REACHE

05/08/2019

One Week Away!!

Register now for the 2019 REACHE Conference!

See these fantastic local birth professionals in a TED-style conference. Earn CEUs! Hobnob with all your birth professional friends and colleagues!

Jessica Swan MSM, LM, CPM and Melanie Dickson, LM, CPM - Identifying and Preventing Postpartum Depression through prenatal intervention: Why wait until crisis?

Carrie Kenner, BA, CD(DONA), CD(DFW), BDT(DONA), Certified Facilitator (BFW) - Why Every Birth is a Heroic Journey, and How You Play a Part In It

Kathy Wilson, Childbirth Educator - Becoming Us – 8 Steps to Grow A Family That Thrives

Charlene Hamilton CBE- Birthing From Within - Framing & Language in Childbirth Preparation

Chelsey Swan - Teaching Prenatal Breast Massage: A Tool to Improve Lactation

Kelly McKittrick CNM and Adeline Hill CBS - "I Don’t Want Pitocin": Talking With Our Clients About Labor Interventions

Barrie Rein Thunemann MA, ICCE, CD - Birth Story Processing: A Guide for Birth Professionals

Amity Kramer CD, Certified Gottman Educator, CBE (Birthing From Within) - Building Trust with your Clients

Elias Kass, ND - Transplacental Partnerships: Why Immunize in Pregnancy?

Sharon Muza, BS, CD/BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, CLE - ACOG’s Top 10 Ways to Limit Interventions in Labor & Birth

Amanda Phillips CPM, ICCE, PD, MA (Maternal Child Health Systems) - Bridging the Postpartum Divide

Tara Coffin MEd, CLE, HBCE, PhD - BFHI: Staying Inclusive and Compliant in your Classroom

REACHE 2019 REACHE: TED-Style Evidence Updates and Teaching Methods from Local Experts May 17, 2019 Register now! Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) REACHE stands for Regional Association of Childbirth Educators of Puget Sound. Our one purpose is to put on a fantastic conference each year for....

04/10/2019

REACHE 2019 is coming May 17th to Green River Community College! This year's theme is REACHE: TED-Style. Come see local birth experts speak on teaching practice, pregnancy, labor and postpartum in a TED-style format. Fast-paced and fascinating, you won't want to miss it! Register today at

REACHE 2019 REACHE: TED-Style Evidence Updates and Teaching Methods from Local Experts May 17, 2019 Register now! Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) REACHE stands for Regional Association of Childbirth Educators of Puget Sound. Our one purpose is to put on a fantastic conference each year for....

01/30/2019

Ok, here it is! The information you've been waiting for about REACHE 2019!

REACHE: TED-Style will take place May 17, 2019 at Green River College in Auburn, WA (we heard you, south-sound friends!). We are taking a new approach this year and featuring all local speakers, in a novel format. We will have three speakers on each of four topics, for smart, direct, and engaging 25 minute TED-style lectures!.

Consider this your official call for speaker proposals! Please submit your idea for a 25-minute lecture on one of these topics:
- Pregnancy
- Labor & Birth
- Postpartum
- Teaching one of the above topics

Registration will open on Friday, February 1. We have our usual work-study and Diversity Scholarships available. The information is on our website.

I'm so excited for this new format. I hope you'll share this with your colleagues and consider submitting your topic to present!

REACHE 2019 REACHE: TED-Syle Evidence Updates and Teaching Methods from Local Experts May 17, 2019 Registration Open February 1 Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) REACHE stands for Regional Association of Childbirth Educators of Puget Sound. Our one purpose is to put on a fantastic conference....

02/26/2018

Early bird registration prices extended until February 28! Register now before they go up on March 1!

02/22/2018

You don't want to miss the interview with our keynote speaker, Dr. Robin DiAngelo.

Early bird registration closes on Saturday, February 24! Don't miss out - register TODAY!

02/14/2018

The full schedule and descriptions of sessions are up on the REACHE Conference website! Register now for our 2018 Conference - REACHE Examines Race: Confronting racial inequities in the perinatal period. 6 CEU's have been granted by the California Board of Nursing. ICEA contact hours and L-Cerp/R-Cerp applications are in process.

Event schedule March 9, 2018 7:30 am – 8:15 am Check-in & hot breakfast Check-in and enjoy a full breakfast before the conference begins. Our conference will again be catered by Pyramid Catering. 8:20 am – 8:30 am Opening Remarks Opening remarks from REACHE President, Katie Rohs. 8:30 am – 10:...

03/18/2017

Outstanding conference at REACHE 2017! Thanks to our speakers, our sponsors, Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations at Bastyr University & Sound Beginnings, and our board for another really successful day! See you in 2018!

02/27/2017

REACHE Conference Contact Hour Update!! The REACHE conference has been awarded 3 L-Cerps and 1.5 R-Cerps for the 2017 Conference. We also have 6 nursing contact hours approved through the California Board of Registered Nursing. We expect to hear back from ICEA soon about our application for 6 contact hours. Register Soon!

REACHE stands for Regional Association of Childbirth Educators of Puget Sound. Our one purpose is to put on a fantastic conference each year for Childbirth Educators. Because of the dynamic speakers we have invited through the years, the conference also now attracts doulas, midwives, nurses and lact...

01/04/2017

We are thrilled to announce that registration for the 2017 REACHE conference is now open!

Join us on March 17 for this year's conference, "The Times They Are A-Changin’: Provocative Topics for Today’s Birth Professional". We're welcoming Laurel Wilson, BS, IBCLC, CLE® , CLD, CCCE, and Jeanette McCulloch, IBCLC to speak on topics such as ma*****na during pregnancy & breastfeeding, the microbiome & epigenetics, milk sharing, and teaching to millennials. Seattle's own Kim James, BA, CD(DONA), CD(PALS), ICCE, LCCE, BDT(DONA), will moderate a panel of care providers discussing the use of nitrous oxide in labor.

We couldn't be more excited about this exciting lineup of speakers.

Register today!

Our 2014 Conference is in the works! Registration opens Jan 1, 2014!