What is a doula?
This blog explores the different types of doulas - birth, postpartum, adoption, grief and loss, and how it works in relation to services, costs, qualifications and regulations.
How you can support normal breastfeeding, even if you don’t have medical training
This blog explores ways a postpartum professional can provide valuable support to a breastfeeding parent. Focusing on the breastfeeding observation component, this blog outlines who can observe and assess a breastfeeding session, what’s included in a non-clinicial breastfeeding assessment and how to use the results of the breastfeeding assessment to provide good support.
From patchwork career to postpartum care professional
A blog by Antonia Anderson on how her existing skills and training carried over from previous jobs into postpartum care work, why it’s okay not to feel fulfilled by motherhood and how you can funnel your passion for helping mothers into a sustainable career. Reflect on how your unique life and work experience might help you excel at running a postpartum care business.
Top 10 careers that make amazing postpartum professionals
This blog explores the top 10 careers that make amazing postpartum professionals - including hairdresser and beauty therapists, teachers, childcare workers, retail and hospitality workers, life coaches, yoga and pilates instructors, midwifes, mothers and friends!
Podcast Episode 98 - Building a stable doula business
Podcast interview with Sami Stewart on building a stable and secure doula business.
Podcast Episode 95 - Learning to laugh again through postpartum
Podcast interview with Amy Marshall on how to reclaim nourishment and support postpartum.
Expanding beyond birth work into postpartum care
Dusk’s journey as a birth worker who never thought she could work in postpartum and how she found her way there.
The journey to becoming a postpartum professional
The journey to becoming a postpartum professional.
Breastfeeding basics for family and supporters
A video on breastfeeding basics for family and supporters.
Should I get a home monitor for my baby?
With the rise of video, movement, heart and breathing baby monitors, this blog post explores how you can support and inform your clients in choosing a home monitor for your baby. The blog dives into the research around whether home monitors save infant lives, how to reduce the risk of SIDS and ways to find peace of mind within the big responsibility of having a baby.
Why it's worth paying a professional for postpartum care too
This blog suggests talking points for postpartum professionals when a pregnant person says they don’t need a professional on their postpartum support team. It explores the value postpartum professionals bring by being parent-centred, not emotionally entangled, non-judgemental, offering evidence-based information and referrals, as well as bringing extra skills in postpartum care.
Podcast - Episode 18 - Gender equality in parenting
Julia Jones chats with Ella Bourke, a gender equality advocate and prevention of violence against women practitioner. They discuss the cultural stereotypes of motherhood and how gender inequality plays out in parenting, partnership and domestic life. They explore tools to begin talking about gender equality and how to take small steps to live it into being.
Podcast - Episode 16 - German and Australian postpartum care
Podcast interview with Ruth Gray on German and Australian Postpartum Care.
Podcast - Episode 14 - German And Irish Postpartum Care
Podcast interview with Layla O'Mara on German And Irish Postpartum Care.