Buy Your Auction Tickets Now!

May 17, 2008 at Daybreak Star Cultural Arts Center in Discovery Park, Seattle.  There will be many excellent items up for bid, including:

• travel packages to Hawaii, Florida, Maine, Whistler and closer to home in Washington and Oregon
• front row seats for the Dave Matthews band
• climbing and kayaking adventures, snazzy kitchen tools, fine art, gardening packages, your favorite restaurants, and much more
• more items

Want to Become a Midwife?  Choose SMS!

100% of our graduates from the past three years have passed their state and provincial licensing exams and 96% are working as midwives or in a related field.   Now that's a good outcome!  Get more information and download the 2008 Midwifery Education Program Catalog. 

You can also join us for our free monthly open house in Seattle.  Learn more about our educational programs and services and talk with practicing midwives and doulas.  The open house is generally offered the first Tuesday of each month from 4:30 - 6:30 pm.  The next session will be on June 3.  Please send email to RSVP or call 800.747.9433.

Rescheduled! Diagnosis and Treatment of Postpartum Mood Disorders

After a successful inauguration last year, SMS is once again offering this one-day workshop on the diagnosis and treatment of postpartum mood disorders. The June 2 course will be led by Heidi Koss-Nobel, Margie Bone, and Leslie Butterfield.  More details

New! Touch Techniques for Pregnant and birthing Women

If you support pregnant women, this course is for you.  This one-day course on June 7 will help you develop respectful, safe and effective skills for using touch to support, reassure and relax a new or expecting mother. Often women cannot afford massage or simply feel more comfortable being touched by someone they already know. People other than massage therapists are in a unique position to provide comforting touch and to help identify when a referral would be appropriate. More details

 

SMS Special Events in Seattle

• May 17 - SMS Annual Dinner & Auction
• Jun 20 - Senior Research Paper Presentations (PDF flyer)
• Jun 30 - Orgasmic Birth Film Screening

Community Events

• May 16-18 - California Association of Midwives Conference in Occidental California, titled "Circle of Life, Center of Light"
• Jun 2-7 - Maternal Child Health Epidemiology training course in Chicago Illinois
• June 15-18 - International Congress on Midwifery and Humanized Birth MANA Mexico conference in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, titled "Nacer, Renacer" 

See the Events Calendar for more events.

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