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YP Workshops
On completion of the YP Initial Preparation Course, you can also increase your skills, offerings and knowledge with other related courses and workshops to help you support parents after birth. In addition, you can join a community of other postnatal doulas who share tips, ideas and insights. Many new friendships are made, collaborations started and experiences explored.
YP offers other ways of getting support from experienced postnatal doulas, course facilitators and peers through online social meetups, face to face socials, online coaching sessions, themed topic sessions, wellbeing sessions and a postnatal book club.
Working on your own with parents who are experiencing a huge life change means that reaching out to fellow doulas who understand the magnitude and complexities of the postnatal period is essential. No doula should be isolated in their working practice but instead know they have a place to go to gain expertise, moral support and the power of the hive mind.
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We prepare YP Doulas to connect with their challenges, fears and concerns and convey that we get them, that we understand. (This could be through sharing our own stories or through that of other YP grads, and how we overcame them.)
Postnatal Planning
For: All birth and postnatal practitioners who are interested​​ ​
When
We have 3 workshops scheduled
for 2025:
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February 27th and March 6th, 2025
June 12th and 19th, 2025
November 20th and 27th, 2025
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7.30-9.30pm both days
Cost
Non YP: £80
YP: £70
What does it cover?
The postnatal period in a cultural context
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The postnatal parent - what to expect physically and emotionally, changing parental experience
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The newborn baby - how to support their transition from womb to world, better understanding of the 4th Trimester
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Helping clients create a circle of support and postnatal plan -why preparing for the postnatal period is important
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Common postnatal challenges
Includes - Handouts, ​ Postnatal nutrition and recipe booklet, Certificate of Completion​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
Twins and More
For: For all birth and postnatal practicioners who are interested in supporting multiples
When
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
10am-2.30pm
(with an hour break for lunch: 12pm-1pm)
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​​ Friday, May 2nd, 2025: 10am-12pm​​
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One and a half days over Zoom
Cost
Non YP: £75 or £65 when booked with Understanding Newborns
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YP: £65 or £55 when booked with Newborns
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
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External support available/charity support
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Interesting multiples statistics​​​​​​​​
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Includes - Handouts, ​ Postnatal nutrition and recipe booklet, Certificate of Completion
Understanding and Preventing Reflux
For: Day over Zoom, all birth and postnatal practitioners who are interested
When
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
10am-2.30pm
(with an hour break for lunch: 12pm-1pm)
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​​ Friday, May 2nd, 2025: 10am-12pm​​
Cost
Non YP: £55
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YP: £45
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 ​
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Includes - Handouts, Certificate of Completion ​
Understanding Newborns
For: One and a half days over Zoom, all birth and postnatal practitioners who are interested in supporting newborns
When
Next Date Coming soon. Please contact us for details
Cost
Non YP: £75 or £65
when booked with Twins and More
YP: £65 or £55
when booked with Twins
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 ​ ​ ​
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Includes - Handouts, Certificate of Completion ​
Sensational Solids
​For: All birth and postnatal practitioners who are interested.
When
Friday, September 5th, 2025
10am-12.15pm
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A 2 hour Zoom session​​​
Cost
£25​​​​
What does it cover?
Explores introducing solids and complementary foods, helping parents prepare practically, physically, emotionally and with information as their babies transition to eating solid foods. ​ ​ ​ ​
Includes - Handouts, Certificate of Completion ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
Visioning your Practice
For: All birth and postnatal practitioners who may be struggling with feelings of overwhelm, taking next steps, or what to focus on in one's practice
When
We have 4 workshops scheduled for 2025
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Thursday, March 27th, 2025
Thursday, May 29th, 2025
Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
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Each will run from 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Cost
Non YP: £55
YP: £35
What does it cover?
Exercises to envision your future doula self, your values, and money mindset
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Exercises to take measurable, and achievable action
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You will embody yourself as successful, feel into what that is like, and gain clarity on moving forward
Includes - Handouts, Certificate of Completion ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
British Birth and Postpartum Traditions
For: Postnatal practitioners who have a desire to learn about and revive practices from British ancestral heritage ​
When
Next Date Coming soon. Please contact us for details
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Three Sunday sessions: 3-6pm (Birth), 3-5pm (Postpartum)
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Can be booked together or separately
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Birth Session with Eva: Apr 13th
Postpartum 1 with Eva: May 11th
Postpartum 2 with Victoria: May 18th
Cost
£40
What does it cover?
An exploration of postnatal practices for parents and babies from the Prehistoric Era, through the Middle Ages, the Early Modern Era to the Modern Era in Britain, including those brought by different cultures to British shores
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How babies were cared for, practices applied to them and infant feeding practices of the past
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Some focus on birth practices that would connect to postnatal practices
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Ideas to revive ancestral practice in a modern context
Includes - Book list, handouts and further resources, Certificate of Completion​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
Honouring the Postnatal Body
For: Postnatal practitioners who would like to support physical recovery
When
Next Date Coming soon. Please contact us for details
Two Sunday sessions:
With Victoria: 3pm-5pm
With Gemma: 3pm - 5pm (on a different Sunday)​​
Cost
£40
What does it cover?
An exploration of all the physical therapies available to postnatal parents
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How those therapies may benefit them so they can make informed choices about which to choose
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Ideas for simple and nurturing physical recovery options including recipes, remedies and activities
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Ideas from physical therapist and doula Gemma Harvey
Includes - Book list, handouts and further resources, Certificate of Completion​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
Honouring the British Postpartum
For: Postnatal practitioners who have completed British Postpartum Traditions and Honouring the Postnatal Body
When
Next Date Coming soon. Please contact us for details
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One Face to Face Day from 10.30am-4.30pm
Cost
£95
What does it cover?
Hands on activities tasting recipes, remedies and learning some light touch ancestral and modern physical therapies to support clients in their postnatal period including massage tips
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Foraging and using some ingredients and herbs sourced from Britain and the local area
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Experiencing how some ancestral and traditional ceremonies may have functioned
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Learning how some babies were cared for in the past and the practices they would have experienced
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Exploring how the traditional can be used in modern practice
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A chance for some self care and nurturing - a way to honour your own postnatal period(s) if you had one
Consolidation of learning and practice from British Postpartum Traditions and Honouring the Postnatal Body
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Includes - Book list, handouts and further resources, Certificate of Completion ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
“I wanted to say thank you for everything over the last few weeks. Your depth of knowledge
alongside your ability to express all the various concepts made learning an absolute
pleasure, I thoroughly enjoyed it all! I’m really looking forward to progressing in the Doula
world and doing so with the support of Younique Postnatal. I really feel that you go the
extra mile to make people like me as prepared as possible, with the tools to help new
parents the best we can.”
Rebecca S.