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2018 Birth Conferences for Midwives, Nurses, Doulas and Lactation Consultants

If you are looking for information about 2018 birth conferences you have come to the right place!

This page has all the birth conferences organized by topic and then date.

  1. General Childbirth Conferences
  2. Doula Conferences
  3. Childbirth Educator Conferences
  4. Postpartum Conferences
  5. Breastfeeding Conferences
  6. Midwifery Conferences

*This page is a work in progress. If you have information regarding 2018 birth conferences, please leave a comment to help keep this page up to date. Thank you!

2018 Birth Conferences for Midwives, Nurses, Doulas and Lactation Consultants

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2018 Birth Conferences (General Conferences)

Birth Without Fear

Dates: March 10th, 2018

Location: Louisville, KY

More Info:  http://bwfconference.com/

Partners in Perinatal Health 29th Annual Conference

Dates: May 8th, 2018

Location:  Norwood, MA

More Info:  http://www.piphma.org

AWHONN (Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses) Convention

Dates:  June 23rd – 27th, 2018

Location:  Tampa, FL

More Info:  http://awhonnconvention.org

Rocky Mountain Childbirth Conference

Dates:  October 11th – 12th, 2018

Location: Anaconda, MT

More Info:  http://rockymountainchildbirth.com/

APPPAH (Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health) 2018 Congress

Dates:  (nothing scheduled as of 12/2017)

Location:

More Info: https://www.facebook.com/APPPAH/

Human Rights in Childbirth

Dates:  (nothing scheduled as of 12/2017)

Location:

More Info: http://www.humanrightsinchildbirth.org/

2018 Birth Conferences for Doulas

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6th Annual Doula UK Conference

Dates:  March 24th, 2018

Locations:  London, UK

More Info:  https://doula.org.uk/conference/

Australian Doula Conference 2018

Dates:  March 24th – 25th, 2018

Locations:  Melbourne, Victoria

More Info:  https://www.doulaconference.com.au

DONA International

Dates:  July 19th – 21st, 2018

Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL

More Info:  https://www.dona.org/continuing-education/annual-conference/

CAPPA

Dates:  September 28th – September 30th, 2018

Location:  Tucson, AZ

More Info:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1463706473646666/

Dare to Dream 2018 ProDoula Conference

Dates: October 12th – 14th, 2018

Location:

More Info: https://www.prodoula.com/dare-to-dream-prodoula-conference/

2018 Birth Conferences for Childbirth Educators

REACHE 2018 (Regional Association of Childbirth Educators)

Dates:  March 9, 2018

Location:  Shoreline, WA

More Info:  http://reache.info/

Lamaze

Dates:  March 22nd – 24th, 2018

Location:  Online

More Info:  https://www.lamazeinternational.org/LamazeLIVE

ICEA

Dates: April 19th – 21st, 2018

Location: Louisville, KY

More Info:

Hypnobirthing

Dates: (nothing scheduled as of 12/2017)

Location:

More Info: https://us.hypnobirthing.com/

2018 Birth Conferences for Postpartum

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Perinatal Mental Health by National Perinatal Association

Dates:  March 14th – 16th, 2018

Location:  Loma Linda, CA

More Info:  https://www.npaconference.org

Perinatal Mood Disorders Annual Conference

Dates: May 11th, 2018

Location:

More Info:  https://www.pinerest.org/professional-education/continuing-education/pmad-conference/

Postpartum Support International (PSI) Annual Conference

Dates: (nothing scheduled as of 12/2017)

Location:

More Info: http://www.postpartum.net/

2018 Birth Conferences for Breastfeeding Professionals

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8th Annual California Breastfeeding Summit

Dates:  January 24th – 25th, 2018

Location:  San Diego, CA

More Info:  http://californiabreastfeeding.org/

Advanced Concepts in Breastfeeding Annual Conference

Dates:  March 7th – 9th, 2018

Location:  Albuquerque, NM

More Info:  http://www.breastfeedingnewmexico.org/annualconference

Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference

Dates:  March 21st – March 23rd, 2018

Location:  Chapel Hill, NC

More Info: http://breastfeedingandfeminism.org/conference-2018/

Gold Lactation Online Conference

Dates:  April 3rd – June 4th, 2018

Location:  Online

More Info:  http://www.goldlactation.com/conference/schedule

International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) Conference and Annual Meeting

Dates:  July 18th – 21st, 2018

Location:  Portland, OR

More Info:  http://www.ilca.org/learning/conference

2018 Birth Conferences for Midwives

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GOLD Midwifery Online Conference

