The BirthBliss Academy

A Very Warm Welcome From Kicki!

Pre-course Module

1.0 Introduction and Objectives

1.2 The History of Doulas

1.3 General Guidelines When Working as a Doula

1.4 What is The Evidence On Doulas?

1.5 How To Work Out if Something Falls Within the Doula’s Role or Not

1.6 Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion

1.7 What is Support?

End of Module 1 Quiz

2.0 Introduction and Objectives

2.1 Introduction to Birth Physiology

2.2 Birth Physiology

2.3 Explaining Birth Physiology to Your Clients

2.4 The Fight, Flight, Freeze, Flop and Befriend Response

2.5 The Tend and Befriend Response

2.6 Oxytocin: The Hormone of Calm and Connection

2.7 Different Stages of Labour

2.9 Guide for Birth Partners/Doulas

2.10 Third Stage Options

2.11 The Normal Third and Fourth Stages of Labour

2.12 Vaginal Childbirth

2.13 Meeting The Midwife

2.14 Parto Frío – A Traditional Tool for Gauging Labour Progress

2.15 The So-Called Purple Line – Another Clue for Labour Progress?

2.16 Demystifying the Rhombus of Michaelis

2.17 The Miles Circuit

2.18 How Do I Know She's in Labour? x

2.19 Biomechanics Optimal Birth

End of Module 2 Quiz

3.0 Introduction and Objectives

3.1 Priorities for Childbirth

3.2 Pain in Childbirth

3.3 Understanding Unnecessary Pain in Labour

3.4 Pharmaceutical Pain Management

3.5 Non Pharmaceutical Pain Management

3.6 About Epidurals

3.7 The Difference Between Epidurals and Spinal Blocks

3.8 The Doula and the Epidural

3.9 How a Doula Helps the Woman with an Epidural

3.10 Care of a Woman with an Epidural - 5 Rules

3.11 The Doula and the Partner: How They Work Together

3.12 Induction of Labour

3.13 Variations of Birth

3.14 The Comprehensive Guide to Caesarean Birth

3.15 The natural caesarean a woman-centred technique

3.16 Baby-led caesarean birth

3.17 Summary: A Doula’s Perspective on Ultrasound in Pregnancy

3.18 Vitamin K

3.19 Microbirth - The Importance of the Microbiome

3.20 Understanding Breech Babies

End of Module 3 Quiz

4.0 Introduction and Objectives

4.1 The Role of the Postnatal Doula

4.2 Supporting New Parents

4.3 Postnatal period - Fourth Trimester

4.4 Matrescence: The Developmental Transition

4.5 Understanding Perinatal and Postnatal Mental Health

4.6 How to enable self-sufficiency in the parents

4.7 Common Challenges with Newborns and Their Parents

4.8 List of Newborn Baby Issues

4.9 Doula! Postnatal doulas

End of Module 4 Quiz

5.0 Introduction and Objectives

5.1 Breastfeeding Basics

5.2 How does milk production work?

5.3 The Impact of not breastfeeding

5.4 How Mothers Can Nurse Themselves Healthy

5.5 Is my Baby getting enough milk?

5.5 Delivery Self Attachment

5.6 Breastfeeding - Starting Out Right

5.7 Attaching Your Baby at the Breast

5.8 Fat Content Demonstration

5.9 Sore nipples

5.10 Breastfeeding and Guilt

5.11 Embarrassed

5.12 Expressing Breast Milk

5.13 Hand Expression Instruction Video

5.14 How Can I Tell That Breastfeeding is Going Well?

5.15 How Family Members Can Support the Breastfeeding Parent x

5.16 How Common Birth Choices/Interventions Affect the Breastfeeding Relationship

5.17 Supporting Breastfeeding: Staying in Our Lane as Doulas

5.18 WHO - International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes

5.19 The Nestlé Boycott: What Doulas Should Know

5.20 UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative

5.21 The Dirty Truth About the Infant Formula Industry

5.22 How to Prepare Formula Safely

5.23 What Most Parents Do When Making Up Formula

5.24 Paced Bottle Feeding

5.25 Breastfeeding: Not on the Agenda

End of Module 5 Quiz