World-leading postpartum professional training
Develop broad skills and expertise based on scientific evidence.
Gain confidence to support diverse families through a variety of postpartum journeys.
Start a business in postpartum care with ongoing mentoring and support.
This training is the first stage of our internationally recognised 100+ hour Certification Program, recognised in more than 30 countries.
Postpartum is a life-changing transformation
Culturally, we focus so much energy on birth, most of it based on fear, but birth is just the beginning.
Because when a baby is born, so is a mother, and the birth of a mother can be more intense than childbirth.
This is a major life transition that requires support, but too many new parents feel overwhelmed, exhausted and isolated as they navigate this journey alone.
The data makes it clear: support is essential
At least 1 in 5 women experience anxiety, depression or both during the transition to motherhood.
2 out of 3 mothers don’t meet their own breastfeeding goals.
The leading cause of maternal death in Australia, the United States, Canada and New Zealand is suicide.
Parents urgently need practical and emotional support, access to resources based on scientific evidence and referrals to appropriate professionals.
Learn to support newborn mothers with:
♡ Evidence-based strategies to support breastfeeding, mental health and sleep
♡ Traditional, hands-on cultural care including food, rest and warmth
♡ A 21st century village of community and professional support
♡ Care that builds parents confidence, bonding and intuition
♡ Information to make decisions without pressure or judgement
♡ Recognition of matrescence as a rite of passage, not just a recovery period
Instant and Lifetime Access
AU$1500 (+GST for Aussies)
Payment plans and USD pricing available at the checkout
Click through to the enrolment form to check the price in your currency, see relevant taxes, and learn about payment plan options.
What you can do after your graduate:
Some people start with a clear vision if the work they want to do.
Others feel the calling but have no idea where exactly it will lead.
This training will help you uncover what you are good at, what you enjoy, what the world needs and what you can get paid for.
Whether you’re new to postpartum care or expanding one what you already do, we’ll help you take the next step in your postpartum career.
Provide in-home care
Facilitate workshops
Run circles and groups
Teach online courses
Provide virtual support
Offer meal delivery services
Run retreats
Offer memberships and communities
Create books and resources
Teach postpartum planning sessions
This training is for you if:
You are looking for flexible, self paced learning in an engaged community
You want comprehensive knowledge and practical skills
You seek the confidence to work with a wide variety of postpartum clients
This training is NOT for you if:
You are looking for a quick fix or passive learning experience
You want to learn medical skills (this is a non-medical role)
You’re not ready to invest in building a meaningful career in postpartum support
Caitlin returned to her corporate job after having her second baby, but her priorities had changed and the work was unfulfilling. Less than one year after enrolling in Newborn Mothers training, she published her website and got her first client.
Ayla felt isolated as a stay-at-home mum and a remedial massage therapist. She loved meeting other postpartum professionals around the world and after completing this training her income has increased and she feels she has found her life’s work.
Tash was a counsellor for a not-for-profit organisation who studied whilst working and caring for her two young children. She completed the training in only three months, found it personally healing as a mother and has already launched her business.
Meet your lead educator
Hi, I’m Julia!
I first noticed gaps in postpartum care before I became a mother myself, and trained as a postpartum doula in 2008 to better understand how to support mothers during this life-changing transition.
People saw me caring for families and asked how they could do this work too. There were very few training options available in my area at the time, so I began teaching others around my mum’s kitchen table in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Today, Newborn Mothers is a global education company with thousands of students in over 60 countries, but our mission remains the same. Changing the way society values and cares for mothers.
I designed Postpartum Education and Care Professional Training as a flexible and self-paced way of learning comprehensive postpartum knowledge and developing a broad range of practical skills.
How it all works
✓ Enrol anytime and study at your own pace
Inclusive by design, you can learn from anywhere in the world, with bite sized lessons available as video, audio and text.
