Younique Postnatal
Initial Doula Preparation Course
Who's it for?
Anyone who would like to become a postnatal doula and optionally begin the process of becoming a Doula UK recognised postnatal doula.
What does it cost?
Face to Face: £550 and Virtual: £500
2022- £665 and £565
How long is it?
Face to Face: 4 days 2021, 5 days 2022
Virtual: 12 Zoom sessions over 12 weeks,
Weds 7.30-9.45pm, plus self directed study and online coursework
What does it cover?
Debriefing your own birth and postnatal experiences
How birth experience may affect a mother/birthing person’s postnatal experience
Caring for a mother/birthing person: physically and emotionally
Practical Postnatal Doula skills eg household management, food preparation and nutrition, care of siblings and other supportive tasks
How to create a Family/Parent Moon and what to include in a PN doula session
Newborn baby care and physiology including: parenting styles, patterns or 'routines', baby and parental sleep, baby cues and soothing a baby
Listening/Communication skills and practice scenarios
Working alongside fathers and partners – and the wider family
Situations outside the common – multiples, premature babies, babies with disabilities, parents with disabilities, baby loss, adoption, surrogacy, child protection and reporting
Indepth infant feeding for postnatal doulas module
Joining Doula UK and Mentoring Schemes
Setting up your business: marketing, networking and getting work
Support for the doula: self-reflection, life-long learning and boundaries
Cultural considerations and anti-racism
LGBTQIA + considerations
Covid-19 safety and virtual/remote support
What else is included?
Preparation work before and after the workshop to include reflection, reading and research, including extensive online modules for the virtual course
A comprehensive manual covering all course topics and resource links
Certificate of Completion
One to one session with course facilitator
Private Facebook groups, safe places to get support from other postnatal doulas
Mentoring and guidance scheme with experienced PN doulas, additional coaching sessions
Wellbeing Club for self-care
Courses and Workshops - section 1
Initial Preparation Course
Who's it for?
Anyone who would like to become a postnatal doula.
What does it cost?
Virtual Course: £565
Face to Face Course: £665
How long is it?
Virtual: 12 weeks over Zoom
Face to Face: 5 days
What does it cover?
The role of a postnatal doula
The impact of birth on the postnatal period
Placenta options
Supporting a mother/birthing person physically and emotionally after birth
Listening and Communication skills
Practical Postnatal Doula Skills inc food preparation, household management and supporting other children
Supporting fathers/partners and the wider family
Societal Considerations and working alongside the NHS
Cultural considerations: supporting black and brown parents, how the postnatal period is framed globally
Infant Feeding: how postnatal doulas can support breast/chestfeeding, bottle and formula feeding. A grounding and awareness raising of many aspects of infant feeding.
Inclusion Considerations: supporting LGBT+ parents, parents with disabilities
Other situations: eg multiples, prematurity, loss/bereavement, babies with additional needs/disabilities, parents with disabilities, surrogacy, adoption
Support and care of the newborn baby including sleep, the Fourth Trimester and responsive routines
A postnatal doula session and developing your practice/services
Setting up your Business and getting work
Supporting yourself as a doula
Mentoring Options
Joining Doula UK
What else is included?
Precoursework to debrief birth stories, begin your grounding and so facilitator can get to know you
Online modules to develop self study
Postcoursework for reflection and further consolidation of skills
One to one over Zoom with facilitator
An extensive Manual
Certificate of Completion
Access to YP Mentoring Scheme
Discount on future workshops and courses
Development
Consolidation
Who's it for?
Those that have had some PN doula experience and have completed a Doula course.
What does it cost?
£100 for group Zooms or
online modules with Zoom
sessions with Victoria
£97 for YP doulas
£197 for other doulas
How long is it?
1 day or 3 group Zoom sessions over 3 evenings,
online modules + sessions: for YP doulas - one 1:1 session with Victoria, for other doulas - two 1:1 sessions with Victoria
What does it cover?
