Mindful Motherhood is a program that teaches you how mindfulness practices can be integrated into your everyday life during pregnancy and early motherhood for staying balanced, healthy, and connected with your baby, even in difficult moments.
Join author of the book Mindful Motherhood, Cassandra Vieten, PhD, for a LIVE Q&A
May 2nd: 5p.m. PST/8 p.m. EST
Conference Number: 712-432-3900, Conference Access Code: 696222
This group is open to moms and dads looking for positive information about birth and an opportunity to connect with and gain support from other like-minded parents.
We meet on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 7pm at Marketplace Family Chiropractic Centre, 80 Marketplace Avenue, Unit J2 Barrhaven.
2013 Meeting dates: January 23; February 27; March 27; April 24; May 22; June 26; July 24; August 28; September 25; October 23; November 27.
Attending is free. You can RSVP via the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/
Five Countries, Six Births, Seven Babies will be shown as part of the Choice! A Birth and Baby Film Festival on April 26, 2013 at 19:00 at St. Paul’s university. There is a Birth Labyrinth presentation before the film, at 18:00, and a discussion panel afterwards.
Five Countries, Six Births, Seven Babies depicts six beautiful and gentle births in five countries; France, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Bermuda and the USA. The film shows that while cultures, laws and languages may change, birth remains fundamentally the same – biological and sacred. The films speak for themselves through music and images. The director, Diana Paul, filmed the segments between 1994 to 2010. Each birth drives home a message to birthing women. Five Countries, Six Births, Seven Babies is a wonderful introduction to natural childbirth.
The documentary film DOCTORED will be screened here in Ottawa, brought to you in part by Marketplace Family Chiropractic Centre.
This film exposes the medical stranglehold on health care, a monopoly through which natural health strategies, like chiropractic, are deliberately pushed to the sidelines to the detriment of patients.
Friday, May 31st at 7pm. St. Paul University Auditorium. Tickets $10. To purchase tickets visit: http://doctoredthemovieottawa.
You can watch the film trailer here: http://youtu.be/PADcCXdD1BI.
The Face of Birth will be shown as part of the Choice! A Birth and Baby Film Festival on March 22, 2013 at 19:00 at St. Paul’s university. There is a Restorative Exercise presentation before the film, at 18:00, and a discussion panel afterwards.
Through the diverse and moving stories of five women who choose to have homebirths The Face of Birth gives us the big-picture on the importance of how, where and with whom we give birth to our children. Featuring interviews with some of the world’s top childbirth experts The Face of Birth explores the links between choice and safety. It exposes the hidden costs, and broader social consequences of rising rates of intervention.
A must-see for all parents, and anyone intending to give birth, this feature-length movie about pregnancy, childbirth and the power of choice will change the way you view childbirth.
There is a new bilingual support group for expectant and new fathers: Ultimate Dad (Vie de père). The group, in partnership with Ottawa Public Health is the first of its kind to be held in Ottawa and will be given in 3 sessions, March 19, 26 and April 2, 2013 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Please see the details in the French or English poster. For more information, please contact Jonathan Major-Chatelain, Family Resource worker at the Vanier Community Service Centre: 290, rue Dupuis Street, Ottawa, ON K1L 1A2, phone: (613) 744-2892 ext. 1068, email: jmajor@cscvanier.com.
At the Global Maternal Health Conference 2013: Improving Quality of Care in Arusha, Tanzania, a manifesto was presented by Richard Horton, editor of the Lancet, to contribute to the platform for moving forward and to the discussions about new global health goals, post 2015. Still 800 women die every day although women in the twenty-first century “do not have to give up their lives when they give us a new life” [Professor Mahmoud Fathalla]. We can save lives and appreciate the drop in maternal mortality by 33 percent between 1990 and 2010; and yes, we can do more. Read more about the vision and the recommended actions »
Friday February 8, 2013 at 7:30pm FREE presentation by International speaker and editor of Pathways magazine’s Dr. Jeanne Ohm.
This event is open to all who are interested in birth or are working in or around birth. Pregnant mamas, midwives, chiropractors, doulas, obstetricians, family physicians, and women and families. You must register because the venue will be based on the number of people who sign up for the event.
Are you looking for more support in creating a positive birth? Are you looking to connect with other pregnant moms? Ottawa’s first Positive Birth Movement Meeting will be taking place on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 7pm at Marketplace Family Chiropractic Centre, 80 Marketplace Avenue, J2.
Positive Birth Groups aim to be a helpful part of your pregnancy; a warm and welcoming place to hear stories and ideas, to consider what you really want from your childbirth experience, and to challenge any fears or negative expectations you might have. Learn more »
Come and join us Friday, November 16th at 7pm, at the Dovercourt Recreational Centre (411 Dovercourt Ave, Ottawa) for a SNEAK PEEK screening of an incredible documentary about an amazing woman and her movement!
There is limited seating at the Dovercourt venue. Please purchase your tickets through PAYPAL to info@lifesmoments.ca so you are not disappointed.