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Seattle Midwifery School
Seattle Midwifery School has been educating childbirth professionals for more than 30 years. Our well-known, rigorous midwifery training program, founded in 1978, is the oldest direct-entry midwifery program in the country.
In the late 1980's, with the help of experts in the field of childbirth, we began developing a series of premier birth doula, postpartum doula, childbirth educator, lactation education training courses for our Doula and Extension Education Program that draw participants from across North America to our lovely retreat-like campus. In spring of 2008, in honor of childbirth pioneer and faculty member Penny Simkin, we have announced the renaming of the Doula and Extension Education Program to the Simkin School for Allied Birth Vocations.
SMS News, Classes & Events
- Midwifery Education Program instructor (Midwifery Care 5 - Postpartum/Newborn Care) needed.
This one-quarter 3-credit introductory nutrition course is designed to provide you with a basic nutrition foundation. It also fulfills the prerequisite for the SMS Midwifery Education Program. The next section starts January 12. Read more>
November 12 - Reforming Health: How do we communicate our message? at Bastyr University. Click here for details about this free event.
November 14, 9:30 am-1 pm- The Basics of Breastfeeding for Doulas Offered by the Community Birth & Family Center in Eastlake. Click here for details.
December 2, 7-10 pm- Breastfeeding for Doulas Offered by Sarah Huntington, MPH, IBCLC, CD(DONA) in the South Sound (Olympia). Click here for details.
See the Events Calendar for more events
New York Times Article on Home Birth
Today's New York Times reports that "local midwives say they have been swamped with calls and requests in recent months, in some cases increasing their workload from two, three or four deliveries a month to as many as 10."
Midwifery Funded in Alberta!
SMS midwifery program graduates in Alberta are celebrating now that Alberta has extended health care coverage to midwifery.
Washington Post Reports on Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries
Report discusses how this issue "rarely gets attention from international donors."
Released by Childbirth Connection in collaboration with the Reforming States Group and the Milbank Memorial Fund. Read more, and download the report at Childbirth Connection. Read the coverage in the October 8th USA Today. Order a free printed copy from Milbank.
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