Nurturing Beginnings

Nurturing Beginnings: Guide to Postpartum Care for Doulas and Community Outreach Workers By Jane Arnold, Marcia Ringel, and Debra Pascali Bonaro Required reading for our Postpartum Doula Training. Nurturing Beginnings takes you through a new mother's journey and into your own as you explore what it means to be "in service of a postpartum woman and her family." It is a step by step instruction manual for postpartum doulas in their work with new families. Nurturing Beginnings was one of the first comprehensive postpartum training manuals and is on the current DONA International Reading List for Postpartum Doulas. Chapters include: The Role of The Doula Home Visiting Providing Care with Caution: Protecting Health & Safety in The Home & Car Honoring Postpartum Women and Teaching Self-Care Easing Postpartum Adjustment Appreciating Your Clients' Cultural Diversity by Karen Salt Supporting The Breastfeeding Mother (Donna Williams & Opal Horvat Advisors) Newborn Basics: Appea