Childbirth: towards a paradigm shift

Michel Odent has been in charge of the surgical unit and the maternity unit at the Pithiviers state hospital (1962-1985) and is the founder of the Primal Health Research Centre (London). He introduced in the 1970s the concepts of home-like birthing rooms and birthing pools in maternity hospitals.

Booking information

Date: Wednesday 29 June 2011
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00pm
Venue: Near Watford (Sarratt), Hertfordshire - see below

Rates:

- Doula UK and/or Nurturing Birth members: £55
- Midwifery students or NCT teacher students: £55
- NCT antenatal teachers, midwives and others: £70

Booking: email us to receive a booking form.

Coffee breaks are included but not lunch (please bring your own).

Certificates of attendance will be available.

To get to the venue?

Driving:

At junction 18 off the M25, exit onto Rickmansworth Rd/A404 toward Chorleywood/Amersham. Turn right onto Solesbridge Lane after 0.5 miles. After 1.3 miles, turn left onto Sarratt Road. Continue on for 0.8 miles and go slight left onto Dimmocks Lane. After 0.2 miles, keep left at the fork. Turn left to stay on The Green. Destination will be on the right.

Use http://www.mapquest.co.uk to get directions from your starting point.

The full address of the venue is:

Village Hall Address:
Sarratt Village Hall
The Green, Sarratt,
Nr Rickmansworth, Herts WD3 6AS

Tube:

Take Metropolitan Line from London to Chorleywood station. It’s about 3 miles to the venue from the train station. There is a taxi rank just outside and we have arranged for people carriers to pick up participants. Expect to pay around £6 return.

Flying:

Nearest airport is Luton or Heathrow. A taxi from Luton to the venue will be around £34 one way and from Heathrow around £30. Please ring 01923-774466 to book.

He is the author of the first article in the medical literature about the use of birthing pools (Lancet 1983), of the first article about the initiation of lactation during the hour following birth, and of the first article applying the "Gate Control Theory of Pain" to obstetrics. He created the Primal Health Research database
(www.primalhealthresearch.com)
and the website www.wombecology.com.

Author of 12 books published in 22 languages. To find out about Michel Odent's books, click here.

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