| Gina Marie Picht Certified Doula (DONA) Training and Credentials Childbirth Education Series Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park, MN January 6th and 13th, 2001 Ten hour hospital-based class for expectant parents. Topics covered include nutrition, exercise, physiology of pregnancy and labor, labor progress and stages, patterned breathing, Cesarean birth, newborn care, and breastfeeding. DONA Doula Certification Workshop Gail Tully and Nickie Kerrigan, trainers. January 19-21, 2001 A weekend-long seminar concentrating on the role and purpose of a doula, comfort measures, physiology of labor, emotional needs of the laboring woman, ethics and scope of practice, the birth team, and much more. Teaching methods included role-play, hands-on practice of physical comfort methods, positioning, lecture, video, and literature. DONA Advanced Doula Training Taught by Ruth Anchetta, Amy Gilleland, Karen Kohls March 1, 2003 Seminar focusing on advanced topics such as Communication with Medical Staff; Fetal Rotation & Descent; Inductions; and Postpartum Issues including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Minneapolis Childbirth Collective Non-profit organization of childbirth professionals providing weekly prenatal informational topic nights for expectant parents. Topics covered include the purpose of doula care, medications and interventions, the natural rhythm of labor, comfort measures, Cesarean prevention, waterbirth, marriage after childbirth, and many more. Metro Doula Registry Inservice Spinning Babies Taught by Gail Tully September 17, 2001 Seminar focusing on posterior babies and methods within the doula scope to assess and help them turn to the optimal position for labor. Childbirth Collective Inservices Doula Ethics - With Suzanne Swanson March 15, 2003. An ethical look at doula-encountered situations, interaction with medical caregivers, and client boundaries. Breastfeeding - June 21, 2003. Breastfeeding issues, resources, how a doula helps establish a healthy breastfeeding relationship. Memberships Doulas Of North America (DONA) Minneapolis Childbirth Collective CPR Training - Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers Taught by Joe Tricola, American Heart Association - March 8, 2004 DONA International Annual Conference, Denver CO, July 2006 Penny Simkin (Childhood Influences on Birthing), Teri Shilling (Teaching Methods), Carol Roberts (Grief & Mourning), Dr. James McKenna (Infant Co-Sleeping), Phyllis Klaus (Unexpected Outcomes), Carol Phillips (Primitive Neonate Reflexes) MN Dept. of Health, Loving Support for Breastfeeding Workshop, 11/30/06 Mary B. Johnson, RD, MPH, LN, WIC Breastfeeding Coordinator |
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