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DONA-Approved Birth Doula Workshop
A birth doula is a person trained and experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth. When a doula is present during and after childbirth, women report greater satisfaction with their birth experience, make more positive assessments of their babies, have fewer cesareans and requests for medical intervention, and less postpartum depression. Studies have shown that babies born with doulas present tend to have shorter hospital stays with fewer admissions to special care nurseries, breastfeed more easily and have more affectionate mothers in the postpartum period.
For the 18 hour DONA-Approved Birth Workshop, we will be covering the following objectives:
- Introduction and interpretation of Penny Simkin’s research on the long-term significance of birth and Drs. Kennell and Klaus’ research on the effects of labor support and its relation to contemporary maternity care
- A description of the emotional needs of the laboring woman and hands-on techniques to meet those needs to enhance the birth experience
- Discussion of the unique needs of women during cesarean sections, VBAC or birth with abuse survivors
- Demonstration and hands-on applications of effective comfort measures and labor and birth positions
- Role-model and group role-play of workshop objectives
- Prenatal visits and postpartum concerns-including integration of the birth memory
- Ways to organize, promote and market a doula program or service
- Ideas to work with difficult variations of labor
- Breastfeeding and normal newborn appearances
DONA-Approved Postpartum Doula Workshop
A postpartum doula provides reassurance, support, and the belief that parents can and will be successful in nurturing their family including the newborn. Her support and information extend to all family members equally in her role of nurturing the family. A postpartum doula's role is always changing to meet the needs of the specific family she is working with. The doula is a teacher and a source of information. She will provide reliable, evidenced-based information on maternal care, infant feeding and care, as well as ideas for integrating a baby into the family. She offers practical support with meal preparation and light household organization. The postpartum doula has a thorough knowledge of services, products, and professionals available in her community and offers quality referrals when they are needed.
For the 27 hour DONA-Approved Postpartum Workshop, we will be covering the following topics:
- Introduction
- DONA Certification and Membership
- Values Clarification
- Prenatal Contact
- Effective Listening
- Integrating the Birth Experience
- Grief and Loss
- Postpartum Doula Basics
- Referrals
- Integrating a Baby
- Multiples
- Breastfeeding
- Postpartum Educating Clients
- Postpartum Physical Changes
- Newborn and the Doula
- Postpartum Mood Disorders
- Rehearsal of Learned Skills
Some prerequisites are required, so contact us early for registration information.