
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