Lactation for Doulas Workshop (Virtual)

Lactation Course for Birth and Postpartum Doulas (counts toward your DONA Certification).

*This class is run virtually until further notice.*

• How doulas can help prepare parents to understand lactation
  • Supporting the first feed
  • Local lactation Support Resources
  • How doulas can help their clients get lactation support from their midwife or OB
• Understanding how newborns feed when undisturbed on parents’ chest
  • Delaying Newborn Procedures in a hospital setting (understanding and learning how to assist in the moment with that goal)
  • Breast Crawl/Laid-back chest feeding position
  • The other basic lactation positions
  • Who in the hospital is available to help support lactation
  • Supporting milk production when there is long term hospital separation of mother and baby
  • Supporting lactation after a cesarean birth
• Understanding Lactation Basics
• Understanding Proper Latch
• Lactation Support resources doulas can offer to their lactating clients and how to know when they are needed

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