Posts by BirthSwell
BirthGenius Twitter Chat: Money, Money, Money…. + your birth practice?
We know. You are not in this for the money. We’re all too busy helping moms and babies to worry about the money side of things — but it’s important to talk about! As birth and breastfeeding practitioners we find ourselves wearing hats we may have never imagined: entrepreneur, work-at-home-mother, business owner, philanthropists or .…
Read MoreGet Karen to Haiti: A Grassroots Fundraiser for Safer Births
Ensuring Safe Births During Unsafe Times When disasters strike – like the earthquake in Haiti, Sri Lanka’s tsunami, or hurricane Katrina – emergency tents are set up and medical aid rushes in. What we at BirthSwell recently learned, though, is that the need for reproductive health care – including basic care for women in the…
Read MoreBirthGenius Twitter Chat: Show Us the Evidence!
It’s time for the monthly BirthGenius Twitter chat! Date: Tuesday, September 19th, 2011 Time: 1:30 pm edt Details: Read up on the chat and learn how to participate. This month’s topic: Show Us the Evidence! We’re intrigued. Earlier this month a study was published in Obstetrics & Gynecology that found that only 25% of…
Read More2012 Birth and Breastfeeding Conference Roster
Looking for the 2013 calendar? It’s over here! This list of 2012 birth and breastfeeding conferences was compiled by the community at the Birth Policy Network. February 4, 2012 – Greater Houston Midwives Alliance Cruise Conference February 17-19, 2o12 – regional MANA conference in Tempe, AZ March 16-18th 2012 —NACPM symposium in the DC area April…
Read MoreTwitter Tips for Conference Attendees
(Eds note: Back by popular demand! This post was originally run last August, after our Twitter chat on tweeting conferences. We asked JonaRose Feinberg (@CallMeCass) if she would share her BirthGenius with all of us in anticipation of Lamaze 2011. We’re lucky she agreed! Here’s her guest post – enjoy.) Using Twitter at a conference adds a…
Read MoreBirthGenius Twitter Chat – Connecting to the 2.0 Mom
#BirthGenius Twitter Chat: Monthly, now on Fridays at 1 pm eastern. Dates to be announced! Want to be notified of the next #BirthGenius chat? Enter your e-mail address in the box and click the “subscribe” button to get free updates. Join birth and breastfeeding professionals and activists to discuss effectively leveraging the web to empower…
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