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Join us Saturday, November 1st 1:00-3pm as Kitsap Birth Collective
hosts Penny Simkin, for her presentation "When Labor Pain
Becomes Suffering".
This workshop is suitable for expectant parents, doulas, childbirth
educators, midwives, L&D Nurses and anyone else who supports
a woman in labor. Enjoy hot tea, cider or cocoa along with light
desserts and fabulous door prize drawings. Breastfed babes in
arms only, please. Penny
will also be providing a book table, where select items may be
purchased.
UPDATE:
Kitsap Birth Collective is excited to announce that due to such
a tremendous response, we have changed our location to accommodate
more. Our new venue will comfortably hold more than 100 attendees,
and has on-site parking as well. (Please note that this change
is for this one event only, our usual meeting place will still
be at the Poplar Heights Birth and Wellness Center.)
This new location is not too far away from the Birth Center
- it will be held in the fellowship hall of Bible Baptist Church
located at 6703 Bethel Rd SE. Port Orchard (see map attached.)
We will have signs to direct you to the room.
We've gathered a lot of great door prizes and raffle items
from fabulous pregnancy, birth and baby supply retailers, some
of them being: EarthMotherAngelBaby, Henci Goer, Yoni.com, Binsi,
Swaddle Designs, Traditional Medicinals, Pedi Ped, Bummis, BeBe
Au Lait, Bella Materna, a $100 Target gift card and many more
fantastic items that are arriving every day! You should come
just to see what you can go home with!
Let your friends and co-workers know we now have room for
more attendees and there are still a couple of weeks left before
our ticket price deadline. Don't forget the film Orgasmic Birth
will be shown after Penny's presentation - this is a free event
- workshop attendance is not required.
For those who have already paid but not yet received confirmation,
we are working on that. Please allow additional 48 hrs for us
to contact you. If you haven't heard from one of us by Oct. 5th,
please email and we will get back to you ASAP.
There will be NO admission at the door without prior payment.
With payment, please include your email address so confirmation
can be sent within 48 hours. If you do not receive an email confirmation,
please contact one of us immediately to ensure your spot is reserved!
* $18 check/MO to:
Dr. Joella Pettigrew
2139 SE Galeel Ct
Port Orchard WA 98366
(please include your email address so we can send your confirmation!)
* $20 PayPal sent to Kendra@ToothlessGrin.com
KBC is going GREEN with this
meeting by being ticketless! We don't feel the need to waste
trees on tickets, instead we will have an attendance list for
all those who have paid in advance and you will be admitted at
the door.
The *SURPRISE*
We are also very excited to announce that we will be offering
a FREE viewing of the video "Orgasmic Birth" following
Penny Simkin's meeting at 4pm. This is free for all to come,
regardless of attendance to Penny's talk. RSVP is not mandatory
but much appreciated for proper preparation!
Below is an outline of Penny's presentation. We thank all of
you who choose to support KBC and attend this special event.
We are anticipating a wonderful afternoon of learning, mingling,
and growing in our understanding of birth as we know it! With
your help, Kitsap Birth Collective hopes to make this workshop
a success and host more learning opportunities in the future.
Kitsap Birth Collective Board of Directors
Charity, Dr. Joella, Bethany and Kendra
www.BirthJunkie.com/KitsapBirthCollective
*KBC is a not for profit organization. Monies raised go to fund
speaker fees, venue rentals and future events. Should there be
a severe weather or speaker illness cancellation, tickets will
be refunded. There are no refunds for this event for last minute
cancellations for attendees.
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Overview of "When Pain Becomes Suffering" A Presentation
by Penny Simkin
Labor pain is a major concern of pregnant women, their partners
and their caregivers, and is second only to the well-being of
mother and baby. Yet, many women are able to manage or cope with
their pain, and take great satisfaction from their childbirths.
If pain becomes suffering, however, women feel disappointed,
inadequate, or even traumatized by the birth experience. These
feelings sometimes continue for a long time after birth and can
even lead to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
No woman should suffer in labor.
This talk will cover:
1) A discussion of pain in labor
2) The differences between pain,
suffering, and trauma in labor
3) How to assess a woman's coping
during labor
4) Ways to prevent suffering, including
the "code word" and intensive labor support techniques
5) the contribution of prior unresolved
trauma to PTSD after childbirth
6) Why women with epidurals may
still suffer in labor
7) How to help a woman process
a traumatic birth
8) The elements of Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder and how it is different from Postpartum Depression
or other mood disorders
9) Childbirth preparation for the
woman whose previous birth was traumatic.
This presentation is geared to doulas, childbirth educators,
nurses, midwives, or doctors, and may also be helpful to psychotherapists
who serve women of childbearing-age.
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Penny Simkin, PT, is a physical therapist who has specialized
in childbirth education since 1968. Her practice consists
of childbirth education, birth counseling, and labor support,
combined with a busy schedule of conferences and workshops.
She is one of DONA’s founders and is on the staff at Seattle
Midwifery School. Penny and her husband, Peter, have four
grown children, eight grandchildren, and a pug.
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