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Better Birthing
Experience 2.0
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To promote normal births by reducing
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BBE Conference 2025
BETTER BIRTHING EXPERIENCE CONFERENCE 2.0
8-9 November, 2025
8-9 November, 2025
The Park, Hyderabad
Organised by Fernandez Hospital Educational and Research Foundation (FHERF)
The Better Birthing Experience Conference 2.0 aims to inspire healthcare professionals to work towards positive change, help reimagine childbirth experiences, and ensure that every birth is safe, natural, and positive. Like its predecessor, this conference strives to improve maternal and child health outcomes by finding ways to reduce C-section rates and unnecessary medical interventions in India.
Bulk Registrations (10 and more) A flat 20% discount would be offered
Promoting Natural Birth: A focus on Birth Experience and Mental Health
Abstract Submissions NOW CLOSED
Poster/Paper Acceptance Notification 10 October 2025.
Natural Birth
- Birthing environment
- Birthing positions
- Non-pharmacological Labour Analgesia
- Overcoming Challenges
- Waterbirth
- Collaborative Care
Perinatal Mental Health
- Pregnancy and Postpartum
- The Mental Toll on Healthcare Providers
Birth Experience
- Expectation vs. Reality
- Qualitative Measurement
- Respectful Maternity Care
OUR SCHEDULES
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
- Day 1
- Day 2
Saturday, 8th November, 2025
| Time | Trillion Ballroom A | Trillion Ballroom C |
| 09:00 – 09:05 |
Introduction and Welcome Address Dr Pallavi Chandra Ravula |
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| 09:05 – 10:35 |
Workshop 1 Relational Rounds: Building Trust in the Birth Room Priyanka Idicula |
Workshop 2 The Power of the Optimal Birthing Positions Module Dr Latha Balasundaram (PT) and Team |
| 10:35 – 11:05 | Paper Presentations – 2 Oral Papers | |
| 11:05 – 11:20 | Tea Break | |
| 11:20 – 12:50 |
Workshop 3 Building your Confidence with Intermittent Auscultation Dr Kirsten Small |
Workshop 4 Making Waves: Hydrotherapy and Waterbirth in Modern Midwifery Indie Kaur and Team |
| 12:50 – 13:50 | Lunch | |
| 13:50 – 14:20 | Paper Presentations – 2 Oral Papers | |
| 14:20 – 15:50 |
Workshop 5 Optimal Fetal Positions Dr Vijaya Krishnan |
Workshop 6 Rooted in Safety: Trauma Informed Care Workshop Divya Deswal |
| 15:50 – 16:20 | Paper Presentations – 2 Oral Papers | |
| 16:20 – 16:35 | Tea Break | |
| 16:35 – 16:45 | Closing Remarks and Overview of Day 2 | |
Introduce Our
Invited Speakers
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India
Anupama Kumar Vijayanand
Founder, Vriksham, Certified Birth Educator
Vriksham Pregnancy Care
Divya Deswal
Doula Trainer &
Trauma-Informed Birth Practitioner
Dr Deanne Misquita (PT)
MPT, IBCLC
Fernandez Hospital
Dr Evita Fernandez
FRCOG, Chairperson and Managing Director
Fernandez Foundation
Dr Kirsten Small
Speaker
Birth Small Talk
Dr Lalitha Regi
Co-Founder
Tribal Health Initiative
Dr Latha Balasundaram (PT)
MPT, Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator
Fernandez Hospital
Dr Maimoona Ahmed
MS OBGY. MRCOG. FNB (Maternal-Fetal Medicine)
Fernandez Hospital
Dr Prabha Chandra
Senior Professor of Psychiatry, Dean of Behavioural Sciences, NIMHANS
Dr Vijaya Krishnan
Founder
The Sanctum Natural Birth Center
Hannah Dahlen
Professor of Midwifery and Associate Dean (Research)
Western Sydney University
lndie Kaur
Director of Midwifery
Fernandez Hospital
Kim McQuoid
MSN FNP/CNM
Senior Midwife
Priyanka Idicula
Director, Birthvillage Natural Birthing Centre
Managing Trustee, Birth For Change (NGO)
Sheetal Samson
Professional Midwife, National Midwifery Educator
Fernandez Hospital
Doctors, Midwives, Nurses, Childbirth Educators, Doulas and Physiotherapists
Masterclass with Kate Stringer
Kate Stringer
Consultant Midwife, Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust
PHYSIOLOGICAL BREECH BIRTHS
Kate is a Consultant Midwife at the Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust. She has extensive experience in education, training, clinical practice, midwifery-led care and public health initiatives both in the UK and internationally, including India, Sri Lanka and Somaliland. She provides clinical support and training to organisations globally to support the development of midwifery practice, human rights and respectful maternity care and vaginal breech birth.
As part of her portfolio of responsibilities, she holds a number of external teaching and research positions, including implementation lead and clinical training for the Breech Birth Network, PI OptiBreech UK Vaginal Breech Research Trial, RCOG Breech Birth workshop (co-lead), BirthRights UK, Guest Faculty at Fernandez Foundation and a number of UK universities.
Masterclass Overview:
This comprehensive course has been designed to increase your knowledge in the management of women in labour with a breech-presenting fetus.
The programme includes an immersive blend of lectures, case studies, videos, peer discussion and hands-on practice. You will leave feeling significantly more confident in supporting these births to have the safest possible outcomes.
To further your learning experience and ensure you can review any of the material, you will have access to the online version of the course for one year, through the Breech Birth Network. This includes access to an extensive video library, with permission to use the resources for teaching purposes within your own setting.
In NHS-based evaluations, this course has been shown to increase clinician confidence and knowledge. It is also the only vaginal breech birth skills course associated with positive post-training outcome data.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this course, delegates attending will be able to:
- Discuss with each other and women the evidence to support the management of breech presentation at term, as summarised in RCOG guidelines (2017)
- Identify the characteristics, based upon the current evidence concerning fetal positions, the mechanisms of breech birth and characteristics of breech labours
- Identify deviations from the standard and their associated risks
- Clearly communicate with others in the multi-disciplinary team to escalate or lead as appropriate
- Confidently perform manual interventions to resolve obstruction when the woman is in a supine and an upright position for birth
- Formulate a plan for your personal development of breech skills, based upon the available evidence about how professionals develop competence and expertise
Additional Perks:
We will share a link to the masterclass at the end of the course.
All attendees can have access to the online programme for one year so that they can re-visit and keep refreshing their knowledge.
We can provide printed copies of the algorithm and proformas or send them as PDF after the event.
Who should attend?
- Consultants, SAS/Trust doctors and trainees in O&G
- Midwives
- Birthing Practitioners
- Educators and Lecturers
Organising Committee
Dr Shawn Walker, RM, PhD London
Miss Avni Batish, MRCOG, London
Kate Stringer, RM, London
About
Fernandez Hospital Educational
Fernandez Hospital Educational
and Research Foundation
The Fernandez Hospital Educational and Research Foundation – FHERF conducts and promotes medical programmes, conferences, workshops, and courses. This enables doctors, nurses, and midwives to participate in collaborative studies, research, and investigations. The exchange of ideas and experiences aims to make crucial progress in the maternity healthcare sector. A trust established on the 8th of July 1999, FHERF perpetuates the memory of Dr Leslie J. Fernandez, co-founder of Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad.
The Foundation’s objective is to promote, provide and conduct educational and research activities to reduce mortality and morbidity effectively, thereby improving the quality of care provided to mothers and babies.
For any further queries…
Conference Secretariat
