Schedule
10:00 AM opening ceremonies
10:15 : What Babies Want : an award-winning documentary film that explores the profoundly important and sacred opportunity we have in bringing children into the world. Filled with captivating stories and infused with Noah Wyle's (from TV's ER) warmth as narrator, the film demonstrates how life patterns are established at birth and before. The documentary includes groundbreaking information on early development as well as appearances by the real experts: babies and families. Debby Takikawa, Producer/ Director (58m)
11:15: It's My Body, My Baby, My Birth: San Francisco homebirth midwife, Maria Iorillo shares homebirth stories and interviews of clients from her very multicultural practice. Maria Iorillo, Producer (28m)
11:45: Pregnancy and Birth Panel
with Mairi Breen Rothman, CNM, Whitney Pinger, CNM and Jill Chasse, PhD, MSpsy
12:00: Birth Day: Finding just the right woman, Naoli Vinaver Lopez, who wanted to have her home birth recorded, was a stroke of good fortune for us all. At the time, Naoli was a midwife in Xalapa, Mexico. She narrates this birth with feeling and joy. This is what Naoli says about Birth Day, "I do hope that people who see the birth of my daughter Tamaya, and see me as a woman giving birth, will most of all just see that a woman can give birth. A woman can be joyous giving birth." (16 m)
12:20: The Business of Being Born: In this candid and eye-opening documentary, director Abby Epstein and producer Ricki Lake explore and question the way American women have babies. Shocking facts (to men and women alike) regarding the historical and current practices of the child birthing industry are interwoven with stories of couples who decide to give birth on their own terms. ~ "I wanted to make this movie after my two very different birth experiences with my children. I felt like I had an opportunity to explore and question birthing practices in this country and perhaps be an advocate for mothers' rights and better maternity care." (Ricki Lake) (85m)
1:50: HBA2C movie (description pending) 5m
2:00: Birth Empowerment Panel (addressing complications, cesarean & VBAC )
with Erin Fulham, CNM, Jessica Groves, AAHCC, CD(DONA)
Claudia Booker, CBE(CAPPA), and Barbara Stratton, ICAN leader/ doula
2:15: SPECIAL CLIPS and PREVIEWS!! The Other Side of the Glass Montage: Through presentation of the current research and stories of fathers, the routine use of two interventions are questioned. How we protect and support the physiological need of the human newborn attachment sequence is the foundation for creating safe birth wherever birth happens (45m – 1hr) due to unforseen circumstances the final production version is not complete- yet we are proud to show exclusive previews and special clips by the producer/director L. Janel Martin Miranda, MA
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3:15: Parenting and Birth Panel
with Lois Ecker, CPD, CLC Mairi Breen Rothman, CNM, and Ed Wilhelm
3:30 PM closing ceremonies ~ BABY! Fair open until 4 pm
