from left to right: Carol, Ina May, Joanne, Pamela, and Sharon. (Click on Image to Enlarge)


UPDATE: Dates for 2009

The Midwifery Workshops sponsored by the Farm Midwifery Center include classes and retreats for midwife assistant students, practicing midwives, beginning midwifery students, doulas, and labor and delivery nurses.

In all our workshops
We strive to teach the skills and knowledge you will need to make the birthing environment safe, pleasant and responsive to the needs of women and babies. Our instructors include, Ina May Gaskin, C.P.M.; Pamela Hunt, C.P.M.; Joanne Santana, R.N., C.P.M.; Carol Nelson, C.P.M.; Deborah Flowers, R.N., C.P.M.; and Stacie Hunt, C.P.M., as well as several guest instructors.


Learn to be a Midwife Assistant!
We sponsor Midwifery Assistant Workshops in which we introduce the skills and knowledge you will need to assist a practicing midwife in home or birth center delivery. This workshop will give you a solid foundation as you continue your studies in midwifery as an apprentice or in a midwifery school. If you are already a doula, this workshop will broaden your understanding of the birth process and will inform you of ways to assist a midwife as well as the birthing mother.

Advanced Midwifery Workshops
 In the Advanced Workshop we offer classes in midwifery skills and will introduce you to new techniques. We also initiate discussions about all facets of midwifery. There will be some reflective time and space to enjoy the woods and gain an insight into community living. This workshop offers continuing education units from the Midwifery Education and Accreditation Council (MEAC).

Common Sense and Tradition: Workshop for Midwives
This is one of our advanced workshops and is for practicing midwives, nurse midwife students, advanced midwife students and labor and delivery nurses. Please contact us for a complete schedule/curriculum. This workshop offers continuing education units from the Midwifery Education and Accreditation Council (MEAC) and the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM).

Neonatal Resuscitation
This class will be a two-day hands-on workshop following the Midwifery Assistant Workshop in April. You may attend this class in conjunction with or separate from the Midwifery Assistant Workshop. Upon successfully passing this class, you will receive a “Card of Completion” from the American Academy of Pediatrics/American Heart Association Neonatal Resuscitation Program.

 Watsu/Water Exercise
Saturday afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00, after each Midwife Assistant Workshop, we offer a relaxing and fun Watsu and Water Exercise class. In this class we will discuss the advantages of prenatal water exercise for pregnant mothers and will give you guidelines of ways in which you can introduce your pregnant mothers to the healthful benefits of water therapy. Working with a partner, you will learn Watsu and practice floating and movement techniques and water massage to create total relaxation. This class will be held at the YMCA in their therapy pool. Bring a bathing suit. Goggles or ear plugs optional.

 IV Therapy Class
This class will be a two-day hands-on workshop following the Advanced Midwifery Workshop. It is designed for midwives who want to update their skills, and midwifery students who are starting to do hands-on deliveries with their preceptors. You may attend this class in conjunction with or separate from the Advanced Midwifery Workshop.