Homebirth and childbirth ed in the news!

FOIM member Kara Seaton and her husband were featured on the local news this week speaking about their Bradley childbirth classes and their choice to homebirth with their second baby. Check it out!

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Steering Committee Poll Results

Below are the results from the 2 steering committee polls we put forth on the group listserv earlier this month. Thanks for your outstanding participation in the voting! We now have an elected Steering Committee and an established protocol for meetings.

Your new clerk, Lauren!

Question

Resolved: to establish the Steering Committee as described in in the Friends of Iowa Midwives Steering Committee Proposal and to elect the following members to the following positions: Co-chairs - Ashley Miller, Monica Brasile, Jonathan Hansen
Clerk - Lauren Whitehead
Treasurer - Jenn Bowen

Responses

Choices	Votes	%
Yes	21	100

Question

Resolved: to change the meeting structure of FOIM to reflect the policies outlined in the Steering Committee Proposal, namely to hold General Membership meetings quarterly (4 times/year) and Steering Committee meetings monthly (12 times/year). Steering Committee meetings will always be open to any FOIM member.

Responses

Choices	Votes	%
Yes	17	94
No	1	5

FOIM Family on KWWL!

From FOIM member Kara, who gave birth to a beautiful little boy a few weeks ago at home with a midwife:

KWWL (news channel 7 in eastern Iowa) is airing a special on Marcus and I next Tuesday, February 19. I believe they will be running a preview on the 6:00pm news and the actual
story on the 10:00pm news.

The reporter interviewed us about natural birth, the Bradley Method classes we teach, and also about the *awesome* homebirth we had last week. They also took some footage of the current Bradley class we are teaching. I'm unsure what spin the final story will actually take since they took so much footage, but am excited to be getting some press on birth options in eastern Iowa! Check it out :-)