Postnatal Training

Once you have completed the Foundation Doula and Childbirth Educator Trainings, you can continue your journey with Relaxed Birth & Parenting and train as a Postnatal Facilitator. This consists of one further module of three days, running over a long-weekend. Completing this final module will further enable you to:

  • Work as a Relaxed Birth & Parenting Postnatal Educator, offering postnatal classes and breastfeeding support both one-to-one and in groups
  • Communicate effectively in a class and workshop setting
  • Understand how bodywork, mindfulness and gentle yoga-based exercise can benefit the women and babies in your classes and workshops
  • Develop an awareness of the psychological aspects of the postnatal period
  • Understand the physiology and hormones of breastfeeding, and how to support breastfeeding mothers
  • Learn how to support the postnatal relationship of baby, mum and dad
  • Help families to manage this life transition, understanding changing family relationships

Find out more

For a more detailed description of course content, please click here to download details of our unique 'pay as you go' trainings.

Alternatively, please do contact us for details of our taster sessions, where you can come along and meet us, ask questions and find out more about the courses and working in the world of birth.

You might also like to attend a Relaxed Birth and Parenting class or workshop in Bristol to get a sense of how we teach.