Self-Paced Postpartum Doula Training

Imagine this: A new family brings home their newborn baby, feeling exhausted and overwhelmed with a million questions about their infant and what is happening within their own body. They miss the call button they had access to in the hospital for support and questions. They think about calling their parents for help but are concerned about increasing their anxiety and stress by involving family. And they want to do this on their own, and do it just right. Enter the professional postpartum doula. The professional postpartum doula nurtures the new mom to support recovery and healing, encourages the other parent into their new role, and sets the stage for the parents to get to know their new little family member as they begin this new relationship, creating a bond that will last forever. Postpartum doulas support the whole family as they navigate healing, adjustment, bonding, and big emotions. This training gives you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to show up with calm, informed, compassionate care during one of the most vulnerable seasons of life. Not just helping families get through postpartum, but helping them feel supported, capable, and truly held.

Postpartum doula care training image showing a mother holding her newborn baby, illustrating bonding, attachment, and nurturing newborn support in the postpartum period.

Curriculum

20 Chapters · 126 Lessons

1
Welcome
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  Hello!
2. Required & Recommended Reading Free preview
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  A Little Legalese
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  Completing Your Training - What You Need to Know
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  Certification - What you need to know
6. (Included in full purchase)
  For Additional Support
2
Section 1 - Core Components of Training
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  Instructions for this Section
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  Standards of Practice and Professionalism
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  Putting Standards of Practice into Real Life
4. (Included in full purchase)
  Disparity in Healthcare and Implicit Bias
5. (Included in full purchase)
  Bias and Disparity Assessment
6. (Included in full purchase)
  Moving On
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  Evaluation
3
Section 2 - Extended Self-Learning
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  About The Extended Self-Learning Section
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Business & Marketing
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  Business Structure and Set Up
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  Business Branding
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  Files & Records
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  Finances
5. (Included in full purchase)
  Malpractice and Liability Insurance
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  Conducting Business
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  Marketing
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  Finding Your Why
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  Defining Your Why
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  Speaking Your Passion
5
Infant Feeding
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  Supporting Latch and Positioning
2. (Included in full purchase)
  Latching - Laid Back Breastfeeding
3. (Included in full purchase)
  The Basics of Latching
6
Implicit Bias and Maternal Disparity
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  Bias Resource Guide
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  Intersectionality
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  Bias Reflection & Journaling
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  Further Exploration and Study
7
PMADs - Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders
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  PMADs with Dr Shosh
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  Learn More from Dr Shosh
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  Earn Your PMAD-informed Doula Certification
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  Moving On
8
The Postpartum Doula
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  What does a professional postpartum doula do?
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  Why are postpartum doulas needed?
3. (Included in full purchase)
  Judgment & Peer Shaming
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  Standards of Practice and Professionalism
5. (Included in full purchase)
  Differences in Postpartum Care Specialists
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  Overnight Care as a Postpartum Doula
7. (Included in full purchase)
  Serving with HEART
8. (Included in full purchase)
  Putting Standards of Practice into Real Life
9. (Included in full purchase)
  Is there anyone you can't work with?
10. (Included in full purchase)
  Scheduling
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  Showing Up Prepared: Dressing & Essentials for Doula Shifts
12. (Included in full purchase)
  Confidentiality and Interpersonal Skills
13. (Included in full purchase)
  For Further Reflection
14. (Included in full purchase)
  Postpartum Doula Assessment
9
business
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  Business Structure and Set Up
2. (Included in full purchase)
  Business Branding
3. (Included in full purchase)
  Files & Records
4. (Included in full purchase)
  Finances
5. (Included in full purchase)
  Malpractice and Liability Insurance
6. (Included in full purchase)
  Conducting Business
7. (Included in full purchase)
  Marketing
8. (Included in full purchase)
  Finding Your Why
