Live and interactive, 3 CE contact hours, one registration covers your choice of dates.

Feel steady helping families feed their baby

Q: How do I pick which date I attend?

Register once, then choose your live date from inside. One registration covers all of the dates.

A live, co-taught lactation class built for doulas, so you know what to do at the breast or bottle, what stays in your scope, and exactly when to refer.

The moment a family needs you most

Feeding support is one of the places doulas freeze. You want to help a tired new parent in the first hard hours, and you are scared of saying the wrong thing or stepping on a lactation consultant's role. So the moment a family needs a steady person most, you go quiet.

This live class fixes that. In three hours, TaKiesha Smith, CBS, and I walk through the feeding support that belongs in your hands, the common early challenges you will see, and the clear signs that mean it is time to refer. You leave knowing what to say and what to do, without overstepping.

What you will know after

Support comfortable positioning and a workable latch in plain, in-scope language
Recognize normal newborn feeding cues and feeding patterns, so you can reassure with accuracy
Talk a family through engorgement, sore nipples, cluster feeding, and supply worries, all within doula scope
Protect skin to skin and an unhurried first feed at the births where it is possible
Name the signs that mean refer now, and make a clean handoff to an IBCLC or provider
Support families who feed by bottle or formula with the same care and no judgment

What is inside

Three hours of live, interactive instruction with two teachers
Live question and answer time, so your real cases get answered
A certificate for 3 CE contact hours, issued for live attendance
Your choice of live dates. One registration covers them all, and you pick your date after you enroll

Who this is for

Birth and postpartum doulas who want to feel steadier the minute feeding starts
Doulas working toward DONA International certification who need the Lactation for Birth Professionals course
Doulas who do not already hold a lactation credential
Newer doulas who go quiet when a feeding question comes up and want that to change

If you already hold an IBCLC, CLC, CBS, or CLE credential, you likely do not need this class.

Your teachers

I am Robin Elise Weiss, a DONA-Approved Birth Doula Trainer and childbirth educator. I have attended over 1,500 births and trained more than 10,000 doulas, and I teach maternal and child health at the graduate and undergraduate level. Feeding support is one of the first places a doula earns a family's trust, and I want you to walk into it prepared.

I co-teach this class with TaKiesha Smith, CBS, a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist who brings the hands-on lactation depth alongside the doula-scope lens. Together we keep the class practical and grounded in what you will actually meet in the birth and postpartum space.

The details

Price: $59
Format: live and interactive. Attend live to earn the CE hours.
Length: about three hours
Includes: live class, live question and answer, certificate of completion
Continuing education: 3 CE contact hours for live attendance
Dates: one registration covers every live date. Choose your date after you enroll.
Taught by: TaKiesha Smith, CBS, and Robin Elise Weiss

About the CE hours

This class gives you 3 CE contact hours for live attendance, and it counts toward the DONA International Lactation for Birth Professionals course requirement. It does not count toward DONA recertification, because a certification-requirement course cannot also be applied to recert. Each organization sets its own continuing education rules, so confirm with yours before you count the hours anywhere else.

Questions doulas ask

Do I have to attend live?

Yes. The CE contact hours are issued for live attendance, so this class is not offered as a recorded, self-paced option.

Does this count toward DONA certification?

Yes. It counts toward the DONA International Lactation for Birth Professionals course requirement on the birth doula certification path.

Can I use these hours for my DONA recertification?

No. Because this is a certification-requirement course, the hours do not count toward DONA recertification. If you need hours for another organization, confirm their rules first.

I already have a lactation credential. Should I take this?

Probably not. This class is built for doulas who do not already hold an IBCLC, CLC, CBS, or CLE credential.

How do I pick which date I attend?

Is any of this outside a doula's scope?

No. The class focuses on the feeding support that belongs to you and on recognizing when a situation calls for an IBCLC or a provider, so you help without overstepping.

Register on this page

Spend one live class with TaKiesha and me, and walk out knowing how to help a family feed their baby, what stays in your scope, and when to refer. Complete your registration in the form, then pick the live date that works for you.

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