Please contact conference@washingtonmidwives.org if you would like to participate as a volunteer (students or non-practicing midwives only). Or to be a sponsor/vendor at our event, please visit this registration page: https://maws.wildapricot.org/event-2312932 

Schedule:

8:15 - 8:40 Arrival/BREAKFAST

8:40 - 8:45 Welcome

8:45 - 9:30 Annual Meeting

9:30 - 10:20 #1 Presentation – Wendy Gordon, LM, CPM, MPH  Framing the Clinical Picture: What You Ask For is What You Get

10:20 - 10:35 BREAK

10:35 - 11:25 #2 Presentation/Keynote – Malinda Horton, CPNP, APRN, MSN  Essential Oil Use in Pregnancy, Labor and Beyond

11:25 - 12:15 #3 Presentation – Joella Pettigrew, DC, LM  The Functional Pelvis

12:15 - 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 - 1:50 #4 Presentation – Dr. Alisha H Wilkes, DNP, CNM, ARNP  Let's Talk About Sex: Effectively and Sensitively Communicating about Sexual Health

1:50 - 2:40 #5 Presentation – Sunita Iyer ND, LM  Stress and Reproduction: What It Does and What We Can Do

2:40 - 3:30 #6 Presentation – Christina Jackson, M.Ac. EAMP  Chinese Medicine Gems for a Natural Birth

3:30 - 3:45 BREAK

 3:45 - 4:00 Awards Presentation (Midwife of Wisdom and MAWS Annual Award)

4:00 - 4:50 Panel Discussion #1 – Conversations with Colleagues: Supporting the Postpartum Human Dyad

4:50 – 5:00 BREAK

5:00 – 5:50 Panel Discussion #2 – Conversations with Colleagues: Caring for the Pregnant Person

 5:50 - 6:00 Raffle/Closing