Dates: February 5th – April 6th, 2018

Location:  Online

More Info:  https://www.goldmidwifery.com/conference/registration

Midwifery Today Conference

Dates:  April 18th – 22nd, 2018

Location: Mount Laurel, NJ

More Info: https://www.midwiferytoday.com/conferences/

American Association of Naturopathic Midwives (AANM) 11th Annual Conference

Dates:  April 21, 2018

Location:  National University of Natural Medicine, Portland, OR

More Info:  http://www.naturopathicmidwives.com/

Indie Birth Midwifery Conference

Dates:  May 18th – 21st, 2018

Location:  Sturgeon Lake, MN

More Info: https://indiebirth.org

American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNMM) 63rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition

Dates:  May 20th – 24th, 2018

Location:  Savannah, GA

More Info:  http://www.midwife.org/Annual-Meetings

2018 AABC Birth Institute, American Association of Birth Centers

Dates:  October 4th – 7th, 2018

Location:  Fort Worth, TX

More Info: http://www.birthcenters.org

MANA 2018 Conference

Dates: October 11th – 14th, 2018

Location: South Portland, ME

More Info: https://mana.org/events

World Congress on Midwifery and Women’s Health

Dates: October 25th – 27th, 2018

Location: London, UK

More Info:

Midwifery and Birth Conference

Dates: (nothing scheduled as of 12/2017)

Location:

More Info:

International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) 32nd ICM Triennial Congress

Dates: (nothing scheduled as of 12/2017)

Location:

More Info:  http://www.midwives2017.org/home

Mary Wagner-Davis

Thursday 23rd of August 2018

Placer Lactation Conferences is hosting Breastfeeding and the 3 Cs: Cannabis, Cancer and Culture October 18 & 19, 2018 in Roseville, CA. Featured speakers are Camie Goldhammer, MSW, LICSW, IBCLC; Thomas Hale, R.Ph, PhD, and Christine Staricka, BS, IBCLC, RLC, CCE Topics include: But did she inhale? Cannabis and breastfeeding Breastfeeding as food sovereignty Cancer biomarkers in human milk Your hands are connected to your brain: Hand expression in an age of pumping Culture, trauma, and breastfeeding Protecting families through ethical lactation practice

Angella Smith

Tuesday 27th of February 2018

Invitation for Collaboration. Dear Colleague ,

Greetings from Midwifery Pediatrics 2018!

We are organizing Annual Midwifery and Pediatrics Congress scheduled to take place during August 9-11, 2018 at Abu Dhabi, UAE. The scientific program committee has established an informative range of symposium, workshops, plenary lectures, and poster communications.

For more details go through link – https://midwifery-pediatrics.nursingconference.com/

As we are aware of your valuable contribution and remarkable efforts in the field of Midwifery and Pediatric nursing. It will be an honour to collaborate with your society. We feel honored to mention that we have the mutual interest in dissemination of the knowledge in the scientific community and Midwifery Pediatrics 2018 would be • Chance to organise workshop. • Promotion of your vision. • Access to our members, speaker and delegates of the conference. • Helping to increase your membership through the participation of our conference. • Recognition in the final conference program.

Kindly contact us regarding any queries as your support in any form would be valuable for us.

Looking forward to your valuable response

Thank you, Angella Smith | Program Manager Midwifery Pediatric 2018, Kemp House, 152 City Road, London EC1V 2NX,United Kingdom Contact: +1-650-889-4686 Ext : 6023 Email Id: nursing@pediatricsconferences.org

Jennifer Tow

Saturday 24th of February 2018

A Master Class for IBCLCs: Oral Habilitation of the Breastfeeding Dyad

20-22 April 2018: St. Louis, MO 18-20 May 2018: Houston, TX

Additional locations coming

Jennifer Tow

Saturday 24th of February 2018

We would appreciate you posting our course.

A Master Class for IBCLCs: Oral Habilitation of the Breastfeeding Dyad

Various Locations (additional dates to come):

20-22 April 2018: St. Louis, MO 18-20 May 2018: Houston, TX

Mary Wagner-Davis

Monday 12th of February 2018

Placer Lactation Conferences will hold it's Spring conference April 19 & 20, 2018 in Roseville, CA. This year's theme is Breastfeeding: What's New, How to, and features speakers Melissa Cole, MS, IBCLC, RLC and Laurel Wilson, IBCLC, CLE, CLD, CCCE, BSc. More information and registration available at http://www.placerconferences.com