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Postpartum Doula Skills Workshop
July 6, 2011 - July 9, 2011
The Simkin Center Postpartum Doula Skills Workshop is a 4-day course. The curriculum includes:
- The role of the doula in supporting breastfeeding
- Bottle feeding safety and techniques
- Nurturing families with more than one infant
- New mother care
- New baby care
- Listening and communication skills
- Integrating the birth experience
- The emotional transition of the new family
- Ethical conduct of postpartum doulas
- Business aspects of a doula practice
- Prenatal contact
- Postpartum mood disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder
- Comforting touch for new mothers
- Case scenarios – the doula’s role
- Comfort and care for new babies
- Community resources