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CAPPA’s New Certification Program – The New Parent Educator

/ 6 minutes of reading / CAPPA, Educating, Parenthood / 5 Comments

At the CAPPA Conference in September, a very exciting announcement was made—training and certification for a brand-new program would begin in 2018! After years in the making, the New Parent Educator program was introduced to the world. The New Parent Educator is a one-of-a-kind training and certification. Unlike anything currently available, this program will prepare […]

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A Heartwarming Update Too Good Not to Share

/ 5 minutes of reading / Educating, Inspiration, Labor Doula / 1 Comment

At the CAPPA Destin conference in 2016 I was honored to speak about my work with pregnancy and addiction as a nurse in a speech entitled, “You are not alone-Perinatal Addiction and Neonatal Abstinence”. The first story I originally planned to share at the conference was a story about my client Kelly B, a story

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Evaluating Credibility in Everyday Sources of Information

/ 4 minutes of reading / Educating, Labor Doula, Motherhood, Parenthood, Postpartum / 1 Comment

As critical consumers of information, it is necessary to evaluate the credibility and legitimacy of resources, especially on the Internet. In a world of free information, which is without guidelines, monitoring, and representation, truth and lies can be as difficult to determine as the supermarket tabloids in the checkout stands. Anyone can post anything in

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The Importance of Educating Dads/Partners

/ 4 minutes of reading / Educating / 1 Comment

There is great importance in partners understanding the “why’s” and “how’s” of supporting the mom during labor and birth. As a childbirth educator, how do you prepare (educate) the expectant mother’s life partner for labor and birth? I have been teaching birth preparation classes for almost two decades, and for many of these years, I

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Give, Learn, Get; Your Professional Roadmap

/ 8 minutes of reading / CAPPA, Educating / 2 Comments

Cultivating a successful career as a doula begins with cultivating yourself as person, first and foremost. You started this awakening process by signing up for your initial certification course, congratulations, the fire is now lit! Perhaps the call to become a doula came loudly, or maybe it was a whisper. Regardless, there was something that

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Teaching Breastfeeding, Talking about Breastfeeding and, well, Actually Breastfeeding…

/ 3 minutes of reading / Educating, Lactation / 2 Comments

Right now, I am teaching breastfeeding classes, seeing private lactation clients, training women to become lactation educators, and actually breastfeeding a newborn…so needless to say my life is boobs and milk! For me, the subject has two completely different sides. When I am teaching and working with clients, I am the educator that shares scientifically-proven,

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