Our meetings are held the first Monday evening of each month unless rescheduled due to holidays. At times, the children do over-power the speakers, but most speakers understand the situation of parenting and make light of the disruption. Most months we invite guest speakers to talk about midwifery and parenting related topics. Once a year we have an annual birth story meeting which is very popular. For those with positive birth stories, the joy is obvious, and for those with traumatic birth stories, the opportunity to share is therapeutic.
Midwifery information is displayed at each meeting.
Guests are welcome to take brochures home, KAAM brochures with membership information, CfM brochures, and brochures from other friendly individuals and organizations. In addition, I rotate some books from my personal collection for viewing. At this time, we do not have a lending library. Our group divides the responsibility of organizing the meetings. One person schedules the speakers, another produces the fliers and faxes the information to newspapers, and a third volunteer makes a round of reminder phone calls to people who have recently attended our meetings.