East Bay Doula Circle

East Bay Doula List:

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Doulas - please check your listing and send any updates to jenheystek@sbcglobal.net. 
List updated 5-14-08

Doula Circle Meetings

MAY

Postpartum meeting:  Tuesday, May 20th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm at Waddle and Swaddle (1677 Shattuck Ave) in Berkeley.

Hayward meeting:  Wednesday, May 28th from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the home of Sylvia Boyd in South Hayward.  Meeting topic is open discussion.  If you would like to attend but did not receive the email with the address and directions, please call 510-708-6741.

JUNE

Mt. Diablo meeting:  Wednesday, June 4th from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at The Nurture Center in Lafayette.

Berkeley meeting:  Friday, June 13th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at Waddle and Swaddle (1677 Shattuck Ave) in Berkeley.  Meeting topic is Breastfeeding Q & A with Janaki Costello.

Postpartum meeting:  Tuesday, June 17th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Waddle and Swaddle (1677 Shattuck Ave) in Berkeley.

Hayward meeting:  Wednesday, June 25th from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the home of Sylvia Boyd in Hayward.  Meeting topic TBA.

JULY

Mt. Diablo meeting:  Wednesday, July 2nd from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at The Nurture Center in Lafayette.

Berkeley meeting:  Friday, July 11th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at Waddle and Swaddle (1677 Shattuck Ave) in Berkeley.

Postpartum meeting:  Tuesday, July 15th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Waddle and Swaddle in Berkeley.

Hayward meeting:  Wednesday, July 23rd from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the home of Sylvia Boyd in Hayward.

Upcoming Events

Meet the Doula Night - Birth Ways
May 15, 2008, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Waddle and Swaddle (1677 Shattuck Ave), Berkeley, CA
For more info, go to http://www.birthways.org/classes.htm#doula

California Association of Midwives Conference
May 16-18, 2008
Occidental, CA
For more info, visit www.californiamidwives.org

Infant Massage Instructor Training
June 5-8, 2008
San Francisco, CA
For more info, visit www.infantmassageusa.org

UC San Diego Lactation Educator Training
June 11-13, 2008
CPMC, San Francisco, CA
For more info, visit http://www.breastfeeding-education.com/

UC San Diego Lactation Educator Training
August 7-8, 2008
CPMC, San Francisco, CA
For more info, visit http://www.breastfeeding-education.com/

Evergreen Perinatal Lactation Educator Training
September 8-12, 2008
Berkeley, CA
More details coming soon

BALA Breastfeeding Conference
September 19-20, 2008
Berkeley, CA
For more info, email SWAGconferences@aol.com

East Bay Doula Yahoo Group

To stay connected to other East Bay Doulas and to send messages easily, please join the Yahoo Group called EastBayDoulaGroup.  To join, go to http://groups.yahoo.com, search for EastBayDoulaGroup, click on the name, then click "Join This Group."

Other Yahoo Groups you may be interested in are:  MountDiabloDoulaCommunity, HighlandDoulas, Marindoulas, doulavolunteers, SF_Bay_Area_Doulas, and BayAreaDoulas.  You can search for and join any of these groups at http://groups.yahoo.com.

Doula Circle Lending Library

If you would like to contribute items to our lending library or if you would like to borrow one of the items listed below, please email jenheystek@sbcglobal.net.

• 2007 DONA International Conference CD
  When Pain Becomes Suffering in Labor by Penny Simkin
• 2007 DONA International Conference CD
  Good Grief: Caring for Yourself After a Client's Loss by Ann Grauer
• Working Women in Labor DVD
  Created by doula trainer Felicia Roche (www.feliciaroche.com)


• 2003 DONA International Conference Audio Tape
  Safe & Effective Maternity Care: Maternity Center Association's Maternity Wise Program and Results of a New Cochrane Review of Effects of Continuous Labor Support by Carol Sakala
• 2003 DONA International Conference Audio Tape
  The Selling of the Cesarean Section: Madison Avenue Comes to Medicine by Mayri Sagady