Helping Women after a Traumatic or Negative Childbirth

This half-day(4 hour)workshop will give maternity caregivers, including midwives, childbirtheducators, perinatal therapists, andboth birth and postpartum doulas, information and skills to help women andtheir partners after a difficult, disappointing, or traumatic childbirth. Unresolvedtrauma and disappointment can lead to postpartum depression or anxiety, and canaffect a woman's confidence in herself. Doulas, both birth and postpartum,midwives, and other perinatal caregivers will learn about the causes andeffects of these early traumas as well as some methods to resolve, heal, andprevent them.