Online article - "Private midwife insurance ‘expensive and unfair'"

Click here to read the article "Private midwife insurance ‘expensive and unfair’" published on www.insurancenews.com.au on 15 June 2010.

Brisbane's Child - Pregnancy & Baby Issue

Brisbane Child's current June 2010 Pregnancy & Baby Issue includes the following articles:

* Unplanned reactions - problems passed on through breast milk
* The rituals of rest - the sleeping practices of families around the world
* Behind the birthing bravado - learning to be wary of the suite talk of motherhood
* Delivering a decision - a mum-to-be changes her birthing venue
* Taking a cut - giving birth by caesarean when this was not part of the plan

Brisbane's Child is available free from a variety of locations including council libraries.

Participants needed for QCMB's Women's Labour & Birth Preferences Study

The Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies (QCMB) is looking for women to undertake a survey for the following study:

Can you help?

We are conducting exciting new research on 'Women’s Labour and Birth Preferences' within the Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland.

We’d love to know your preferences if you are:

- female and not currently pregnant (does not matter if you have/have not previously given birth)

- at least 18 years of age

Participation involves completing a short (approx. 15 minute) online survey.

What’s in it for you?

To thank you for participating, you can go in the draw to win a $100 Coles Myer Gift Voucher.

Any risks?
Your responses to this survey are completely anonymous. If you choose to provide your personal details for entry in the prize draw, your details will never be stored or reported with your responses, and we will never pass your details on to anyone else.

Click here to go to the online survey.

Please feel free to forward this email to any of your female friends and colleagues who you think may be interested.

Thank you,

Gabrielle Stevens
Psychology Honours Student

Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
The University of Queensland Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia
t. + 61 7 3346 3079 f. + 61 7 3346 3085
e. s4076134@uqconnect.edu.au
www.havingababy.org.au
www.facebook.com/pages/Queensland-Centre-for-Mothers-Babies/105110092867578
http://twitter.com/qcmb

Birth Support Circle workshops in Kuranda

Click on the flyers below to read about a series of birth support workshops being run by Jacqueline Conroy (Professional Counsellor) and Kellie McBride (Acupuncturist) in Kuranda for women in the Tablelands/Cairns area in July / August.

Face of Birth's Interview with Sheila Kitzinger

Click here to watch part of Australian documentary production Face of Birth's recent interview with Sheila Kitzinger.

Face of Birth is a documentary currently in production. While recently filming expert interviews we offered those following the progress of our film the opportunity to pose a question of their own.

In this episode of MY SAY, Sheila Kitzinger responds to a question posed by our FACEBOOK audience during our recent 'FACE OF BIRTH' UK shoot, June 2010.

In the clip Sheila answers the question "How do we educate our Dr's to give women all the information they need to make an informed choice about how they want to birth?".

MC's stall at the Brisbane Parents, Babies & Childrens Expo this weekend

Come along to this weekend's Parents Babies and Chidren's Expo at the Brisbane Convention Centre and visit the "Pregnancy, Birth and Postnatal Options" stall, hosted by Maternity Coalition (MC) Qld. Staffed by many wonderful volunteers from MC, Home Midwifery Association (HMA), Birthtalk and Caesarean Awareness Network of Australia (CANA), we'll have information, magazines, memberships and lots of other fun goodies to sell and give away.

When: Friday 18 to Sunday 20 June 2010
Open: Friday 10am - 4pm (last admission 3pm)
Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm (last admission 4pm)

Entry is usually $14 for adults, but download a free entry ticket by clicking here.

Movie trailer: "Babies"

Click here for the trailer to a film just released in the US. Let us know if you know if/when it's coming to Australia...

Capturing on film the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal to us all, this nonfiction feature from award-winning filmmaker Thomas Balmès simultaneously follows four babies, in Mongolia, Namibia, San Francisco, and Tokyo, respectively, from birth to first steps. Every shot tells a story, as the adventure of a lifetime begins.