Turning the Tide: Balancing Birth Experience and Interventions for Best Outcomes

Turning the Tide: Balancing Birth Experience and Interventions for Best Outcomes | May 11 - 13, 2011
A Consensus Conference in Vancouver, B.C.

The goal of Turning the Tide: Balancing Birth Experience & Interventions for Best Outcomes was to provide an opportunity for maternity care providers, managers, researchers, students and other interested parties to engage in a discussion on labour and birth, examine current initiatives to normalize birth, and to participate in making recommendations on how to balance birth experience and interventions for best outcomes in B.C. The conference was interactive and dynamic, and was structured using the consensus development conference model. Our consensus statement is available here along with a discussion of the included recommendations.

The conference featured the following presentations by an incredible lineup of presenters. Click here to download the full program

View the Presentations from Wednesday May 11th, 2011:

100 Years of Giving Birth - Learning from the Past | Neal Devitt, family physician (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
Navigating Choices in Childbirth (link to Prezi) | Asheya Hennessey, consumer
What do Women Believe Normal Birth is? | Eugene Declercq, epidemiologist
What Can Hospitals Learn from Home Birth? | Saraswathi Vedam, midwife
Vaginal Birth: What’s in it for the Baby? | Mark Sloan, pediatrician
Social Media and Birth | Amy Romano, midwife

View the Presentations from Thursday May 12, 2011:

What is the Optimal Use of Continuous EFM? | Ann Sprague, nurse
What is the Optimal Use of Induction of Labour? | Barra O’Briain, family physician
What is the Optimal Use of Epidural During Labour? | Giselle Villar, anesthesiologist
Recommending and Supporting VBAC | Dale Steele, obstetrician
Trials of the Term Breech | Dena Bloomenthal, obstetrician
Informed Consent: When Autonomy and Beneficence Collide | Andrew Kotaska, obstetrician (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
Panel: How Can an Interprofessional Team Support Normal Birth? | Anne Biringer, family physician; Nancy Kent, obstetrician; Melanie Basso, nurse; Linda Knox, midwife (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
Building Partnerships with Women, their Families and Care Providers | Michael Klein, family physician

View the Presentations from Friday, May 13, 2011:

Turning the Tide: Balancing Birth Experience & Interventions for Best Outcomes to Improve Birth for Women - Conference Summary | Jan Christilaw, obstetrician

Conference sponsored by: BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre; Collaboration for Maternal and Newborn Health; Power to Push Campaign & Best Birth Clinic