Elevate Your Doula Practice: An Event for Doulas Offering Connection & Professional Growth
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Elevate Your Doula Practice: An Event for Doulas Offering Connection & Professional Growth
Hosted by Tracy Massillon -
Are you ready to take your doula practice to the next level? Being a doula can be joyful and deeply rewarding, but it can also bring feelings of overwhelm, exhaustion, and isolation. Join us for an evening of connection, knowledge, and replenishment designed specifically for birth/postpartum workers like you.
What to Expect:
This immersive professional workshop offers Doulas valuable guidance from seasoned birth and postpartum professionals. - Class:
- Postpartum Midwifery Care with Serena Saeed- Winn, Mom, CNM, IBCLC, WHNP
Description:-
The postpartum period represents a profound physical, emotional, and identity transition into parenthood—one that is often not fully supported within hospital-based maternity care. This course introduces doulas to the benefits of postpartum midwifery and explores how doulas and midwives can work hand in hand to support new families. We’ll explore how postpartum midwives support physical recovery, assess bleeding and healing, provide lactation care, monitor newborn feeding and weight, and identify early signs of complications. Conversations will also include hands-on approaches to postpartum healing, including supporting lymphatic movement and assessing uterine position and alignment, as well as the importance of emotional support and early identification of postpartum mood and anxiety disorders. Designed specifically for birth and postpartum doulas, this course will help you understand how postpartum midwifery complements doula care and how together we can better honor and support the profound transition into parenthood.
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Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, doulas will be able to:
- Understand the role and scope of postpartum midwifery and how it complements doula care.
- Identify key maternal and newborn assessments provided during postpartum midwifery visits, including physical recovery, uterine position, feeding, and newborn weight.
- Gain an introduction to postpartum approaches that support lymphatic movement, uterine alignment, and physiologic recovery after birth.
- Recognize common postpartum warning signs and understand when clinical evaluation or referral may be needed.
- Understand how increased postpartum support can promote emotional well-being and help identify postpartum mood and anxiety disorders - Schedule:
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10 am - noon @ Natural Resources
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This workshop creates a nurturing environment where your professional growth is supported through expert guidance, holistic well-being practices, and community connection—essential elements for anyone looking to establish themselves in the meaningful work of supporting new families.
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Refreshments and tea will be provided.
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Hosted by Tracy Massillon
About Serena Saeed-Winn, Mom, CNM, WHNP, IBCLC
Serena Saeed-Winn, is a Certified Nurse Midwife, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and mother dedicated to supporting females and families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. With extensive experience in women’s health, midwifery, lactation, and postpartum care, Serena brings a compassionate, holistic approach to her work. Through the KAZ Project, she provides postpartum support to families while helping create a more connected, community-centered approach to women’s health and wellness. She is passionate about expanding access to integrative services and creating spaces where clinical care, therapeutic wellness, education, and community can exist alongside one another. Learn more about Serena's work on her website