Back to Basics
Breastfeeding 101
Breastfeeding Support by Doulas
The Fertile Optimism Back to Basics: Breastfeeding 101 course is designed to equip doulas with the knowledge and skills necessary to support new mothers in their breastfeeding journey. While doulas are not lactation consultants and must stay within their scope of practice, this course will give you the tools to provide valuable counseling, emotional support and education to your clients in the early stages of breastfeeding.
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Who Is This Course For?
This course is ideal for doulas, aspiring birth professionals and wellness practitioners who want to expand their skills and support families holistically. Whether you are just starting out or want to refresh your knowledge, Back to Basics Breastfeeding 101 is tailored to your needs.
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Empower yourself with the skills to support breastfeeding families with care and confidence. Join the Back to Basics Breastfeeding 101 Course and become the trusted resource your clients need during this life-changing journey.
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What You Will Gain
- Practical Skills: Learn actionable techniques to support mothers in their breastfeeding journey while recognizing when to refer to lactation specialists.
- Comprehensive Knowledge: Dive deep into the fundamentals of breastfeeding, including latching, positioning, and milk supply management.
- Client-Centered Confidence: Gain the tools to create a supportive environment that encourages mothers to feel confident and capable.
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Course Objectives
This course equips doulas with essential skills and knowledge for supporting breastfeeding mothers:
Breastfeeding Basics: Gain foundational knowledge in techniques like proper latch, positioning, and skin-to-skin contact, enabling you to confidently assist new mothers.
Understanding Your Role: Clarify the distinct role of a doula in breastfeeding support, emphasizing that you are not a medical provider and should stay within your scope of practice while offering guidance and emotional support.
Communication Skills: Learn effective, non-judgmental communication techniques to provide compassionate support, listen actively, and address common breastfeeding concerns.
Referral Skills: Develop the ability to recognize when a client's breastfeeding challenges require the expertise of a lactation consultant or healthcare provider, ensuring appropriate referrals.
Practical Support Within Boundaries: Understand how to offer hands-on support ethically while respecting professional boundaries, enhancing the breastfeeding experience for your clients.
Essential Tools and Resources: Access practical, evidence-based tools and strategies to empower mothers and improve your doula practice.
Promoting Safe and Ethical Practice: Reinforce the importance of maintaining ethical standards and professional boundaries in your work, ensuring that your support is both appropriate and beneficial.
Why take the Back to Basics Breastfeeding 101 course?
This course prepares you to deliver foundational breastfeeding instruction to your clients. You will learn the basics of breastfeeding, including proper latch techniques, positioning and the importance of skin-to-skin contact. By sharing this information, you can help moms build confidence in their ability to breastfeed successfully, even before they give birth.
Foundational Knowledge for Doula Practice
The Back to Basics: Breastfeeding 101 Course is a must for doulas and other non-medical birth professionals who want to deepen their understanding of breastfeeding. This course provides a comprehensive foundation in the basics of breastfeeding and equips you with the knowledge you need to confidently support your clients during one of the most critical aspects of their postpartum journey.
Empower New Mothers with Confidence
Breastfeeding can be a daunting experience for many new moms. In this course, you will learn how to give your clients the confidence and reassurance they need to succeed in their breastfeeding journey. You will learn practical techniques and strategies that you can share with your clients to help them overcome common challenges and have a positive breastfeeding experience.
Keeping Within Your Professional Boundaries
As a doula, it's crucial that you know the scope of your practice, especially when it comes to breastfeeding support. In this course, you'll learn when and how to refer your clients to lactation consultants or other healthcare providers when specialized care is needed. This will ensure that you're supporting your clients ethically and safely.
Enhance Your Support Skills
Effective support is more than just knowledge — it's about communication and empathy. This course will help you hone your support skills so that you can provide emotional and practical support that truly meets the needs of new mothers. You will learn to actively listen, give non-judgmental advice and create a supportive environment that promotes successful breastfeeding.
Build a Supportive Environment for Breastfeeding Success
A supportive environment is critical to the success of breastfeeding. In this course, you will learn how to help your clients create a comfortable and positive breastfeeding environment. You will learn how to involve family members and partners in the breastfeeding process to create a supportive network that enhances the mother’s experience.
Make a Meaningful Impact
The knowledge and skills you gain in this course will enable you to make a meaningful impact on the lives of the mothers and families you support. By providing essential breastfeeding knowledge and emotional support, you can help new mothers feel confident and secure in their breastfeeding journey.
Flexible Learning to Fit Your Schedule
The Back to Basics: Breastfeeding 101 course is designed so that you can learn at your own pace and fit the course into your busy schedule. Whether you need to balance work, family or other commitments, you can access the course materials anytime, anywhere.
Education & Learning
A comprehensive instructional course to add to your doula portfolio.
This course is designed to assist the birth professional with a general knowledge of breastfeeding and how they may provide mothers with a fundamental understanding of breastfeeding.
Course Lessons
Back to Basics Breastfeeding 101
Take the next step in your doula career and enroll in the Back to Basics: Breastfeeding 101 course. With the knowledge and skills you gain, you’ll be better equipped to support new moms on their breastfeeding journey and give them the confidence and support they need to succeed. Join us and become a more informed, compassionate, and effective doula.
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Learning Criteria
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Learners participating in this course will complete the required reading, successfully pass three course quizzes, share their feedback on an informational video and a podcast, successfully pass, with 100% accuracy the final quiz, and complete a course evaluation.
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Complimentary Course Workbook
Professional Birth Tool
Included with your course is the course workbook, a complimentary resource and tool to the course material. The course workbook includes an infographic and space for your own notes and ideas.
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Fertile Optimism's Marika
Course Creator
A certified wellness coach that has worked for more than two decades in the medical field, receiving my wellness certification form the Institute for Wellness Education.
Having had my own rather difficult experience with fertility I developed a passion for the reproductive wellness of women trying to conceive in her later reproductive years, sometimes only to succumb to the symptoms of a too early menopause.
I designed these educational coaching programs to help you find your own balance in your reproductive journey, be it as you work through your fertility struggles, with the hope of a desired outcome, or as for you to have a more comforting transition into menopause.
Also, having been a doula to women of more advanced years. It is my delight to provide tools and resources for the doula who serves these like women.
Having had my own rather difficult experience with fertility I developed a passion for the reproductive wellness of women trying to conceive in her later reproductive years, sometimes only to succumb to the symptoms of a too early menopause.
I designed these educational coaching programs to help you find your own balance in your reproductive journey, be it as you work through your fertility struggles, with the hope of a desired outcome, or as for you to have a more comforting transition into menopause.
Also, having been a doula to women of more advanced years. It is my delight to provide tools and resources for the doula who serves these like women.
Write your awesome label here.
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