The 2023 ​Program

Subject to possible change

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Doula Conference 2023 is a national conference for doulas and people who have an interest in pregnancy, birth and postnatal care.
​This event will take place during World Doula Week on the lands of the Kabi Kabi people and the Jinibara people.
~ Friday dinner to Sunday Lunch ~
24th - 26th March, 2023
(​all times are in AEST)

Saturday

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8:45am

Saturday Welcome

9:00am

Dr Rachel Reed​ (Keynote)
'Relationships within the childbirth rite of passage’

10:00am

Naomi Jansson
'Ancestral and Modern Weaving in Postpartum Doula Care'

11:15am

Philippa Scott
'Energy transference'

12:00pm

Alison Collins​
​'Mother-led Wild Pregnancy and Freebirth'

1:30pm

Anna Watts
'To grow yourself, you must know yourself' 

1:30pm

Vicki Hobbs
'Nurturing the Nurturer'
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3:30pm

Karen Shlegeris
'Preparing partners for positive birth'

4:15pm

Rhea Dempsey
​'Birth and Attachment Dynamics'

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6:00pm

Dinner and Celebration for all
The Maroochy Waterfront Room

Sunday

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8:45am

Sunday Welcome

9:00am

Jane Hardwicke Collings​
'The Ebb and Flow'
​~ understanding the cycles and how they impact everything​​

11:00am

Jenny Blyth
'Beyond Consent'

12:30pm

Closing Ceremony
Jane Hardwicke Collings​

1:00pm

Closing Lunch
The Maroochy Waterfront Room

2:00pm

End of conference

Recorded sessions

Nisha Gill
'Co-regulation ~ A Doula Superpower'

Sali McIntyre
'Yoni Steaming to Prepare for Birth and for Postpartum Healing'

Libby Moloney
​'When a baby dies'

Emma Park
​'The Microbiome and Probiotics in Pregnancy'