HOSPITAL PRACTICES THAT INTERFERE WITH BONDING and EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BABY FORMULA
Speaker: Letrith Hoang, D.O.
July 12, 2008
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Location: 3235 East Colorado, Suite 201
Pasadena, CA 91107
Contact: Yana@headfirstdoulas.net
Cost: FREE for DASC members
A board certified pediatrician will share her wisdom about her observation and knowledge regarding hospital practices and how they affect the mother baby dyad from bonding to breastfeeding. The talk will include information about formula practices/use and return to exclusive breastfeeding.

BABY! International Film Festival
May 23-24th 2008
Location: Marjorie Luke Theatre
721 E Cota St.
Santa Barbara, CA
Tickets www.babff.com or 688-6886 or at the door

This film festival is for EVERYONE who was a baby, is planning to have a baby or would like to be part of a community that welcomes babies and children. We are offering inspirational and encouraging images about birth for women and their families who are planning or considering childbirth as well as films about child development and how we can meet the needs of our youngest and most vulnerable community members. These amazing films are appropriate for anyone interested in knowing more about birth and early chilodhood, and our interactive panels following the films are aimed at community building and helping to make birth a better experience for babies and their families. Because we believe that it makes a difference how babies are welcomed into the world, we are using film as a way of bringing attention to how we, as the community, can support the precious time of pregnancy, birth and infancy.

DONA approved Postpartum Doula Training in Los Angeles, CA
Saturday-Monday, May 23-25, 2008
7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. daily

Location: Santa Monica
Bundy Dr./ Pico Blvd.
Contact: Kathrin Auger 310.430.1113 or kathrin@losangelesdoula.com
Cost: $495.00

Go to www.losangelesdoula.com for further information regarding prerequisites, registration and payment options.

CAPPA Postpartum Doula Training
Saturday-Sunday, June 7-8, 2008
9:00am-5:30pm daily

Location: South Coast Medical Center
Laguna Beach, CA

Contact: Darla Burns (Please check your DASC directory for contact information)
Cost: DASC Members: $350 and includes certification packet / Non-DASC Members: $350 and does NOT include certification packet
Go to www.douladarla.com/trainings.html for more info and to print up the registration form and contract.
Deposit of $100 due by May 7th with balance due by May 24th.
Free certification packets apply ONLY to DASC members. Non-DASC members must pay the $35 for the certification packet.

Seattle Midwifery School presents a foundational 6-day course which provides basic preparation for the IBLCE exam to become a certified lactation consultant.
June 23-25 and 27-29, 2008 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Seattle, WA
Contact: info@seattlemidwifery.org
Cost: $795
Approved for 45 continuing education hours by various organizations.

DONA approved Postpartum Doula Training in Los Angeles, CA
Saturday-Monday, August 23-25, 2008
7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. daily

Location: Santa Monica
Bundy Dr./ Pico Blvd.
Contact: Kathrin Auger 310.430.1113 or kathrin@losangelesdoula.com
Cost: $495.00; Early Bird by July 23: $445.00

Go to www.losangelesdoula.com for further information regarding prerequisites, registration and payment options.