Midwives Suturing Camp

This in-person Midwifery Suturing Camp combines focused learning with good food and lots of discussion in a stellar setting on the rocky coast of Maine.

ACNM specialty credit available: ACNM Program #2024-00EA.

The Midwife Suturing Camp sessions build on each other and provide time for learning, skill refinement, connecting with other participants, and time for rest and reflection. Session content is designed to expand each participant’s suturing skills, explore new ways (and whys!) of assessment after birth and performing repairs, and discuss the clinical challenges of repairs encountered in practice. The schedule allows participants to build their technical and creative skills for assessing and approximating tissues.

To ensure everyone gets individualized mentoring, workshops are limited to 7 participants. The core workshop runs from 9 am-5 pm on Monday & Tuesday .

Midwives may stay on site or commute from the nearby Boothbay Harbor Region. All participants are welcomed Monday evening for a casual get together. Accommodations with On-Site Tickets are provided in a lovely rustic summer home. There are two private rooms and two double rooms all with shared bath. Rooms are reserved exclusively for Retreat Participants. Departure is Wednesday morning (3-nights).

NEW FOR 2025! For those who want hands-one experience teaching suturing and perineal repair skills, participants who have attended the Teaching Suturing and Perineal Repair Workshop have the opportunity for a discounted ticket to a Midwife Camp to participate in workshop prep and teaching. This is a great opportunity to hone your teaching and workshop organizational skills. Reach out to Nell for more information. We'll have up to two assistant teachers per Midwife Camp. Teachers-in-Training are expected to arrive early to particpate in Camp prep.

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The Midwife Camp begins with a Welcome Gathering Monday evening and participants are welcome to stay until Thursday morning.

Day One begins with lecture and hands-on skill building for Knot-tying and Suturing followed by afternoon lecture and discussion of Perineal Assessment and Repair techniques, Case Reviews, and Model Making. We'll gather as a group for dinner.

Day Two begins with hands-on skill building for Repair of Birth Lacerations followed by discussion and Case Reviews. Dinner on your own.

We are committed to increasing representation in midwives, by creating a profession as diverse as the people we serve and through membership in our professional associations.

• Reparations Tickets are available for a Black, Brown, or Indigenous midwife whose ancestors were affected by historic enslavement or genocide. Ticket cost is 10% of full ticket price and includes all materials and housing for the participant. Please reach out to us by email if your preference is for off-site housing.
• Midwife of Color discounts are available on all full price tickets. All self-described BIPOC may receive a 15% discount. Use code: MOCEquity. See additional discount information, below.
• Membership discounts: ACNM or NACPM members may receive a 10% discount. Use the appropriate code for you: ACNMMember; NACPMMember. For membership discounts, your Membership number is required.

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