The 2022 Program

Subject to possible change

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Doula Conference 2022 is a two day, 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 Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation (East Melbourne) and online.
~ 26th - 27th March, 2022 ~
(​all times are in Melbourne AEDT)

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Opening & Welcome

8:30am

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9:00am

Dr Deborah Fox (Keynote)
 'Physiological birth for women with complications'
​RECORDING AVAILABLE

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10:00am

Julie Bell
'Herbs Love Us'
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11:00am

Morning Tea

11:30am

IN PERSON
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Erika Munton
​'Men at Birth'

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ONLINE
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Susan Ross
'Sowing the seeds of love'
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ONLINE
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Nisha Gill
'Reducing the Potential for Birth Trauma'
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1:00pm

Lunch

2:00pm

IN PERSON
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Bernadette  Lack
​'How we turn up to the birth space'
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ONLINE
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Nicole Moore
'Love and the Limbic System'


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Rebekah Parker
'Freebirth and the Doula​'


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3:30pm

Afternoon Tea

4:00pm

Jen Hocking
'What does great breastfeeding support look like? Do we already know?'
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5:00pm

Saturday Closing

Doula Dinners

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Opening & Welcome

8:30am

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9:00am

Rhea Dempsey
'The Doula as nurturing attachment figure'
​​RECORDING AVAILABLE

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10:00am

Melinda Eales
'As childbirth educators do we reap what we sow?'
​​RECORDING AVAILABLE

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11:00am

Morning Tea

11:30am

IN PERSON
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Anna Watts
'What’s self-love got to do with it?'
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ONLINE
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​Tessa Bobir
'Returning to source'

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Glenys Frank
'Women seeking asylum'​
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1:00pm 

Lunch

2:00pm

IN PERSON
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Sali McIntyre
'Postpartum Yoni Steaming'
​​RECORDING AVAILABLE​

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ONLINE
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Julia Jones
'Evidence-based doulas'


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Katherine O'Regan
'Indigenous Birthing '

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3:30pm

Afternoon Tea

4:00pm

Janelle Gullan
‘Celebration as the foundation for postpartum pelvic health’ 
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5:00pm

Closing

5:00 - 5:30pm

Conference MC
Lynnelle Moran

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Holder of Ceremony
​Jane Hardwicke Collings

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