices: Women’s use of social and traditional media
Endang Nurrochmi The relationship of oxytocin massage to the uterine involution and milk production on postpartum mothers at privately practicing midwives of Cirebon Municipality in 2015
Jane Henderson Women’s worries about and experience of labour pain and associated outcomes
Day Two Posters Wednesday 12th
Susan Crowther Spirituality at time of birth
Ellen Blix Transfers to hospital in planned home birth in four Nordic countries
Della Forster Does antenatal milk expressing influence infant gestation, formula use and neonatal unit admission? Results from the DAME (Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing)
Clare Davison Looking back, moving forward
Christa Buckland Doulas are not midwives in embryo: Where do they belong?
Catherine Donald-son
Keeping the flame alive: Exploring and invigorating normal birth practice amongst postgraduate midwifery students
Charlene Thornton Psychiatric condition in childbearing women
Beryl Davies Should midwives challenge the guidelines for the care of babies at birth?
Beryl Davies Can midwifery care prevent preterm births?
Amanda Hutcher-son
Setting up a volunteer doula service in the London UK: A scoping study
Lilleengen Anne Marie
Home visits by student midwives in the early postnatal period-a qualitative study of students
Allison Cummins The challenge of employing and managing new graduate midwives in midwifery group practices in hospitals
Andrew McIntyre Birth unit outcomes with and without central fetal monitoring
Mariza Miranda Theme Filha
Factors associated with unintended pregnancy in Brazil: Cross-sectional results from the Birth in Brazil National Survey, 2011-2012
Alison Teate Exploring the video analysis process
Andrew Symon Midwifery-led antenatal care models: Mapping a systematic review to an evi-dence-based quality framework to identify key components and characteristics of
Leonie Mary Hewitt Australian midwifery leaders views on the attributes required in managers to effec-tively manage a midwifery group practice
Hilary Gatward The clock is ticking
Jane Carpenter Water immersion during labour and waterbirth in Australia: A prospective observa-tional study.
Alys Einion Making a difference: Student midwives holistic understanding of women with com-plex needs
Annette Briley Are guidelines for gestational weight gain achievable, and does it matter, in obese pregnant women? Findings for the UPBEAT trial
Alys Einion Using dynamic narratives to facilitate enquiry-based learning: Developing holistic knowledge for maternity care.
Annika Karlstrom Swedish women’s experience of emergency caesarean section
Day Three Posters Thursday 13th
Lisa Davenport Placental birth practices: Exploring midwifery and medical management of the third stage of labour in a regional Queensland Hospital
Maggie Redshaw How does peer support on women’s emotional wellbeing during pregnancy and fol-lowing childbirth? A qualitative study
Accommodation OptionsThe 11th International Normal Labour and Birth Conference will be held at the Conference Centre, Wa-terview Bicentennial Park, Bicentennial Drive, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales Australia.
QuestThe Quest is providing a preferential rate in conjunction with our Conference and has buses running between the Hotel and Conference Centre from 7:30am each morning, or for those that like a brief walk, the Quest is less than 5 minutes from the Waterview and provides 140 fully self-contained Studio, One, Two and Three Bedroom apartments.
Location and contact details:6 Edwin Flack AvenueSydney Olympic Park NSW 2127Tel (+61) 2 9033 2000Fax (+61) 2 9022 2199
Novotel & Ibis HotelsThe Novotel Hotel, Sydney Olympic Park is a 4 star hotel within walking distance of Waterview in Bicentennial Park and offers 177 stylish rooms, each peaceful space designed for natural living. You can enjoy seasonal dishes and exemplary service at the Boulevard Brasserie & Bar, or relax with a drink at The Brewery while watching multiple sports on the big screens.
Location and contact details:Olympic Boulevard2127 SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK - AUSTRALIATel (+61) 2 8762 1111Fax (+61) 2 8762 1263Email [email protected]
The Ibis, Sydney Olympic Park is located in the heart of Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Ibis offers a choice of 144 modern guest rooms, two restaurants, two bars and only a short walk from Waterview in Bicetennnial Park.
Location and contact details:Olympic BoulevardSydney Olympic Park NSW 2127Tel (+61) 2 8762 1100Fax (+61) 2 8762 1263Email [email protected]
PullmanPullman in Sydney Olympic Park is a unique 5 star hotel within walking distance of Waterview in-Bicentennial Park, Sydney Olympic Park. The up scale hotel offers business travellers 212 rooms, three exclusive floors with access to an Executive Lounge and wireless Internet in all areas. Enjoy panoramic views of Sydney, toast your success in the chic wine bar and savour contemporary Aus-tralian cuisine in Bacar restaurant.
Location and contact details:Olympic BoulevardSydney Olympic Park NSW 2127Tel (+61) 2 8762 1700Fax (+61) 2 8762 1263Email [email protected]
To make a reservation at the Quest, please contact [email protected] or complete the enquiry form PDF, 358.3 KB.
ActivitiesDelegates and guests are invited to discover Sydney and its surrounds.
The Conference Secretariat has negotiated a special conference rate for BridgeClimb Sydney. The special rate is available for bookings made from now until 31 October 2016 and limits climbs between 1 - 31 October 2016. To make a booking and take advantage of the special conference rate, please click the link below:
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Please note: Any climb dates outside of 1-31 October 2016 will be at retail rates. All delegates who qualify for this special rate must present their conference lanyard or proof of registration at the time of check-in at the BridgeClimb Base.
For further information about BridgeClimb download the information sheet PDF, 587.7 KB.
WatervieW in Bicentennial Park is a unique conference and event venue in Sydney. Surrounded by rolling parklands, lakes and ponds, you’ll feel you have been transported to another world – yet it’s only a few kilometres from Sydney’s CBD.
Waterveiw Bicentennial park
Event Location:
Bicentennial Drive, Bicentennial Park, (off Australia Avenue) Sydney Olympic Park,Sydney NSW 2127
Phone: +61 2 9764 9900
PO Box 3397, Rhodes Waterside NSW 2138
Café at WatervieWPhone: +61 2 9764 9900
Nearest Train Station:
Concord West
Ten Minute walk to Waterveiw