Dr. Laura Lazzari Vosti - HypnoBirthing Switzerland

14/11/2025

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Dr. Laura Lazzari Vosti - HypnoBirthing Switzerland
Laura Lazzari Vosti
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11/11/2025

Continua il nostro percorso sui tabù della maternità curato da per i Sentieri nelle Medical Humanities .
Oggi ospitiamo il contributo della .fossati.68 sull’empowerment da parto.

31/10/2025

This one-credit course will address a corpus of contemporary transnational texts and films published and produced in the last few years by focusing on birth trauma, pregnancy loss, and empowerment through childbirth. By close reading and textual analyses, we will shed new light on how pregnancy, birth, and postpartum shape contemporary literature and investigate how these experiences are conveyed in writing and on screen.

This course uses the interdisciplinary methods of medical humanities and explores the intersection of medicine, literature, and the social sciences. We will use contemporary sources such as articles, testimonies, cross-genre texts, and films to investigate how pregnancy, birth, and postpartum are perceived in contemporary society. We will identify key factors for achieving positive and empowering experiences, and pinpoint how trauma could be avoided. We will also determine how birth narratives could bring change in obstetrical care and improve communication between patients and health care providers.

30/10/2025

Call for Book Chapters:

Mapping Pregnancy Loss Around the Globe

Pregnancy loss is a complex and debated issue that is drawing increasing public and political attention. Access to abortion—whether available or restricted—raises many personal, medical, legal, and ethical questions related to reproductive justice, women’s autonomy, health, human rights, feminism, and motherhood. Although many states and countries currently limit or ban elective abortion, topics like forced, spontaneous, therapeutic abortions, and stillbirths are still largely unspoken in society today. However, literary, cinematic, and artistic works about these experiences have increased over the past few decades, encouraging important discussions that connect both the humanities and medical humanities.

We are seeking contributions that explore all aspects of pregnancy loss: abortion—elective, forced, spontaneous, and therapeutic—as well as stillbirth, emphasizing its complexity and diversity. How do literature, film, visual art, and social media depict and examine the various experiences of pregnancy loss? In what ways does media coverage influence public perception of abortion, miscarriage, and perinatal loss? We welcome contributions that explore both the practical and theoretical dimensions of these representations, as well as how the humanities connect with the medical field to address human and environmental needs. Interdisciplinary approaches and transnational perspectives are encouraged.

We especially invite contributions on pregnancy loss in literature, visual arts, or social media from Africa, Latin America, and Oceania.

Scholars interested in participating are invited to submit their proposals in English, including a title, a 250-word abstract, and a brief biography, by December 31, 2025, to Giulia Po DeLisle at giulia_delisle@uml.edu & Laura Lazzari at lazzari.laura@sasso-corbaro.ch.

29/10/2025

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22/10/2025

Thank you , Sucharita Sarkar, Sudeshna Roy, Himani Bajaj, , Ujjwal Anand, Ijeoma Ibeku, Sumana Mukherjee, Soumya Kashyap, Cassandra Chaney, Hannah Baker Saltmarsh, Anna Eberle, Orlagh Woods, Amber Anseeuw, Eleanor McAdam, Rūta Šlapkauskaitė, Kate Driscoll, Jessica Goethals, Stephanie Oliver, Sara S. Barenfeld, Kailin Wright, , Małgorzata Zaitz-Olsza, Anastazia Csegeny, Amy Wagner, Amy@F. Crocker, Susan N. Smith, Pao Calahorrano, Delma Mbulaiteye, Serena Solin, Maha Khawaja, Scott Ennis, , and for a for making this event a success!
Thank you to our sponsors , , and

17/10/2025

This study examines the combined effects of HypnoBirthing education and oxytocin (back) massage on labor experiences and early postpartum outcomes in primiparous women. The program appears feasible, low-cost, and deliverable by midwives within standard antenatal education. These findings reinforce the value of incorporating such non-pharmacological, supportive techniques into prenatal education and care to promote maternal well-being and early bonding.

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Dr. Laura Lazzari Vosti - HypnoBirthing Switzerland

This study examines the combined effects of HypnoBirthing education and oxytocin (back) massage on labor experiences and early postpartum outcomes in primiparous women. In this randomized controlle...

09/10/2025

Giovedì 17 ottobre, in occasione del , Dr. Laura Lazzari Vosti - HypnoBirthing Switzerland (Fondazione Sasso Corbaro) e Giulia Po (UMass Lowell) propongono un simposio virtuale dedicato al lutto perinatale nelle arti e nei social media.

L’incontro, organizzato in collaborazione con UMass Lowell, la Medical Humanities Initiative della Georgetown University e la Fondazione Sasso Corbaro, è gratuito e aperto a tutte le persone interessate, con iscrizione tramite questo link:

https://uml.zoom.us/meeting/register/cM4gBhlVTb2JlKbQ4nfdoQ #/registration

⏰ Gli orari indicati sono in Eastern Standard Time (New York).

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02/10/2025

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26/09/2025

Don’t miss the on in the and on October 17 from 9:15 am to 5 pm EST / New York Time!

Program features presentations from scholars from all over the world.



Organized by

22/09/2025

On October 24 at 2 pm (Swiss Time) we are addressing the topic of “Storytelling as Activism - Alternatives to Obstetric Violence”

The panel, chaired by will discuss:

Advocacy and Empowerment Through Birth Narratives

“I Want the Belly”: Constructing Motherhood and Shaping Bodies through ART in Italy, .villani

Activism Through Writing and Performance: Telling the Past for a Better Holistic Approach,

Self-help, Women Voices, and Advocacy,

More information and registration: https://reproduction.sciencesconf.org/