✓ Lifetime access
Many of our students complete the 25+ hours of training in four to six months, but with lifetime access you can take all the time you need. Refer back to the lessons when you start working with clients, and get updated as new research emerges.
✓ Ongoing group mentoring calls and community
Join a global community of hundreds of postpartum professionals from dozens of countries. Practice skills and build confidence on regular facilitated group calls, and ask your questions in the community any time of day or night.
✓ Complete the training to graduate
Finish all training modules and pass the completion quiz to demonstrate that you understand the scope of the role and can practise safely. NO ASSESSMENTS When you complete the training you’ll receive a completion certification, which is recognised for professional development points with the Australian College of Midwives, DONA International and more.
✓ Start your business
It’s not feminism if women don’t get paid. When you graduate you get access to the bonus Business Module. Grow your audience with content marketing, launch your website and email list, and create, price, and sell your products and services.
✓ Continue towards Certification
This training is the first stage towards Postpartum Education and Care Professional Certification, recognised in more than 30 countries. Training students have the option to enrol in a certifying class to submit assessments for marking and complete supported practical hours.
Included to support your learning
Everything you need to work with your first client, without creating everything on your own from scratch.
✔️ Practical, printable client resources, including handouts and posters, client intake form and postpartum, breastfeeding and sleep planning templates.
✔️Canva files so you can customise the client resource kit with your colours, fonts and logo.
✔️ Optional library of recommended books, podcasts and articles.
✔️Guidance to start your practise, including a home visit checklist, a business checklist, and support with policies, terms and conditions.
Learning Outcomes
Confidently support diverse families through a variety of postpartum journeys with comprehensive knowledge and broad practical skills.
-
Understand the role and work confidently and ethically within the scope.
Distinguish your responsibilities from other professionals and build referral networks.
Identify personal beliefs, biases, boundaries and triggers to ensure safer practice.
-
Understand scientific research in the context of gender and history.
Explain how pregnancy, birth and caregiving change the brain using positive and evidence-informed language.
Recognise the benefits, risks and variations of neurological adaptations across diverse families.
-
Share information based on scientific evidence and use questioning techniques to support decision-making.
Contribute to a joyful and calming postpartum environment that supports intuition and bonding.
Support families to build a postpartum village of support and develop practical support plans.
-
Identify universal themes in global postpartum traditions that celebrate, support and acknowledge the birth of a mother.
Incorporate simple, respectful rites, rituals and culturally grounded practices into support work.
Provide culturally safe and respectful support and avoid cultural appropriation.
-
Provide simple food support that promotes postpartum recovery, supports lactation and enhances physical and emotional well-being.
Apply essential food safety and hygiene practices when supporting clients with food.
Understand common risks, including deficiencies, allergies, intolerances and eating disorders and identify appropriate referral pathways
-
Share evidence-based information about normal physical recovery after childbirth and identify red flags
Provide comforting physical support within legal and ethical limits
Recognise when physical support is outside scope, build a referral network and refer appropriately
-
Share evidence-based information about normal breastfeeding and identify red flags,
Identify and respond to common breastfeeding myths, support clients through initiating, sustaining and ending breastfeeding
Recognise when breastfeeding challenges are outside scope, build a referral network and refer appropriately
-
-
Share evidence-based information about normal infant sleep and safety and identify red flags
Identify and respond to common sleep myths and support families with strategies to maximise sleep for the whole family
Recognise when sleep challenges are outside scope, build a referral network and refer appropriately
-
Share evidence-based information about mental health and identify red flags
Identify and respond to common mental health myths, utilise a strengths-based approach to mental wellbeing during postpartum for the whole family
Recognise when sleep challenges are outside scope, build a referral network and refer appropriately
-
Provide respectful, sensitive and trauma-aware care to diverse families
Support families through a variety of situations and experiences
Identify responsibility in child protection and reporting and stay safe and work
-
Understand social determinants of health and human rights in postpartum care
Contribute to a society that respects and reveres motherhood with systems and individual advocacy
Create a meaningful, safer and sustainable career
-
Only available after you graduate
Navigate the legal and financial requirements of working in postpartum.
