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Founder & Coordinator
Jan Mallak, 2LAS, ICCE-CD-CPD-IAT, CD-CPD (DONA), CPD(CAPPA) has over 30 years of experience in the birthing field. Jan is a certified birth doula through both ICEA and DONA and isan ICEA ICEA trainer and cert PP doula and a DONA approved birth doula trainer. She is also a certified pp doula through DONA and CAPPA.

Jan is the founder and coordinator of “Heart & Hands” Doula Service which has been providing support to Pittsburgh area women since 1995.

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ANNOUNCING: 10th Annual Family Centered Maternity Care Conference
March 27, 2010 in Monroeville, PA - download conference brochure

Doula’s Guide to Birthing Your Way by Jan S. Mallak + Teresa F. Bailey, published by Hale Publishing, will be introduced at the conference. Get your signed copy!

Days Agenda

8:30 – 8:50
Check In and Continental Breakfast

8:50 – 9:00
Welcome

9:00 – 10:00
Medications used Before, During & After Birth - East Suburban Ob/Gyn

10:00 – 11:00
VBAC Update – Dr. Kaminski

11:00 – 11:15
Break

11:15 – 12:15
Birth Stories with a Twist (Panel)

12:15 – 1:15
Lunch

1:15 – 1:45
Door Prizes and Special Guest

1:45 – 2:45
The Right Fit – Dawn Higgins

2:45 – 3:45
Area Breastfeeding Resources (Panel)

3:45 – 4:00
Break

4:00 – 5:00
Doulas’ Guide to Birthing Your Way
Jan Mallak & Teresa Bailey

Objectives

1. List several medications prescribed to women before, during and after birth.

2. Discuss what new research reveals about VBAC management and success.

3. Summarize how even births with a twist can have happy and healthy outcomes.

4. Describe how to choose a baby carrier and nursing bra that best suits personal needs.

5. Review what area resources are available for breastfeeding women.

6. Tell 3 ways Doulas’ Guide to Birthing Your Way is different from other doula books on the market.


Contact Hours

ICEA has approved this program for 7 contact hours. Lamaze, DONA, CAPPA and other organizations also accept these contact hours towards re-certification. (360 total minutes)
PPG Chemical Center, 440 College Park Dr Monroeville, PA 15146

From Turnpike Exit 57 - follow signs to Rt. 22 East (Murrysville). Stay on 22 East until the 3rd traffic light. Turn left (at Levin Furniture Store) onto Elliot and proceed up the hill. The entrance to PPG will be on the left. Park near the main door and enter. A guard will direct you to the conference.

From 376 Parkway East - follow it to the end and take Rt. 22 East (Murrysville). Turn left (at Levin Furniture Store) onto Elliot and proceed up the hill. The entrance to PPG will be on the left. Park near the main door and enter. A guard will direct you to the conference.

Refreshments and a vegetarian-friendly lunch will be provided as well as free parking. The facility will have a special breastfeeding area (for babies in arms) and is handicapped accessible. There will also be exhibitors and door prizes.