Today I attended a fabulous training with Karen Strange, retired certified midwife. She's becoming quite renowned within the midwifery community for teaching neonatal resuscitation as it applies to homebirth. I have heard rave reviews from many local midwives and wondered what could be so fantastic about what I thought was basically a CPR class for neonates. Karen's class is so much more! I was rivited by the detailed description of the physiologic transition that takes place as a baby is born and takes its first breaths. Karen is so in tune with the experience of the baby during transition and how birth attendants can help babies process a traumatic birth or a resuscitation. I learned so much that will help me even when working "just" as a doula that I would absolutely recommend Karen to any birth worker, even those who are not required to certify in this area. Fantastic!
Those of us in Colorado are very lucky as Karen has just moved to the Boulder area. However, she also travels frequently to other states to teach this class and is always looking for people to sponsor one of her trainings. You can contact her directly for more information at: karenmidwife@yahoo.com.
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