Postnatal doula case studies and scenarios: How to deal with dilemmas
'Finding the right words'/language ideas. Getting more work.
The sessions are designed by attendees but could include:
Parenting styles, patterns or routines and their impact on the baby
Baby sleep (or not!)
New mother's/birthing person's emotional and physical recovery
Listening/Communication skills and raising difficult topics
Working alongside fathers, partners and the wider family
Boundaries – what do we really mean
Self-reflection and continued development as a postnatal doula
Developing your practice, services and business skills
What else is included?
Resources handout after the course
Opportunities for follow up on a one to one basis
Certificate of Completion
Twins and More Workshop
Who's it for?
All birth and postnatal practitioners who are interested in supporting multiples.
What does it cost?
Non YP: £75 or £65 when booked with Understanding Newborns
YP: £65 or £55 when booked with Newborns
How long is it?
1 day or 3 Zoom sessions over 2 days
What does it cover?
exploration of possible emotional and practical challenges for parents expecting multiples
understanding zygosity and chorionicity
birth considerations and statistics, vaginal birth vs abdominal birth
increased risks in multiple birth pregnancy and newborns
birthing timeline
prematurity and how to support parents
postnatal considerations: household setup, extra practical support and parental self-care/efficacy
feeding multiples
multiples sleep
external support available/charity support
interesting multiples statistics
What else is included?
Handouts
Certificate of Completion
Understanding Newborns Workshop
Who's it for?
All birth and postnatal practitioners who are interested
in supporting newborns.
What does it cost?
Non YP: £75 or £65 when booked with Twins and More
YP: £65 or £55 when booked with Twins
How long is it?
1 day or 3 Zoom sessions over 2 days
What does it cover?
What is the Fourth Trimester? What does it mean for babies? What do newborns need?
A baby's brain - early development
Neonatal reflexes - what might they mean, how could we preserve them?
Early sensory development (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell)
Why babies cry and how we can support parents with their crying
What is colic and does it exist?
A newborn’s digestive system – why certain ways of feeding matter?
Baby Sleep – how babies sleep, sleep training (or not!), self soothing, experts/research organisations and what they say
Supporting parents with understanding their newborn's behaviour and development, communicating ideas
Using resources and published studies, what the experts say
What else is included?
Handout
Certificate of Completion
Understanding Reflux Workshop
Who's it for?
All birth and postnatal practitioners who are interested
What does it cost?
Non YP: £55
YP: £45
How long is it?
Half day or 2 Zoom sessions in 1 day
What does it cover?
What might be the causes of reflux? Looking at ALL the theories out there.
What is the difference between reflux symptoms and the condition of reflux or GERD/GORD as it is named?
Pyloric Stenosis and other conditions
Case studies from families I have supported (names changed):
Kate (baby with tongue tie)
Tori (multiple reasons for reflux including potential intolerances)
Sarah (mismanaged combi feeding)
Veronica (mismanaged breast feeding)
How best to support optimal feeding
How best to support reflux as a PN doula/supporter, which other therapies and professionals might help.
Where to signpost on and how reflux is managed by Health Professionals
Medications and their usage (not as HP but from PN doula observations), getting support for medication use.
What else is included?
Handout
Certificate of Completion
Postnatal Planning Workshop
Who's it for?
All birth and postnatal practitioners who are interested
What does it cost?
Non YP: £80
YP: £70
How long is it?
1 day or 2 Zoom Sessions over a morning and evening
What does it cover?
The postnatal period in a cultural context
The postnatal parent - what to expect physically and emotionally, changing parental experience
The newborn baby - how to support their transition from womb to world, better understanding of the 4th Trimester
Helping clients create a circle of support and postnatal plan -why preparing for the postnatal period is important
Common postnatal challenges
What else is included?
Handouts
Postnatal nutrition and recipe booklet
Certificate of Completion