Write website copy, develop branding, and grow an email list.
Create and sell valuable postpartum services with integrity
After you complete the course, you’ll receive:
A printable completion certificate and a digital badge to display on your website
Access to the bonus Business module
Customisable client resources, ready to be branded with your fonts and colours
Bonuses
> Newborn Mothers Ebook and Audiobook
> Nourishing Newborn Mothers Ebook and Printable recipe cards
> Customisable Client Resource Kit available after you graduate
> Business Bonus module available after you graduate
> $1500 credit towards Certification
That sounds like a lot… because it is!
Postpartum Education and Care Professional Training condenses a variety of nuanced and complex topics into a succinct and engaging twelve modules. It references more than 300 source materials, including scientific studies, personal interviews, books, public health resources, helplines and more.
But we built this course with babies on our hips and Weetbix on our collars - it is designed by and for people with full lives and big dreams!
Every lesson is available as video, audio, and text
Most lessons are around 15-20 minutes
Most modules are around 1.5 hour
Self-paced so you can study during the day, night, or weekend
Optional calls and community for accountability
Lifetime access so you can study and graduate in your own time
No need for a babysitter or a bra!
Upgrade to certification when you are ready
Your first step towards Certification
To become a Certified Postpartum Education and Care Professional, start with self-study training at your own pace. When you are ready submit your work for assessment and enrol in the certification with a $1500 credit before completing your practical hours within twelve months.
-
Complete 12 online learning modules and pass the quiz.
Receive a completion certification for professional development.
Time required: 32 hours, self-paced.
-
Deepen understanding through reflections, workbooks, group calls, and compiling a personalised resources list.
Time required: 36 hours, self-paced.
Submit your work for assessment and enrol in the certification
-
Demonstrate competence passing all stage one and two assessments.
Complete practical hours developing your professional network and supporting clients, with evaluations and reflections.
Time required: 36 hours, must be completed within 12 months.
Option to join the full certification
You’ll be ready to start making a real difference in the lives of families!
Please note: Graduation bonuses will be provided once all payments have been completed
Frequently Asked Questions
-
This is a non-medical role and you don’t need any prior experience.
You will learn basic postpartum care skills with a clear scope of practice, so you can begin supporting families.
-
Postpartum Education and Care Professionals provide non-medical, holistic support to families within a clearly defined scope of practice and in collaboration with a broader healthcare team. There are no formal prerequisites required. Students must have access to a computer or device, an internet connection and a basic level of English to fully participate in the course materials and activities.
-
There are also student stories on the About page and Training page, where students share how Newborn Mothers training helped them feel more confident, supported and ready to begin or deepen their work in postpartum care.
You can read student testimonials here:
-
Newborn Mothers is led by Julia Jones, the founding director and lead educator. The training also includes contributions from other experienced postpartum professionals and educators, including members of the Newborn Mothers team who share their own pathways into postpartum care.
Students can learn from real examples of professionals who have built different types of postpartum work, including birth work, postpartum care, education and business support.
-
Refunds are only available when requested within 7 days of purchasing and only available when the course fails to match the descriptions we use in our marketing.
Refunds are not available for change of mind.
Requests for refunds must be made in writing within 7 days of enrolling. You will be required to complete the Refund Request Form providing feedback about why the course did not meet the expectations set on the enrolment page and outlined in the curriculum.
Upon receiving your Refund Request Form, the process may take up to 14 days to resolve and involve additional conversations with you regarding your request.
In considering your refund, we may also charge an admin fee at our discretion.
You cannot download the course during your first 7 days unless you choose to waive your right to a refund.
Ready for deep postpartum knowledge and skills?
Regular group calls and active community
Learn at your own pace with lifetime access
No prior experience needed