Postpartum Depressive States
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Expand your skills and knowledge by enrolling in the Postpartum Depressive States course today. With this course, you will be better equipped to recognize and respond to the needs of women experiencing postpartum depressive states while remaining true to the ethical and professional standards of your role as a doula. Join us and take an important step toward becoming a more informed, compassionate and effective doula
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Three Postpartum Depressive States
Postpartum Blues
A mild depressive state typically beginning within a couple days to the first week postpartum.
Postpartum Depression
A moderate depressive state typically beginning 6 to 12 weeks postpartum.
Postpartum Psychosis
A severe depressive state requiring immediate and urgent emergency psychiatric care.
Why should I take the Postpartum Depressive States Course?
The Fertile Optimism Postpartum Depressive States course is an important resource for doulas who want to deepen their understanding and improve their ability to support women experiencing postpartum depression. While doulas are not medical professionals and cannot provide medical or psychiatric care, this course will give you the knowledge and tools you need to stay within your role and scope of practice while providing important emotional and practical support to new moms.
Understanding the Limits and Possibilities of Doula Care
This course emphasizes the importance of maintaining your own professional boundaries as a doula. You will learn the role you can play in recognizing possible signs of postpartum depression and the importance of referring your clients to appropriate medical or mental health professionals when necessary. The course will sharpen your understanding of what is and is not within your scope of practice to ensure that you provide ethical and safe care.
Recognize Signs & Provide Compassionate Support
While you cannot diagnose or treat postpartum depression, you can play a critical role in recognizing potential signs of postpartum depressive states and providing compassionate support. This course will help you develop the skills to observe, listen and respond with empathy to create a safe environment where your clients feel heard and supported. You will learn how to address sensitive issues and gently encourage your clients to seek professional help when needed.
Offer Emotional and Practical Support
Doulas are in a unique position to offer emotional and practical support that can significantly impact the well-being of women suffering from postpartum depression. This course will equip you with strategies for offering comfort, encouragement and non-judgmental support. You will also learn how to help with everyday tasks to alleviate the stress and overwhelm of new moms.
Respecting Professional Boundaries While Making a Difference
By respecting the boundaries of your role and understanding the importance of referring to medical professionals, you can make a profound difference in the lives of your clients. The Fertile Optimism Postpartum Depressive States course is designed to help you manage this responsibility with confidence and compassion, ensuring that you provide the best possible support within your scope of practice.
Course Lessons
About this course
Education & Learning
A comprehensive instructional course to add to your doula portfolio.
This course is designed to assist the birth professional in recognzing three postpartum cognitive disturbances; postpartum blues, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis and to help the doula to know her role should any of these three postpartum cognitive disturbances be encountered and to implore skills that can assist the mother in getting the needed help and care.
What We Will Cover
Course Objectives
1. Consideration of the signs and symptoms from the mother that mirror postpartum cognitive disturbances; postpartum blues, postpartum depression, and postpartum psychosis.
2. Addressing the signs and symptoms of postpartum cognitive disturbance; postpartum blues, postpartum depression, and postpartum psychosis within the Doula scope of practice.
3. Appropriate handoff of the mother’s care to those adequately qualified to care for signs and symptoms of postpartum cognitive disturbance, postpartum blues, postpartum depression, and postpartum psychosis.
Why this is Important
The Statistics
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Postpartum Blues
70% - Approximately seventy-percent of new moms will experience postpartum blues.
Postpartum Depression
35% - Upwards of thirty-five percent of mothers with a history of depression or mood disorders can develop postpartum depression.
Postpartum Psychosis
1% - An approximate one percent of mothers will experience postpartum psychosis. However, this number can rise to upwards of thirty percent for moms with a history of bipolar disorder.
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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.
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