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It's your birth. Know your options.
Looking for a local birth professional?
Check out our Local Online Resource Guide.
BirthNetwork of Northwest Arkansas
A Chapter of BirthNetwork National
It's your birth. Know your options.
Looking for a local birth professional?
Check out our Local Online Resource Guide.
BirthNetwork of Northwest Arkansas
A Chapter of BirthNetwork National
mother-baby film festival & expo
Orgasmic Birth - Thursday, April 8
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Corner of Dickson and East, Fayetteville
The Business of Being Born - Friday, April 9
NWACC Shewmaker Center, Bentonville
Mother-Baby Expo & Silent Auction
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. (Before the movie)
Featuring businesses and organizations throughout NW Arkansas who support mother-friendly birth and baby-friendly parenting. The first 50 pregnant or nursing mamas will each receive a canvas gift bag loaded with gifts and samples from local and national vendors, as well as a free chance to win our grand prize: an Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper®. You can also bid on one of many great mother- and baby-friendly gifts at our silent auction.
NEW! Refreshments will be available via bake sale!
Film Screening
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Orgasmic Birth
Joyous, sensuous and revolutionary, Orgasmic Birth brings the ultimate challenge to our cultural myths by inviting viewers to see the emotional, spiritual, and physical heights attainable through birth. Witness the passion as birth is revealed as an integral part of woman's sexuality and a neglected human right. With commentary by Christiane Northrup, MD, and midwives Ina May Gaskin, Elizabeth Davis and other experts in the field...and stunning moments of women in the ecstatic release of childbirth.
The Business of Being Born
Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, a natural part of life. But birth is also big business. Actress Ricki Lake and filmmaker Abby Epstein interlace intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. Should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potentially catastrophic medical emergency?
Talk-Back Panel
8:45 – 9:30 p.m.
Stay after the movie and ask questions of a panel of local experts discussing how local women can get their best birth experience.
OUR SPONSORS
This event could not be accomplished without the generous contributions of our sponsors. Many thanks also to our exhibitors, silent auction item donors, goody bag item donors, and volunteers.
Please take the opportunity to visit our sponsors and thank them for their commitment to
mother- and baby-friendly care in Northwest Arkansas!
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Media Sponsors
