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In partnership with the Midwives Alliance of North America, GOLD Learning is thrilled to offer this series of selected presentations that took place at MANA 2017 in Long Beach, California from November 2-5, 2017. MANA's Annual conference is a great way to learn about the latest legal, medical and advocacy developments for midwives. This package offers 8 highly informative hours of continuing education from 8 Expert Speakers. If you were not able to attend this event in person, here is your opportunity to hear from some of the top experts in the field.

As more and more families look beyond mainstream medical care in the perinatal period, there is a growing demand for integrative care practices where complementary methods are used alongside medical care. With this add-on package, we’ve brought together experts in different types of complementary care to help you learn more about how to incorporate them into your care of perinatal families. Join us for a closer look at the use of herbs, homeopathy, osteopathy, acupuncture, aromatherapy and chiropractic care during the perinatal period.

Trauma Informed Care is defined as an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing and responding to the effects of all types of trauma. The perinatal period is a particularly vulnerable one, and it is crucial to understand how past trauma of any kind may influence the way that clients perceive and experience their perinatal care. Join our expert speakers to learn more about how to approach perinatal families through a lens of trauma informed care.

This is a series of lectures originally presented at our 2018 GOLD Midwifery Conference. It is suitable for all skill levels and is a perfect fit for Midwives, Doulas, Childbirth Educators, IBCLCs, Breastfeeding Counselors, Physicians, Dietitians and anyone else working or studying within the maternal-child health industry.

Gain new insights into the fight for normal birth, ways to combat bullying and horizontal violence, fetal monitoring, pelvic floor health, providing care for LGBTQ2S families, suturing skills, hemorrhage prevention, recognition and management, and so much more. With expert speakers, such as Hannah Dahlen, Jennie Joseph, Nancy Wainer, Carol Gray, Bonnie Gruenberg, and Andrea Dixon to name just a few, this conference promises to be full of both information and inspiration.

Whether you’re just learning how to suture, need a refresher or want to sharpen your skills, this package of amazing instructional videos developed by GynZone is just what you need. A mixture of animations, demonstrations on medical models and clinical videos provides a detailed look at choosing suture material, different suturing techniques, diagnosing different degrees of perineal tears, choosing appropriate anaesthetics, labia repair and repair of 1st and 2nd degree tears.

This is a series of lectures originally presented at our 2018 GOLD Midwifery Conference. It is suitable for all skill levels and is a perfect fit for Midwives, Doulas, Childbirth Educators, IBCLCs, Breastfeeding Counselors, Physicians, Dietitians and anyone else working or studying within the maternal-child health industry.

This is a series of lectures originally presented at our 2019 GOLD Midwifery Conference. It is suitable for all skill levels and is a perfect fit for Midwives, Doulas, Childbirth Educators, IBCLCs, Breastfeeding Counselors, Physicians, Dietitians and anyone else working or studying within the maternal-child health industry.

Gain insights into how we can humanize birth, ways we can engage fathers, handling complications and emergencies, perinatal cannabis use, pharmacologic management of nausea and vomiting, advances in upright birth positioning, managing back pain with sterile water injections and so much more. With expert speakers, such as Betty-Anne Daviss, Lesley Page, Jus Crea Giammarino, Sally Pezaro and Vicki Chan to name just a few, this conference promises to be full of both information and inspiration.

Are you prepared? Being ready for unexpected emergencies is an important part of every birth professional's skill set. This package provides practical information on managing potential complications during birth and the immediate postpartum period. Update your knowledge and skills when it comes to dealing with breech birth, complications during suturing, shoulder dystocia, preeclampsia and the compromised baby. This package is a valuable opportunity to expand your readiness for emergency situations.

Up to 30% of women experience severe back pain in labour. In qualitative studies women have described how labour back pain limited their mobility and altered their plans for analgesia use. Injections of small amounts of sterile water into the skin of the lower back are used to alleviate back pain for up to two hours. Whilst much research supports the effectiveness of the technique critics suggest a placebo effect or dismiss the procedure as 'midwifery voodoo'. This presentation will examine the causes and physiology of back pain in labour, examine and critique the research into sterile water injections and describe the techniques, benefits and limitations for use in clinical practice.

This lecture was originally offered as part of the GOLD Midwifery 2019 Conference Package.

With the explosion of research and new developments in the field of human lactation over the past few years, it seems like new information is coming out every day. Our breastfeeding essentials package was designed to bring together some of the leading experts in the field to provide an overview of the most up to date research and recommendations for practice on some of the hottest topics in lactation.

Our Breech Birth add-on package is designed to provide an in-depth focus on the topic of vaginal breech delivery. The climate of vaginal breech birth is changing as more families push to have it available as an option. Professional organizations are also starting to change their stance on breech presentation meaning an automatic C-section. This special package brings together leading experts in the field to share their knowledge, wisdom and experience of helping families to safely experience the vaginal birth of their breech babies. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to learn from Shawn Walker, Gail Tully, Dr. Stuart Fischbein and Dr. Andrew Kotaska!