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Do you love supporting families? Are you passionate about breastfeeding? Are you ready for a career change or to expand your current birth related services?

Becoming a CAPPA Postpartum Doula or Lactation Educator is a truly rewarding way to make a real difference!

Jodi Congdon, owner of Hip to Heart, offers Postpartum Doula and Lactation Educator trainings all over New England. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge, excitement and experience with you.

CAPPA 20 Hour Certified Lactation Educator™ Training

The 3 day (24 hour) course offers 21.25 L-CERPS and 24 CAPPA Contact Hours. RD and Nursing hours potentially available on request.

Ready to become more proficient when offering breastfeeding education? Take the first step towards becoming a Certified Lactation Educator™ with CAPPA. This three day workshop meets the first requirement of your CLE® program and prepares you to work through the steps for certification. This course is designed to improve the skill base, knowledge and perspectives on breastfeeding for perinatal professionals. Additionally, this course supports both the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and Mother Friendly practices and provides training for those seeking certification as certified lactation educators™ with CAPPA.

This course satisfies the following:

The Core Competencies in Breastfeeding Care and Services for All Health Professionals as outlined by the United States Breastfeeding Committee (no endorsement by the USBC is implied).
The 20 Hour World Health Organization Curriculum to support the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative.

The training will cover:

CAPPA, cornerstones, approach and no judgment
Breastfeeding Culture, including Equity and Diversity
Teaching Adult Learners
Using Evidence Based Practice as a CLE
The Role of the CLE, Scope and Practice
Understanding Baby’s Needs and Biological Expectations
Anatomy and Physiology and Milk Supply
Milk Composition including Immune Factors, Importance of
Breastfeeding
Counseling the Breastfeeding Family
Is it working? Measuring Effectiveness in the First Week
Lifestyle of the Breastfeeding family; Partners, Sleep, and Reality
Nutrition and Breastfeeding
Getting Started with Breastfeeding: Hospital and home
Prenatal Considerations for Breast/Chestfeeding
Infant Considerations and Complications
Postpartum Considerations for Breast/Chestfeeding
Expressing, Pumping, and Supplementation
WHO Code Compliance & BFHI
Creating Engaging Breastfeeding Classes
Business and Marketing

Who Should Take this Training:

Staff of Hospitals Seeking BabyFriendly Status
Birth and Postpartum Doulas
Midwives and Obstetricians
Labor and Delivery and Postpartum Nurses
NICU Nurses
Childbirth Educators
Dieticians
WIC professionals
Public Health Staff
Physicians
La Leche League Leaders
Those Supporting Mothers During Breastfeeding

Please click the links below for more information:

CLE SCOPE OF PRACTICE

FACULTY BIO

PRE-WORKSHOP STUDY GUIDE (please do before class)

STEPS TO CERTIFICATION

CAPPA Certified Postpartum Doula Training

The 2 day (18 hour) training course is the first step to becoming a Certified Postpartum Doula.

The training will cover:

Scope of Practice for Postpartum Doula
Informed consent
Interventions impact on the postpartum period
Supporting parents in the immediate postpartum period
Breastfeeding support
Baby care techniques
Calming and soothing techniques
Postpartum Mood Disorders and support available
SIDS/Back to Sleep Campaign
Grief/Loss Support
Incorporating family members into the care of the newborn
Listening and communication skills
Record keeping and contracts
Creating and marketing your business
Networking solutions
Much, much more!!!

Who Should Take this Training:

Birth Doulas
Midwives and Obstetricians
Labor and Delivery and Postpartum Nurses
NICU Nurses
Maternal/Child Health Visiting Nurses
Childbirth Educators
WIC professionals
Public Health Staff
Physicians
Social Workers
Lactation Support (IBCLC/CLE/CLC)
Those Supporting Mothers After Birth

Please click the links below for more information: 

POSTPARTUM DOULA SCOPE OF PRACTICE

FACULTY BIO

PRE-WORKSHOP STUDY GUIDE (please do before class)

STEPS TO CERTIFICATION

Cappa Testimonials

I cannot recommend the CAPPA postpartum doula training taught by Jodi Krentzman of Hip to Heart highly enough! The training itself was comprehensive and I learned more than I had expected to in that weekend. Jodi as a teacher is impeccable and simply a wealth of knowledge. She’s organized, thorough, and was great at holding the attention of the participants. She created an environment that was not only fun and entertaining but felt fulfilling as well. We covered everything from mother and newborn care to organizing your practice and marketing (And everything in between!). Her support does not stop after the training is over though. Jodi has been a huge support to me since the training. She always makes time to answer my questions and has been a tremendous help in growing my doula practice. As a successful postpartum doula who got started with my doula career after attending Jodi’s training, I encourage anyone feeling called to this work or who may be considering attending any of Jodi’s trainings to take the leap. It’s a weekend well spent!

— Amy J.

In 2011 I learned that a postpartum doula was a job and one that I wanted! A few trusted local birth doulas encouraged me to contact CAPPA to bring a training to my area, so I did! Jodi and I worked through the trials and tribulations of gathering folks to commit to the training and she arrived in Richmond in November. The 6 of us spent 2 days in the basement of a local maternity shop going over all the things that postpartum doulas need to know to take care of the families they work with. Over the next several years Jodi was my go to: she helped me develop my business from the ground up and she helped me along the path to certification. Now I have a team of independent contractor doulas, a brick-and-mortar, and contracts booked out 9 months in advance! It all started in that basement 7 years ago!

— McRae B.

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The Birth Boss Planner

Specifically designed for birth professionals. You will find a page before each month calendar for notes on upcoming clients and special holidays like World Doula Week and World Breastfeeding Week, complete with reminders the month before to start planning. Inside you will see that each week offers space for hourly scheduling and a separate space for weekly notes, goals or a to-do-list. Each page of the Birth Boss planner keeps you organized and brings you one day closer to achieving the goals you set for your business.

January - December 2021
8.5X11 inches
clear coil binding

$35.00

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