NEXT UP: Conference keynotes and one-day workshops in Porto, Portugal and Florence, Italy, October 2025 , details soon!
It has been my great pleasure to teach internationally; I have learned so much from midwives everywhere that I then pass on to my next groups of students.
International Appearances:
Here are locations where I have given two or three-day Immersion Workshops and/or Keynote Presentations.
(See Workshop Content at the end of this list)
Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Ariege, FRANCE
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
Bad Wildbad, GERMANY
Berlin, GERMANY
Blankenberge, BELGIUM
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
Budapest, HUNGARY
Chiang Mai, THAILAND
Douarnenez, FRANCE
Escazu, COSTA RICA
Florence, ITALY
Florianopolis, BRAZIL
Graz, AUSTRIA
Helsinki, FINLAND
Hobart, TASMANIA
Las Palmas, CANARY ISLANDS
London, ENGLAND
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Moscow, RUSSIA
Oaxtapec, MEXICO
Oslo, NORWAY
Paris, FRANCE
Pau, FRANCE
Perth, AUSTRALIA
Riga, LATVIA
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
San Jose, COSTA RICA
Sao Paolo, BRAZIL
Sofia, BULGARIA
Strasbourg, FRANCE
Sydney, AUSTRALIA
The Hague, NETHERLANDS
Warsaw, POLAND
Advanced Midwifery Practice: Two Days Immersion
This workshop is designed for midwives, student midwives, obstetricians, and doulas.
First day: Prenatal care, birth preparation, and response to history of sexual abuse
- Pelvimetry basics: identifying pelvic type and significance in birth.
- Voluntary hands-on practice in groups of three
- Holistic exam during pregnancy: mother-centered decision making
- Palpation/demo and fine tuning
- Nutritional preparation, review of various diets
- Role playing holistic care in groups of two: using new skills and getting
- feedback
- Involving partner in all aspects of the process
- Response to history of sexual abuse
- Sharing clinical cases
Second day: Physiologic birth, managing complications of labor, and postpartum care
- The deeper physiology of birth, hormones, brainwaves and intuition
- Plateaus in labor versus arrests in progress
- Diagnosing posterior position and asynclitism. Hands-on practice models
- Internal rotation of posterior arrest. Hands-on practice models
- Honoring physiology of second stage
- Managing shoulder dystocia
- Third stage of labor, safe placenta delivery and handling hemorrhage
- Biological nurturing, getting breast feeding off to a good start
- Consequences of cesarean birth for mother and baby
- Debriefing unhappy outcomes (for client and care provider).
- Sharing clinical cases
Closure: (certificates)
I can easily design a workshop to fit your group’s unique needs, and/or create a keynote of your choosing. What themes most intrigue you? Let’s put our thoughts together to come up with the Perfect Presentation!
Ways to reach me:
elizabeth@elizabethdavis.com
call/text: +1 (707) 695-6520
Or send me more details on your event: CONTACT
THANK YOU!