• SUNDAY September 12

  • 10am – 4pm

  • Coleridge Room, Duke of Brunswick, Adelaide

  • 250

The reality of Birth Intervention

In Australia 97% of women birth in hospitals

For many women birth intervention is a reality, with 78% of Australian women having some sort of pain relief, 36% a c-section and 35% having an induced labour in 2019 (AIHW, 2021). For some parents, their experience of birth has involved life-or-death decisions, under pressure and in an unfamiliar environment. This type of experience can be distressing and even traumatic. This is why we have created this workshop. To strengthen your work preparing parents to navigate and negotiate birthing in Australia. And so you as a birth professional can support parents to take ownership of their birth experience and decisions.

Birth Intervention

Up-to-date Birth Intervention research giving you solid ground to support your clients.

What you will gain from this workshop

Our aim is to provide you with quality information based on credible research from a balanced viewpoint. We will be discussing the following topics:

  • Australian maternity care & the hospital setting

  • Birth statistics for SA and Australia

  • The significance of shared-decision making and its role in birth

  • Pre-birth Intervention; stretch & sweep, baby position (ECV), breaking waters

  • Pain Relief options; gas, epidural, medication, TENS

  • Birth Intervention; induction, VBAC, c-section, forceps/ventouse, episiotomy

  • Birth anxiety and previous trauma

  • The role of the birth professional

Your Facilitators

Together Lez & Lorielle have four children, 30 years experience supporting women with birth and have seen thousands of women in their roles as health professionals.

Creator & Founder

Lorielle Shiell

The founder and creator of The Women’s Health Distillery and Your Birth Blueprint, Lorielle Grant is a mother, academic and health practitioner with nearly twenty years’ experience. She has a Masters in Health Science, has worked in clinical practice for 18 years, lectured in healthcare education both in Australia and overseas, and has been published in numerous academic journals. As someone who has given birth to three children in the Australian public health system with different levels of intervention, she is passionate about the rights of all parents to make decisions based on quality, balanced information that they can trust. “I believe all women deserve to feel good about their labour and birth experience: whichever way their baby arrives. And by making sure they are a part of the decision-making, parents can experience birth as powerful and joyous, even when it involves intervention. There is such an opportunity for women and their partners to have a good experience, a potent one - no matter what it looks like.”

Acupuncturist & Transpersonal Counsellor

Lez Shiell

Lez has been practising Chinese medicine for twenty years and has a wealth of practical knowledge in his approach to supporting birthing women. He is well known for his birth induction treatments and has attended births for many years as a support person. Lez is also a trained transpersonal counsellor and has completed postgraduate study in trauma. He has lectured post graduate students and taught martial arts and Qi gong.

Payment

Online options available | Limited Participants | 5 CPE Points

Reviews

What people have to say about the workshop

Naturopath, PhD Candidate

Cherie Caut

I LOVED the information shared about health literacy - ensuring that women and their partners are able to understand the information being told to them and apply it. A great point was made about holding space for parents to have a voice and speak up what they think they need or what they are thinking or feeling.

Massage Therapist & Clinic Owner

Leonie Hick

I really liked the graphic representation of evidence and statistics backed up with clinical experience. For massage therapists this workshop would be valuable in encouraging clients with resources to empower their pre/post natal and birthing experiences. There was easy access to digital information and as facilitators you covered theory and practice expertly. The venue was central, relaxed with great hospitality.

Acupuncturist & Clinic Owner

Tracy Lee Govis

I highly recommend this course! It was informative and up to date with the current research on interventions and I loved how Lez & Lorielle worked as a team. A key take away for me was supporting my patients choices.

Parent

Lisa (Your Birth Blueprint)

Lorielle is a wealth of knowledge, education and experience. The information she provides is well researched and unbiasedly presented with stats and references. Lez brings his own extensive experience and delivers with humour and down-to-earth practicality.

We look forward to you joining us on Sunday Sept 12

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