Course Curriculum

Modules

  • 1

    Introduction

    • An Introduction from Victoria

    • Preparation Not Training

    • Course Aims

    • Course Materials

    • Personal Agenda

    • The Concept of Being a Doula

    • Your Unique Birth/Life Experience

    • (Your Unique) Postnatal Experience

    • Poem Break
  • 2

    Birth

    • The Impact of Birth on the Postnatal Period

    • Birth Hormones

    • Birth Interventions

    • Impact of Birth and Interventions - Statistics. Please click through each slide.

    • Your Client's Birth Story

    • Placenta Options

    • Poem Break
  • 3

    Postnatal Doula Support of the Mother/Birthing Person - Physically

    • Your Unique Postnatal Doula Role in this Area

    • A Body and Brain Reinvented

    • Is This My Body?

    • The Younique Postnatal Doula Whole Body Approach

    • Rehabilitation of the Postnatal Body

    • Recovery after abdominal birth/C-Section

    • Poem Break

  • 4

    Postnatal Doula Support of the Mother/Birthing Person - Emotionally

    • Your Unique Postnatal Doula Role in this Area

    • Common Feelings for a Mother/Birthing Person

    • The 'Baby Blues'

    • How might Postnatal Doulas Support Emotionally?

    • Warning Signs

    • When Feelings and Behaviour turn into a Condition

    • Postnatal and Perinatal Mental Health Statistics. Please click through each slide.

    • Creating 'the Village'

    • The Transition to Motherhood

    • Poem Break 1

    • Poem Break 2
  • 5

    Listening and Communication Skills

    • Your Unique Listening Skills

    • What makes a good listener?

    • Do we give advice?

    • Communication and the power of language

    • Compassion Vs Empathy

    • Reflective Breather
  • 6

    Support for the Postnatal Doula

    • Your Unique Support for Yourself

    • How do you look after yourself?

    • Your 'Village'

    • Reflection and Continuous Personal Development

    • Safeguarding Yourself
  • 7

    The Family Moon

    • Your Vision

    • A Positive Postnatal Experience
  • 8

    Practical Postnatal Doula Skills

    • Your Unique Practical Postnatal Doula Skills

    • 'Keeping on Top of the House'

    • Feeding a Family

    • Nutritional Repletion

    • Postnatal Doula Support of Other Children in the Household

    • Additional Practical Support for Families

    • A Postnatal Doula Session

    • Saying 'Goodbye'

    • Poem Break 1

    • Poem Break 2
  • 9

    Fathers and Partners

    • Your Unique Postnatal Doula Role Supporting Fathers/Partners

    • The Transition to Father/Parenthood

    • A Partner's Brain and Physiology

    • Mental Health Considerations

    • Relationship Changes After a Birth

    • Poem Break
  • 10

    Grandparents and the Wider Family

    • Your Unique Postnatal Doula Role Supporting Grandparents and other Relatives

    • Integrating Grandparents
  • 11

    The Postnatal Period in the UK

    • What's Going On?

    • Society, Government and Healthcare

    • Your Unique Postnatal Doula Relationship with Healthcare Professionals

    • Effects of Covid-19

    • Poem Break
  • 12

    Cultural and Diversity Considerations

    • Your Unique Cultural and Diversity Journey

    • The Postnatal Period in Other Cultures

    • BAME Pregnancy, Birth and Postnatal Outcomes

    • LGBTQIA+ Considerations
  • 13

    Infant Feeding

    • Your Unique Postnatal Doula Role Supporting Infant Feeding

    • (Your Unique) Feeding Experience

    • Getting Prepared

    • Birth Experience Effects on Breastfeeding

    • Breastfeeding Support and Rates - Statistics. Please click through each slide.

    • The Early Hours And Days

    • How can Postnatal Doulas Support Breastfeeding?

    • Positions and Latch

    • Sore, Cracked or Bleeding Nipples

    • When Breastfeeding Encounters Some Bumps in the Road

    • A Positive Picture of Breastfeeding

    • Ending a Breastfeeding Journey

    • Breastfeeding Trauma and Grief

    • Bottle and Formula Feeding

    • Donor Breastmilk

    • Poem Break

  • 14

    The Newborn Baby

    • Your Unique Postnatal Doula Role Supporting Babies

    • The Newborn Body

    • A Baby's Unique Microbiome

    • The Fourth Trimester

    • Parenting Styles and Routines

    • Your Unique 'Baby Whispering' Skills

    • Baby Sleep

    • Other Babycare Support

    • Poem Break 1

    • Poem Break 2
  • 15

    Situations Outside the Common

    • Your Unique Postnatal Doula Role Supporting Situations Outside the Common

    • Multiples

    • Premature Babies

    • Babies with Special Needs/Differently Abled

    • Surrogacy

    • Adoption

    • Pregnancy Loss and Baby Bereavement

    • Challenging Family Situations - Domestic Abuse - Safeguarding of a Baby/Child

    • Poem Break 1 - Trigger Warning - Baby Loss

    • Poem Break 2 - Trigger Warning - Prematurity
  • 16

    Your Unique Mentoring Journey

    • Mentoring Considerations

    • Doula UK Policies

    • Doula UK Recognition Process Documentation
  • 17

    Your Unique Postnatal Doula Business

    • Thoughts From Victoria about Building Your Business

    • The Process of Working

    • The Day to Day Running of Your Business

    • Finding Work

    • Virtual and Remote Support

    • The Foundations of Your Unique Business

    • Doula UK Business Documentation
  • 18

    Final Thoughts...

    • Your Unique Postnatal Doula Journey

    • Next Steps and Au Revoir from Victoria

    • Reflective Endpoint

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