Become a BirthPro Postpartum Doula

🌸 Why Now Is the Time

Families are navigating the postpartum period in systems that often offer too little support, too late. At the same time, awareness is growing around the impact of postpartum care on mental health, infant wellbeing, and long-term family stability. Across the country, communities and healthcare systems are beginning to recognize the essential role trained postpartum doulas play in filling these gaps.

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This training is designed for those who want to meet this moment with skill, integrity, and care. If you’re ready to support families in ways that honor identity, autonomy, cultural context, and real-life needs—while building a sustainable, ethical practice—this program offers the grounding, confidence, and practical tools to do that work well.

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• Postpartum is where families struggle most

• Support drops off after birth

• PMADs, feeding challenges, and recovery need skilled support

• Systems increasingly recognize postpartum care

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Led by Lorie Michaels, CD(DONA), LCCE, CLC, BRMPro+, PMH-C, EBB Instructor, BRM/BRB Instructor, Spinning Babies Childbirth Educator 

With 20+ years of experience supporting hundreds of families and training the next generation of birth workers, Lorie brings deep expertise across birth, postpartum, physiology, emotional wellness, perinatal mental health, and reproductive justice.

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Her approach blends evidence-based practice with inclusive, culturally humble care — so you feel confident, prepared, and supported from day one.

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🌼 What You’ll Learn

This 30 hour program equips you to:

Postpartum Recovery & Healing

• Normal vs concerning postpartum healing

• Cesarean recovery support

• Pelvic floor & core basics (scope-appropriate)

• When and how to refer

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Infant Care & Feeding Support

• Breast, chest, and bottle feeding basics

• Soothing, sleep cues, babywearing

• Supporting parental confidence

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Emotional Wellness & Trauma-Informed Care

• PMAD recognition and referral

• Holding space for grief, loss, and identity shifts

• EFT-informed emotional regulation tools

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Partner & Family Dynamics

• Supporting non-birthing parents

• Navigating family systems & boundaries

• Inclusive care for LGBTQ+ families

Advocacy & Systems Navigation

• Medicaid & WIC basics

• Community referrals

• Equity-focused advocacy

Professional Practice

• Postpartum contracts & pricing

• Scope & boundaries

• Sustainability & burnout prevention

🌈 Your Training Journey at a Glance

One Live Weekend (Virtual)

Saturday 11am-6pm EST
Interactive sessions covering pregnancy, birth support, comfort measures, advocacy, trauma-informed care, cultural safety, postpartum healing, and practical newborn care.

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Self-Paced Week (Between Weekends)

Modules you complete on your own time:

• Lactation basics

• PMAD recognition & support

• Feeding + newborn care

• Household/practical postpartum skills

• Reproductive justice foundations

• Cultural humility across full-spectrum care

• Scope of practice + documentation

• Menstrual health foundations (not tested, but included for holistic education)​

• Boundaries & support for loss

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Ongoing Support

• Weekly coaching calls 💬

• Access to a private BirthPro community

• Continuing education opportunities

🌿 More Than a Certification — This Is Your Launchpad

BirthPro’s program supports doulas who want to go beyond textbook learning and step confidently into real-world practice.

Alongside your certification, you’ll receive:

• Weekly live coaching

• Evidence-based pregnancy, birth, and postpartum strategies

• Real-world advocacy tools & system navigation know-how

• Emotional wellness tools (EFT integration)

• A supportive community of fellow birth workers

• Practical business foundations to help you thrive

• Ongoing invitations to deepen your skills

• A BirthPro Full-Spectrum Doula Badge for your website + socials

• A MassHealth Doula Competency Attestation Letter (where applicable)

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Special offer for BirthPro Doulas!

How can you help families in your community get evidence based care?

Here’s the deal: You and I both want evidence based care to be the “norm” for birthing families in our community. But on average, it takes 15 to 20 years for evidence to be put into practice. This situation is totally unacceptable! How can we speed up that gap so that families can get that care right here, right now?

Learn how to be a change agent in your community… and then also get the support you need right here in the Evidence Based Birth® professional membership.  Standard membership is $69 monthly.  BirthPro doula graduates can sign up for EBB Pro for only $29 per month for the first year!  Savings of $480! 

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