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Day 3: Visions of possibility: towards the greater enjoyment of Pregnancy, Birth and Babies
9.00 - 9.30am	Birthlight interactive start of the day Sally Lomas Homage to Vimala McLure Wendy Nicholson
Session 1	Chair: Naomi Stadlen
9.30 - 10.30am	Birth trauma - changing the culture of childbirth Sheila Kitzinger
10.30 - 11.15am	A practising NHS obstetrician’s perspective Amali Lokumanage
11.15 - 11.45am	Break & Refreshments
Special Interactive Session
11.30 - 1.00pm	Preparing for birth with breath, sound and movement (Homerton Dance Hall) * Frederick Leboyer
Session 2	Chair: Pauline Carpenter
11.45 - 12.45pm	Research that has changed our understanding of infant cognition Colwyn Trevarthen
12.45 - 2.00pm	Lunch break, exhibitions, posters, art expo, birth art cafe
2.00 - 3.15pm	Workshops C1: Introduction to the Brazelton Assessment Joanna Hawthorne C2: Birthlight Infant Aquatics pool session (coach transfer to pool) Amanda Walker and Emmaline Kitson C3: Sound and mudras in antenatal and postnatal yoga Uma Dinsmore-Tuli C4: Primordial movements Beverley Nolan and Shawn Tomlinson
3.15 - 3.45pm	Break & Refreshments
Session 3
3.45 - 4.45pm	Visions of possibility Binnie Dansby
5.00pm	Conference Close Françoise Barbira Freedman

* This session is open to the public at a fee of £20 that will be collected at the door to cover costs. Free to those booked to attend the Conference on Wednesday. Expectant mothers are particularly welcome to this session. Book early as places are limited.

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