Pre-Conference

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Time Session Speaker/Leader
10:00 am (includes lunch) Basic Life Support (BLS) Training
The Waterbirth Course for Birth Professionals (Certification Course) originally planned for this day has been cancelled due to illness. Registrants have received information about taking the course later online.
Connie Mullen, LM, CPM, CCE

Main Conference

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Time Session Speaker/Leader
8:00 am–9:00 am Check in Pamela Golliet
8:00 am-–8:15 am Optional Prayer Time (near conference room) Debby Sapp, Kathy Nesper
8:30 am–9:00 am Welcome, Announcements, Devotions MC: Connie Mullen
Devotions: Debby Sapp
9:00 am–10:00 am Keeping the Faith: Remembering God’s Presence in the Birth Room Barbara Harper, RN
10:00 am–12:00 pm Preventing Birth Injury—Hypoxic Ischemic Hypoxia Rita Ledbetter, CNN
12:00 pm–1:00 pm Lunch (included for conference registrants and paid guests)
1:00 pm–2:30 pm Working With Survivors of Abuse, Part 1 Susan Wilson, RN, CPM
2:30 pm–3:30 pm Rebekah’s Tea Party (conference registrants)
3:30 pm–5:00 pm Working With Survivors of Abuse, Part 2  Susan Wilson, RN, CPM
5:00 pm–7:00 pm Dinner on Your Own
6:30 pm–7:30 pm Call the Midwife Open House (open to the public)
7:30 pm–9:00 pm The Gifts of Waterbirth (open to the public) Roundtable discussion
The original speaker for this session has changed due to illness.
9:00 pm–?? Hang Out and Story Time

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Time Session Speaker/Leader
8:00 am-–8:15 am Optional Prayer Time (near conference room) Debby Sapp, Kathy Nesper
8:30 am–9:00 am Announcements, Devotions MC: Kristin Schuchmann
Devotions: Debby Sapp
9:00 am–11:00 am Understanding Chiropractic for Prenatal, Postpartum, and Infant Care Abbe Keen, DC, CNC
Cait Davis, DC, MSCP
11:00 am–12:00 pm Hypoactive Sexual Disorder Rita Ledbetter, CNM
12:00 pm–1:00 pm Lunch (included for conference registrants and paid guests)
1:00 pm–3:30 pm Loss, Grief, and the Midwife (and other birth professionals) Connie Mullen, LM, CPM, CCE
3:30 pm–4:30 pm The Best Tips from 40 Years of Waterbirths Barbara Harper, RN
5:30 pm Gala Dinner (included for conference registrants)
7:30 pm–?? ACBP Annual Member Meeting, Fundraiser, Story Time, and FUN Meeting MC: Pamela Golliet

Friday, September 13, 2024

Time Session Speaker/Leader
8:00 am-–8:15 am Optional Prayer Time (near conference room) Debby Sapp, Kathy Nesper
8:30 am–9:00 am Announcements, Devotions MC: Kathy Nesper
Devotions: Debby Sapp
9:00 am–10:30 am When We Know Better, We Do Better—Staying Up to Date in our Recommendations for Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy Kristin Schuchmann, CPM, LM
10:30 am–12:00 pm When to Transport and How to Do So Safely Susan Wilson, RN, CPM
12:00 pm–12:15 pm Closing Session

Post-Conference

Friday, September 13, 2024

Time Session Speaker/Leader
12:00 pm–1:00 pm Lunch for post-conference participants
1:00 pm–?? Peer Review Debby Sapp, Kristin Schuchmann
1:00 pm–4:00 pm Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
NRP online course must be successfully completed before taking this class; bring documentation
Susan Wilson, RN, CPM

This Conference Agenda is subject to change.   It will be updated as necessary.