About the course

Supporting Postpartum is rooted in the belief that recovery, nourishment, and emotional integration are just as important as the birth itself. This course teaches you how to support families through the fourth trimester and beyond with confidence, warmth, and cultural awareness. You will explore the role and scope of postpartum doula care while learning the physiology and anatomy of postpartum healing, infant feeding and rhythms, matrescence, partner dynamics, loss and bereavement, NICU support, and reproductive transitions. As with all Wombs of the World teachings, this course bridges the traditional and the modern. You will learn global postpartum practices and ceremonies from around the world while being encouraged to find what feels aligned, ethical, and appropriate in your own context. Science and intuition live side by side here. Evidence and ritual are both honored. You will leave equipped with practical skills, grounded knowledge, and the confidence to support families in deeply human ways. The course gently closes by situating postpartum care within a wider social context, offering a natural bridge into the justice and systems-focused modules that follow.

Curriculum

11 Chapters · 55 Lessons

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    COURSE 3 POSTPARTUM

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      The Role & Scope of the Postpartum Doula (Overview)

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      VIDEO: Postpartum Doula Support

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      The Core Skills of Being a Doula

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    Understanding the Physiology and Anatomy of Postpartum

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      Immediate Postpartum & Newborn Care

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      VIDEO: Welcome to the 4th Trimester

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      The Science & Physiology of the Immediate Postpartum

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      VIDEO: Dr Nadia Wahid on Postpartum Recovery

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      Potential Medical Complications in the Immediate Postpartum

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    The Placenta!

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      VIDEO: Talking about the placenta!

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      The Placenta: The Organ That Sustained Life

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    Postpartum Practices, Ceremonies & Rituals

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      Story as Medicine: Aïscha Chalana Tomasoa Noija

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      Cultural Postpartum Traditions

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      Creating Postpartum Ceremonies

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      Closing of the Bones

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      Postpartum Nutrition as Ritual

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      Simple Recipes to Get You Going

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      PODCAST on Vaginal Steaming with Chantal Blake

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    Postpartum Recovery & Family Support

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      Postpartum Recovery & Family Support

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      VIDEO: Postpartum 101

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      Rest is Recovery

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      Story as Medicine: Khyati Desai-Seltzer and the Power of Touch in Postpartum

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    Baby and Breastfeeding

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      VIDEO: Lactation Counselor Kyndrick Peachey

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      Newborn Care Essentials for Doulas

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      VIDEO: Breastfeeding Part 1

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      VIDEO: Breastfeeding Part 2

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      Supporting Feeding: Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, and Bottle Feeding

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    Matrescense and Mental Health

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      VIDEO: Maternal Mental Health

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      PMAD Awareness & Mental Health Support

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      Matrescense

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      Hormones, Intimacy, and Learning This New Body

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      Navigating Partners, Parents, and Postpartum Boundaries

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      Supporting Boundaries

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      Postpartum Doula Self-Care

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    Postpartum and Partners

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      VIDEO: Tips for Couples

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      Support Partners

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      Body Image & Intimacy

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      Sleep

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      VIDEO: Sleep

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      PODCAST: DJ & Shreni from We Have Kids Now

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    NICU Literacy & Supporting Families in Medicalized Postpartum

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      How to Hold Space When Baby’s First Home Is the Hospital

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      The Emotional Landscape

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      The Doula’s Role, Inside and Outside the NICU

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    Loss & Bereavement Support

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      A Gentle Disclaimer Before We Begin

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      VIDEO: A Conversation of Loss and Grief Support

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      Support Clients Through Grief

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      Understanding Infertility as Loss

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      Immediate Support During Miscarriage

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      VIDEO: Hannah Gray Shares How to Doula Through Loss

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      Supporting Families Through Stillbirth & Late-Stage Pregnancy Loss

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      Supporting Families Through Infant Loss

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      Integrating Grief

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      Life After Loss PDF

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    Postpartum Care as Social Justice

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      Returning to the Self & the Lifelong Continuum of Womb Health

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      Postpartum as Social Justice

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      Integration & Looking Ahead to Beyond Birth

Learn how to support families through one of the most tender and transformative seasons of life.

Enroll in Supporting Postpartum and deepen your full-spectrum doula practice.

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