Ina May Gaskin - Midwives: The Key to Reducing Infant Mortality in North Carolina and Safe Mother...

Come hear Ina May Gaskin Speak and see part of her Safe Motherhood Quilt. The North Carolina Midwives Alliance and Duke University Women’s Center Present Renowned Midwife Ina May Gaskin -
Midwives: The Key to Reducing Infant Mortality in North Carolina and Safe Motherhood Across Ethnic Lines. The event will be held at White Hall, 1308 Campus Dr., East Campus, Duke University on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 7:00 pm.

Ms. Gaskin is an internationally-known activist, speaker and author on pregnancy, childbirth, and maternal & infant mortality. A homebirth midwife for more than three decades, she has been called the “Mother of all Midwives,” and has been credited with the resurgence of midwifery in the US. Ms. Gaskin is the founder and director of The Farm Midwifery Center in Tennessee; editor of The Birth Gazette; and author of Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, Spiritual Midwifery and Babies, Breastfeeding, and Bonding. She also developed the Gaskin Maneuver, a technique for resolving shoulder dystocia during childbirth.

For information on the lecture, please contact Marnie Cooper Priest at (919) 740-7396 or marniecooperpriest@gmail.com. For registration information contact Kate Katahdin at (919) 598-9619 or kate@birthtransforms.com

Funds will go toward lobbying and working with the NC Legislature on a licensing bill for Certified Professional Midwives, national licensing of midwives, and the NC Midwives Alliance.