Bloom is only five weeks away! We are excited for many things about this event, especially our breakout session speakers! These ladies have so much knowledge, wisdom, and encouragement to share with you, and we are thrilled to tell you more about them.
Tickets are still available. They are $15 for one ticket, or get a discount when you buy two or more! Just enter code BLOOM15 for a $5 discount on each ticket.
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OUR SPEAKERS
Tammy Watkins
Dr. Tammy Watkins is a chiropractor who has been working almost exclusively on pregnant mamas for the past five years. Her passion is educating, equipping, and empowering pregnant women to have the healthiest, most comfortable pregnancy and birth possible. She has extensive hours of prenatal and pediatric post-graduate training and has also attended over 150 births as a doula. After speaking at the Iowa Oral Anatomy Conference and having a child of her own with lip and tongue-tie complications, she has recently discovered a heart for treating newborns struggling with latch and breastfeeding. Dr. Tammy practices in Beaverdale and is a wife to Dr. Zac and crunchy mama to a seven-year-old son and four- and one-year-old daughters.
Angela Swieter
I am a wife and a mother to three home-grown children and have eight grandchildren (ages 2 months to 4 1/2 years). My life has always centered on my family: raising and home educating my children and now encouraging the raising of my grandchildren.
I am an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), RN, and am also internationally certified as a birth and postpartum doula and educator. Basking Babies, LLC is my private practice business and provides support for families in the Des Moines and central Iowa area for birth, breastfeeding, baby, and beyond. I offer classes in the community and also speak/teach at parent groups and for health professionals.
Connect with Angela via email at [email protected], on Facebook at Basking Babies, LLC and L & B Doulas, or on the web at www.basking-babies.com.
Dr. Tricia Cooperrider
Hello! My name is Tricia Cooperrider, and I’m a local pediatrician in Waukee with UnityPoint Clinic.
I grew up in southern Minnesota on a farm. I went to college in Minneapolis at the University of Minnesota. After graduation, I worked for one year doing Applied Behavioral Analysis therapy with children with autism. I then moved to Des Moines for medical school and pediatric residency at Blank Children’s Hospital. Following completion of my residency in 2011, I was able to find my dream job with the UnityPoint Clinic Pediatric location in Waukee. It’s been wonderful to grow my practice and develop relationships with my patients over these last few years. I look forward to watching these children grow up into amazing people.
I am not only a full-time pediatrician, but also a full-time mom and wife. I am constantly working to find the balance between work and home. I’m married to my husband of five years, Jeff, and we live in Waukee. I have a fun and energetic four-year-old named Liam, and a sweet but feisty two-year-old named Noah!
I love my job taking care of children but struggle to be everything to everyone – home, work, family – it’s overwhelming! Despite the craziness, I’m in love with my life and my work. I hope to be able to offer you a little perspective from the world of pediatrics while keeping it real… because, let’s face it — textbook advice does not always line up with reality!
Pam Jach, CNM
Pamela Jach, CNM, MSN, ARNP is a Certified Nurse Midwife at UnityPoint Health – Des Moines. Pam completed her nurse practitioner education and graduate education at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Her undergraduate degree is from Arizona State University. Pam is passionate about providing women in central Iowa the opportunity to choose midwifery care. In her personal time, she enjoys being with her daughter, reading, and gardening.