9. (Included in full purchase)
  Defining Your Why
10. (Included in full purchase)
  Speaking Your Passion
11. (Included in full purchase)
  Business Assessment
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Communication
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  What Kind of Communicator Are YOU?
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  What are Communication Skills
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  Verbal Feedback and Reflective Listening
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  Open-ended Questions
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  Listening and responding with Empathy
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  Non-verbal Communication
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  Body Language
8. (Included in full purchase)
  The Importance of Good Communication
9. (Included in full purchase)
  Communication Assessment
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Implicit Bias
1. (Included in full purchase)
  Disparity in Healthcare and Implicit Bias
2. (Included in full purchase)
  Intersectionality
3. (Included in full purchase)
  Bias Reflection & Journaling
4. (Included in full purchase)
  Bias Resource Guide
5. (Included in full purchase)
  Further Exploration and Study
12
Section 3 - All Access Resource Library
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  Your All Access Learning Library
13
Postpartum Care of the New Birth Parent/Mother
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  What Does Normal Recovery Look Like?
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  What Support Does Normal Recovery Need?
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  How Does a Doula Support Normal Recovery? 7
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  Creating a Postpartum Plan 1
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  Practice with Case Studies
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  How Does Birth Affect Postpartum Recovery? + Warning Signs
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  Recovery for Cesarean Birth
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  Care for the Birth Parent Assessment
14
PMADs
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  PMAD
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  Dr Shosh
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  Grief
15
Family Support
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  Family Support
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  Working with Grandparents
3. (Included in full purchase)
  Family Assessment
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Not a Housekeeper - Tasks in the Home as a Postpartum Doula
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  Not a Housekeeper - Tasks in the Home as a Postpartum Doula
2. (Included in full purchase)
  Household Work Assessment
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Newborn Care as a Postpartum Doula
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  Newborn Care as a doula
2. (Included in full purchase)
  Temperament
3. (Included in full purchase)
  Cues and cries
4. (Included in full purchase)
  Understanding Newborns
5. (Included in full purchase)
  Crying
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  Soothing
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  Newborn Reflexes
8. (Included in full purchase)
  Normal Sleep
9. (Included in full purchase)
  Newborn Sleep Fundamentals with Sleepwonders
10. (Included in full purchase)
  Safe Sleep
11. (Included in full purchase)
  Daily care
12. (Included in full purchase)
  Babywearing
13. (Included in full purchase)
  Cloth Diapering
14. (Included in full purchase)
  Newborn Care Assessment
18
Infant Feeding
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  Ways to Feed a Baby
2. (Included in full purchase)
  Supporting Breast/Chestfeeding
3. (Included in full purchase)
  Breastmilk Transition and Production
4. (Included in full purchase)
  Supporting Latch and Positioning
5. (Included in full purchase)
  Latching - Laid Back Breastfeeding
6. (Included in full purchase)
  The Basics of Latching
7. (Included in full purchase)
  Common Bumps in the Breastfeeding Journey
8. (Included in full purchase)
  Pumping & Hand Expression
9. (Included in full purchase)
  Formula Types and Preparation
10. (Included in full purchase)
  Best Bottle Feeding Practices
11. (Included in full purchase)
  Feeding Case Studies
12. (Included in full purchase)
  Feeding Assessment
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Putting it All Together
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  Shifts Day Shift 1
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  Day Shift 2
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  Day Shift 3
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  Night Shift 1
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  Night Shift 2
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  Night Shift 3
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BONUS Content
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  NICU Support
2. (Included in full purchase)
  Working with Multiples
3. (Included in full purchase)
  Working with Preemies

Postpartum Doula Training

Curriculum

Welcome

Section 1 - Core Components of Training

Section 2 - Extended Self-Learning

Business & Marketing

Infant Feeding

Implicit Bias and Maternal Disparity

PMADs - Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders

The Postpartum Doula

business

Communication

Implicit Bias

Section 3 - All Access Resource Library

Postpartum Care of the New Birth Parent/Mother

PMADs

Family Support

Not a Housekeeper - Tasks in the Home as a Postpartum Doula

Newborn Care as a Postpartum Doula

Infant Feeding

Putting it All Together

BONUS Content