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Welcome to the Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA)! For over a decade, CAPPA's mission has been to offer comprehensive, evidence-based education, certification, professional membership and training to childbirth educators, lactation educators, labor doulas, antepartum doulas and postpartum doulas worldwide. CAPPA is proud to provide new and expectant families access to these professionals here.
CAPPA's Mission
CAPPA certified professionals aim to empower, connect and advocate for families in the childbearing year. CAPPA seeks to forge positive and productive relationships between organizations that support healthy, informed family choices. The organization consists of a leadership board, regional representatives, trainers, mentors, advisors and its membership. CAPPA is the most comprehensive pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum organization available. To learn more about CAPPA's history, please read our story.
The CAPPA Vision
Imagine a world where women are encouraged to trust their bodies, and where myths about childbirth and breastfeeding are dispelled. Imagine a world where women are given the tools they need to make informed decisions about their pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and postpartum experiences. Imagine a world where education does not involve guilt but seeks to empower. Imagine a world where women are surrounded by caring, compassionate support throughout the childbearing year. Imagine a world where new mothers are equipped to embrace pregnancy, birth, and motherhood with confidence. Imagine an organization that volunteers every day to make this a reality. CAPPA - reality begins with imagination.
Imaginations, Intentions, Attitudes
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive, it can achieve." - W. Clement Stone
CAPPA is an organization that seeks to empower families and professionals. With that in mind, CAPPA is setting an intention that all members remember this vision in every aspect of their lives. When we project ourselves with confidence, a peaceful presence, positive attitudes, and intentions as well as the constant passion in our hearts for the work we do, we will see the CAPPA Vision moving from imagination to reality...
Operation Special Delivery
Operation Special Delivery (OSD) was started in response to the tragedies of September 11th by Patricia Newton, a doula from southern New Jersey. Its purpose was to provide volunteer doulas to women who either lost their partners on 9/11 or would be giving birth alone due to future deployments. The response from doulas and families alike was enormous, and Patricia handed Operation Special Delivery over to CAPPA on January 1st, 2005. Today, OSD continues to maintain the integrity of the program and of the doula profession by serving as many military families as possible.
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