Postpartum Symposium
Are you a spouse, relative
or friend of a woman who recently gave birth, is pregnant or trying
to become pregnant?
Are you that woman?
How much do you know about the postpartum
period of a woman's life?
Have the healthcare insurance system and/or
the "Super Woman" mentality robbed women of proper postpartum
care?
Learn More!
Postpartum Symposium
Thursday, May 20, 2004, 6:00 pm
Fourth Presbyterian Church; Page Smith Room
126 East Chestnut Street, Chicago, Illinois
(discount validated parking available in the
900 North Michigan parking garage)
312.787.4570
The Discussion:
--The
best policies, if we lived in a perfect world
Dr. Sarah Allen, Chairperson Postpartum Depression Alliance of Illinois
--Special
Populations: The Postpartum Phase for Immigrant Ethnic Minority Women
Lorna Luz Sanchez, M.A.; Psychology Resident, OB/GYN Treatment Center,
Advocate Illinois Masonic Behavioral Health Center
--A Hospital
Based Model Program for Postpartum Mood Disorders
Leslie Lowell Stoutenburg,
Director, Pregnancy & Postpartum Mood & Anxiety Disorder
Program
Alexian Brothers Hospital Network
--My experience
Carol Blocker, mother of Melanie Blocker-Stokes
--The
"Fourth Trimester" theory
Dr. Francesca Turner, OB/GYN, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
sponsored by:
Chicago Chapter of the National Organization for Women
Postpartum Alliance of Illinois
Center for Whole Health; A Program of Chicago Lights at Fourth Presbyterian
Church