Upcoming Events

Get your ticket NOW for our annual
Maternal Child Health Conference
in Santa Rosa on Friday, September 18th!
~ CEU’s , CME’s & CERP’s available ~

We are proud to offer five 50% scholarships
to BIPOC community health workers and doulas. Apply here!


A conference for women & women's health providers.

Too hot to handle? Not for us! Our focus this year will be Hot Topics in Birth & Breastfeeding--autonomy & choice, VBAC, vaginal breech birth, new mastitis guidelines, pelvic floor health and non-pharmacologic pain management. Come learn what the options are, how to advocate for choice and how you can make a difference.

~ 6.75 CEU's approved by the California BRN #11761 ~
~ 6.75 CERP’s approved by the IBCLE ~
~ CME's & Physical Therapy CEU's provided by a joint partnership with Sutter Health ~

FULL-DAY TICKET PRICE: $200 through Aug. 31st, price increases to $250 in September
PELVIC FLOOR-ONLY AFTERNOON TICKETS: $100, no lunch

TICKET SALES END SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, AT 10PM!


Topics & Speakers (speaker bios here):

- What do Women Want? Advocating for Choice in Maternal Child Health
Rosanne Gephart MSN, CNM, NP, PHN, IBCLC

- Does Birth = Drugs and an Epidural?
Amy Popplewell, FNP

-Mastitis Management, A New Approach
Mary Baracco APRN, CNM, WHNP, PHN

-Pelvic Floor Health for Life
Laura Faye Gephart, MD (OB/GYN, Urogynecology, Female Pelvic Floor Medicine and Reconstruction)

-What Happens After Baby — The Recovery Nobody Talks About
Marci Silverberg, MPT, PPCES (Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy)

-Birth Autonomy & Options--VBAC and Breech Birth
Whitney Pinger, CNM, FACNM, Breech Without Borders

Please join the Better Beginnings board and volunteers from 5:00-6:00pm for a meet & greet wine social immediately following our conference program!

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Sutter Health and Better Beginnings Inc. Sutter Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


Better Beginnings hosts fundraisers, conferences and community events throughout the year.

Check back often to see what we’re up to!