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Obstetrical Acupuncture Association

Obstetrical Acupuncture Association

The OBAA provides a resource for both pregnant people and their care providers to find acupuncturists in their area that demonstrate an elevated standard of care and safety within the field of peri-natal care.

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Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée – OBAA Advisor
Paris, France
email: elisabeth.rochat@orange.fr
website: elisabeth-rochat.com

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Events

Supporting Queer, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Families + AGM.

Live On-line webinar (will be recorded)
Date: November 4th, 2021
Time: 11:30 am – 2:30pm PST
This is a OBAA sponsored event. Recording will be free in the members only section.

Anti-Racism 101 for Healthcare Professionals: Celebrating Diversity as We Move Towards Health for All

Live Online Webinar
Date: Wednesday April 21, 2021 
Time: 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm PDT
50% off if you want CEUs or Free to just listen for OBAA members!
Speaker: Dr. Farah Shroff
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New OBAA BIPOC scholarship!
Free 1 year membership- applications now being accepted.
The OBAA recognizes that having cultural and ethnic representation within someone’s birth team leads to better birth outcomes. Free 1 year memberships are now available for Black, Indigenous and people of colour who are acupuncturists working in perinatal health. Applicants must still meet the basic qualifications for membership, but all fees will be waived.
To apply, please fill out the application form under the membership tab.

How Social Inequities in Maternity Care Impact Marginalized Groups

Date: March 10, 2021
Time: 8am PST

Reducing health inequities for socially disadvantaged pregnant women and their infants and increasing access to affordable quality reproductive services is a pressing concern in many countries. This webinar reviews studies examining this problem and recommendations to address it, primarily focusing on high-income countries.

Speaker: Dr. Cecilia Benoit https://healthyseminars.com/MIH-Canada

OBAA AGM and Myth busters roundtable: navigating the most and least effective maternal acupuncture treatments.

Date:  June 21st, 2020 (June 22 in NZ/AUS)
Time: 2pm PST (10pm UK time, 7am June 22 AUS/NZ)

We would like to welcome all members to this years OBAA Annual General Meeting and roundtable.
After the AGM, we will discuss the truths and myths around some very hot topics, like breech, placenta previa, back pain, anemia/low platelets and more! This is for OBAA members only, so there will be plenty of room to ask questions and discuss.

Speakers: Sarah Budd and Kate Levett.

Acupuncture training for Midwives in Chiapas, Mexico: Update

Date: January 30th, 2020

As most of you already know, three of the OBAA board members went to Mexico to teach maternal acupuncture, by request, to midwives working with Indigenous and marginalized communities. It was a profound and deeply touching experience and hopefully only the beginning of much more work by OBAA members, to help communities in need.

Check out our events page for a recap from our trip written by Shannon Larson.

C-section recovery; acupuncture and everything you need to know to support your patients

Date: November 21, 2019

The OBAA Claudia Citcovitz week has begun! OBAA advisor Claudia Citkotiz is currently in Ireland presenting a weekend seminar on Acupressure and acupuncture for perinatal care (also available on-line)
Next Thursday is our Roundtable which will include Claudia and  RMT/Osteopath Suzanne Schmidt as they discuss everything you need to know to support your patients leading up to and after c-section.

Postpartum anxiety and depression: Comparing classical and modern clinical approaches.

Date: June 6, 2019

Join our guest speakers and OBAA mentors, Elisabeth Rochat de la Valée, Genevieve Le Goff and OBAA senior member Alda Ngo as we discuss how we can better understand and treat Postpartum Depression and Anxiety from both a classical perspective and with modern applications.

April 26, 2019, 8-10 pm

OBAA Social

Location: Metropolitan Hotel Lounge, 645 Howe St, Vancouver, BC V6C 2Y9
(Reservation is under Emilie and the Obstetrical Acupuncture Association)

Date: November 27, 2018

Roundtable discussion: Dealing with Adverse Events from the Midwifery and Acupuncture Perspectives with Sarah Budd and Debra Betts

Register to join live

Date: October 13 & 14, 2018

Two-day seminar on obstetrical acupuncture – with Board Advisor Sarah Budd in Dublin, Ireland

Register here

Date: June 14, 2018

Roundtable Discussion: Top tips for Acupuncturists treating back pain in pregnancy

Register here

Date: April 15, 2018

Voting is now open for the 2018-2019 OBAA elections. Please watch for a survey monkey email to cast your votes!

Date: November 15, 2017

OBAA opens to international membership applications.

Click here for more info!

Check under the EVENTS tab for all of the details for these events!

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Please note

The OBAA is not a licensing or regulatory body. If you have any questions or concerns about a member of the OBAA, please contact your region’s acupuncture licensing body.

New OBAA BIPOC scholarship! Free 1 year membership- applications now being accepted.

The OBAA recognizes that having cultural and ethnic representation within someone’s birth team leads to better birth outcomes. Free 1 year memberships are now available for Black, Indigenous and people of colour who are acupuncturists working in perinatal health. Applicants must still meet the basic qualifications for membership, but all fees will be waived.
To apply, please fill out the application form under the membership tab.

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