Bloom Spokane 2011 BIRTH! Film Festival

Oct. 6, 2011 - PRLog -- Saturday, October 15, 2011
12:00 – 8:00 PM
Bing Crosby Theater (Spokane, WA)

Tickets: $10 at http://www.bloomspokane.com, $15 at the door
*Children under 12 are free with a paying adult

As part of our mission to promote mother-friendly childbirth options, Bloom Spokane is hosting our first-ever BIRTH! Film Festival—an all-day event showcasing many of the best and most amazing films about pregnancy, birth and babies around the world.

This event will raise money to fund our community outreach programs that educate families about local birth options and provide resources to help them make informed health care decisions.

Join us at 5:30pm for our feature film, Orgasmic Birth, and discover the powerful role birth plays in women's lives when they are permitted to experience it fully. The film will be followed by a panel discussion during which local childbirth professionals will answer your questions and discuss the film.

Film Festival Schedule

12:00 – 1:00 PM - Visit our Exhibitors

1:00 – 3:30 PM - Film Session 1
• Local films and birth stories
• Birth Day
• It’s My Body, My Baby, My Birth
• Natural Born Babies
• Miss Margaret: The Story of an Alabama Granny Midwife

3:30 – 5:00 PM -- Visit our Exhibitors and Meet the Professionals

5:00 – 7:00 PM - Film Session 2
• Mother of Many
• Orgasmic Birth

7:00 – 8:00 PM - Panel Discussion

*Children are welcome to attend the film festival when accompanied by a paid parent/guardian. Many of the films contain scenes of women in labor and giving birth. Parents are advised to use their own discretion on whether or not to allow their younger children to attend.

Bloom Spokane believes that all women deserve access to credible, accurate information about pregnancy and childbirth. As educated consumers, women are empowered to make informed health care decisions and choose maternity care providers who are best suited to their particular needs and wishes.

We recognize birth as a normal, healthy process—not an illness or disease. Women in our community should have the opportunity to birth instinctively and freely, whether they choose to give birth at home, a birth center or hospital. Families should be educated about their choices: the risks, the benefits and the alternatives. We want our pregnant and laboring mothers to be recognized and treated as individuals with their own sets of needs, desires and goals. Most importantly, the process of birth needs to be trusted, respected and unhindered.


Contact:
Xylina Weaver
Bloom Leader
Phone: 509-496-3526/509-448-1006
weaverxylina@live.com
info@bloomspokane.com

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Bloom Spokane is a nonprofit organization seeking to promote and advance the practice of evidence-based maternity care and the principles of the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative in our region. Our members include parents, physicians, midwives, childbirth educators, doulas, massage therapists, lactation consultants, chiropractors and public health professionals—each committed to these same principles and practices.
Bloom Spokane is a chapter of BirthNetwork National, a 501c3 nonprofit organization leading a grassroots movement based on the belief that birth can profoundly affect our physical, mental and spiritual well-being. BirthNetwork National advocates Mother-Friendly care, as defined by the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI). By making informed choices and having confidence in the process, families can experience safe and satisfying childbirth.