Raising funds for

​ Come share some birth conversation with grandmother birth activists
​Jane Hardwicke Collings & Rhea Dempsey 

Friday 22nd July, 6:30-9:30pm @ Christ Lecture Theatre, Fitzroy, Victoria
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as they share through stories and ceremony the threads that are being eroded by trauma in the current culture.

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RECORDINGS STILL AVAILABLE

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Jane is a postmenopausal grandmother at the sunset of her life.She is a mother of a blended family with 4 adult children and 3 grandboys. She is a former Registered Nurse, and worked in that capacity in Paediatric Intensive Care Units and Women’s Operating Theatres. She became a midwife at 26 and left the hospital system so as not to be complicit with institutionalised acts of abuse and violence on women and babies masquerading as safety. She ‘grew up’ in the homebirth world and was a homebirth midwife for 30 years in the city and then rural areas. Her own births have taught her who she is and what she is capable of. Her menopausal experience has taught her to focus on preparing for the great great grandchildren.

Rhea is a mother of three daughters and five delicious grandchildren, counsellor and child birth educator with over forty years experience. Rhea has extensive experience working with women and families before, during and after birth. Her special interest is in exploring the psychological aspects of birth and the pyscho-social factors which can affect birth outcomes. Rhea is a highly respected and sought after presenter at conferences, seminars and workshops on birth and counselling issues. Rhea also works in private practice running an extensive schedule of classes for couples and groups as well as education and development for midwives and birth attendants.

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Date/Time:

Friday 22nd Jul, 2022
​6:30pm - 10pm

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Venue:

Christ Lecture Theatre, ACU
17 Young St, Fitzroy, 3065

Offering:

$30 / $20 Conc/ $15 Recording
All profits will be donated to Birth For Humankind & Hygieia Health

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