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