The Nature of Nurturing

Session Objectives:

• The antomy and physiology of pregnancy, labor, birth, immediate postpartum, and lactation
• Physiologicl vs medical models of birth, types of providers, and birthplaces
• Common clinical procedures and risk benefit analysis
• Paatient rights, shared decision-making, and informed consent
• Birth challenges and complications
• Pain medications, administration and affects
• Normal newborn appearance and procedures
• Introduction to lactation and benefits of human milk
• Introduction to birth equity

This training fulfills the childbirth education requirement for DONA birth doula certifcation.