What is a Postpartum Doula?

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Birth Doula Training

Postpartum Doula Training

Professional Education in Breastfeeding and Lactation

Childbirth Educator Training

When Survivors Give Birth

Pre and Perinatal Massage Therapy Certification Course

Infant Massage Educator Certification Training

Dancing for Birth Instructor Training Workshop

Birth Doula Trainer

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Required Texts

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Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn (2010) by Penny Simkin et al

Beyond the Birth: a Family's Guide to Postpartum Mood Disorders (2010) by Dawn Gruen et al

Your Amazing Newborn (2000) by Marshall and Phyllis Klaus

Nurturing the Family (2002) by Jacqueline Kelleher

Recommended Texts

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (2003) by Marshall Rosenberg

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year (1994) by Anne Lamott

Intentional Interviewing and Counseling: Facilitating Client Development in a Multi-Cultural Society (2002) by Allen Ivey and Mary Ivey

The Nursing Mother's Companion (1999) by Kathleen Huggins