Do you want learn more about postpartum?
This training is taught in English but Swedes are very welcome too! There is translation available to Swedish and the course leaders speak both English and Swedish, one of them native to each language.
Join Lori and Vicky from Doulas of Gothenburg and FörlossningsGruppen in this ODIS-approved four day comprehensive Postpartum Doula Training. This course was started in 2019 by Lori, Postpartum Nurse and DONA-trained Postpartum Doula, as the first ODIS-approved Postpartum Doula Training in Sweden.
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What is a Postpartum Doula?
A Postpartum Doula is someone that supports the new parents and infant or infants in the postpartum period or fourth trimester. The Fourth Trimester refers to the first 12 weeks after birth where the baby transitions from womb to world and the new parents transition into care of their tiny babe. The Postpartum Doula comes to the home and helps with things like feeding, healing in the postpartum period, sleep, light housekeeping, nourishing meal preparation, and emotional support during this transition. Included in the class is certification in Infant CPR as well as mentoring with Lori.
Why a Postpartum Doula training?
A Postpartum Doula Training gives Birth Doulas another level of expertise when working with their clients in the postpartum period as well as is an opportunity to specialize in the postpartum period alone for those wishing. Upon completion of this course, participants will receive an ODIS Postpartum Doula diploma.
Odis Postpartum Certification Requirements:
- Full Attendance of Course
- Read required material
- 3 Postpartum Doula Client Reviews
- Short (1-2 page) Essay on Postpartum Doula experience
Highlights of the Training:
- Postpartum Doula Role & Scope of Practice
- The Business of a Doula
- The Art of a Referral
- Anatomy & Physiology of the Postpartum Period
- Postpartum Healing
- AWHONN Post Birth Warning Signs
- Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders
- The Newborn Period & Transition
- Jaundice
- Newborn Tests
- Newborn Care & Safety
- Infant CPR
- Infant Massage
- The Special Needs Infant
- Support After Loss
- Breastfeeding
Required Reading for Certification
Books can be purchased via Amazon or Book Depository which usually offer free shipping. There is also the option to purchase audio books. These books do NOT need to be read in their entirety prior to the course. They are simply a complement to the class.
- Pregnancy Childbirth and the Newborn, Revised edition by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, et al. (2024)
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, Wiessinger and West (2010)
- Breastfeeding Made Simple, Morbacher and Kendall-Tackett (2010)
- Mothering the Mother, Plackin (2000)
- The Wonder Weeks, Plooij (2013)
- The Fourth Trimester, Johnson (2017)
About the Course Leaders
Lori Boggan-Neonatal & Postpartum Nurse, Postpartum Doula Educator, Breastfeeding Expert
Lori, founder of Doulas of Gothenburg and Om Baby & Wellness, Sweden, is a Registered Nurse and Postpartum Nurse as well as Postpartum Doula Instructor with experience in both the U.S. and Sweden. She has had the honor to care for families over the past 20 years with experience in Newborn Intensive Care and Postpartum (BB) nursing. She is also a DONA & ODIS trained Doula and and former IBCLC. She writes regularly for AWHONN (Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses) and American Nurse Today. She is a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher, a Certified Prenatal (Gravidyoga) and Postnatal Yoga Teacher, Pediatric CPR (HLR) Instructor, Baby Massage Instructor, Nurse Colic Specialist, and a member of ICEA (International Childbirth Educators Association). Her passion is encouraging new parents as they navigate the world of baby and supporting them in the process of becoming a family.
Vicky Brundin James -Birth & Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator & Breastfeeding Counsellor
Vicky has over thirteen years of experience as a Doula and is certified by ODIS as both Birth and Postpartum Doula as well as being an ODIS-certified Childbirth Educator. She became a Doula in 2012 and has since then worked full-time supporting women and families on their journeys through pregnancy, birth and postpartum as part of the FörlossningsGruppen and Doulas of Gothenburg teams of Doulas and through her company Meridiem. Apart from teaching the Postpartum Doula Training with Lori she co-directs FörlossningsGruppen since 2019 where she regularly runs Birth Doula Trainings and mentors new Doulas, as well as teaching workshops and courses for professional development of Doulas and other Birthworkers. To prepare you as well as possible for your future doula work Vicky will share her experience of supporting families from all over the world as a postpartum doula and working with hundreds of families over the years and personally attending over 140 births as a Doula. She has a passion for inspiring and supporting both parents-to-be AND Doulas-to-be and has trained over 100 doulas.
A bilingual Swedish/English mother of four with a background as a professional dancer in ballet and contemporary dance, she was born and raised in Sweden but also lived nearly a decade in the UK. Before becoming a Doula Vicky already worked as a Certified Massage Therapist, Pilates Instructor and Personal Trainer specialized in pregnancy and postpartum within these areas. She also worked part time as a tutor in these subjects at a College in England and has extensive experience of teaching as well as holding a College Diploma in Teaching Adults. Vicky is also a certified Hypnobirthing Instructor and founder of Hypnofödsel® Hypnobirthing and has many other qualifications, among them Kangaroula, Breastfeeding Councellor and Aktiv Baby Instructor. She has training in Acupressure for labour and birth, NADA Ear Acupressure & Acupuncture, Rebozo, Spinning Babies and more. She is a course leader for Amningshjälpen’s Breastfeeding Courses for parents-to-be and has given presentations on Amningshjälpen’s (Swedish Breastfeeding Association) behalf about breastfeeding for health care staff within the healthcare system here in Göteborg, but also in the private role as a Doula at “Amningsfredag” (Breastfeeding Friday event) in Uppsala’s Akademiska hospital. She is a board member of ODIS and part of the Doulas of Gothenburg team of international doulas. Vicky is also a hormone and lifestyle coach for women and a Yoga teacher specialising in Yoga for women and pregnancy.
Place:
Gothenburg, Sweden
Date:
Block 1 – 2nd & 3rd May 2026
Block 2 – 30th & 31st May 2026
Time: 10:00-17:00
Price: 10000 kr
Language: English mainly with translation to Swedish as needed
Booking
LAST DAY TO BOOK 5th APRIL!
Please note that booking is binding and a 3000 kr deposit is due upon booking. Any cancellation results in retention of deposit. In the event of student illness, the course can be made up within one year. In the event of instructor illness, the course will be fully refunded. For any questions please contact info@ombabyandwellness.com