Postpartum 101

Everything you ever wanted to know about treating postpartum

By Deb Davies

NCCAOM (4), Standard Certificate (4)
Access Period: Lifetime
Series Length: 4hrs

Series Overview

​​Do you want to specialize or learn more about Acupuncture for Postpartum? If so, you have come to the right place! Dr. Deb Davies, DACM, L.Ac. is teaching some incredibly helpful information to acupuncturists on how to confidently support mothers and their families after giving birth. Come experience Deb’s teachings & build your confidence working with postpartum women using the powerful tools of Chinese medicine.

Dr. Deb will discuss birth and postpartum from her perspective as a doula, childbirth educator, and licensed acupuncturist. She will include tools to help you build confidence working with this population. Deb shares about birth, standard of care, postpartum diseases, tools to help postpartum mamas including TCM treatments, and more.

Watch this course if you are a beginner with postpartum or for those interested in supporting postpartum mothers and families. Grow your skills to become more confident working with this precious population.

This class is an excellent overview of helpful knowledge to support postpartum families! Join us for our series working as an acupuncturist with Postpartum 101: Treating Postpartum with TCM

Postpartum 101 - Course 1

Birth Explained

Learn more about what happens in childbirth. Dr. Deb Davies, DACM, L.Ac. shares her perspective as a doula, childbirth educator, and licensed acupuncturist about different options for birth and what it truly means to be postpartum.
Total CPDs: 1
NCCAOM (1), Standard Certificate (1)
Access Period: Lifetime
Course Length: 1hrs
Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.

Course Overview

​​Do you want to specialize or deepen your understanding of birth to be able to support your pregnant and postpartum clients? If so, you have come to the right place! Dr. Deb Davies, DACM, L.Ac. is teaching some incredibly helpful information to acupuncturists on how to confidently support families in the birthing and postpartum process. Come experience Deb’s teachings & build your understanding around birth. Dr. Deb will discuss birth and postpartum from her perspective as a doula, childbirth educator, and licensed acupuncturist. Deb shares about evidence-based birth and why the kind of birth matters for recovery, breech birth, doctors versus midwives, pros and cons of home versus hospital births, how a doula supports better birth outcomes, and what it truly means to be postpartum. Watch this course if you are a beginner with birth and postpartum or for those interested in supporting postpartum mothers and families. Grow your skills to better understand this precious population. This first class in the series Postpartum 101: Treating Postpartum with TCM is an excellent introduction to the world of birth and postpartum. Join us for just this class or for the entire series.

Course Objectives

  • Learn about Evidence Based Birth.
  • Understand why the type of birth matters for recovery.
  • Know the different options for types of birth.
  • Learn how a doula can support better birth outcomes.
  • Be able to define postpartum.

Course Outline

0 hrs - 15 min
This is an overview all about understanding birth. The content shared includes natural home birth and natural hospital birth VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section).
15 min - 30 min
Learn about breech birth and TCM modalities to support optimizing position for a breech baby.
30 min - 45 min
Understand the different options families have for giving birth and the difference between birth in a hospital versus the home or a birth center.
45 min - 1 hrs
Learn what it means to be postpartum and the different scenarios in which a woman would be considered postpartum including abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth.

Postpartum 101 - Course 2

Common Postpartum Complaints and Treatments

Dr. Deb Davies DACM, L.Ac. shares her perspective as a doula, childbirth educator, and licensed acupuncturist on placenta encapsulation as well as common postpartum complaints and how to treat them with TCM.
Total CPDs: 1
Standard Certificate (1), NCCAOM (1)
Access Period: Lifetime
Course Length: 1hrs
Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.

Course Overview

​​Do you want to specialize or deepen your understanding of postpartum? If so, you have come to the right place! Dr. Deb Davies, DACM, L.Ac. is teaching some incredibly helpful information to acupuncturists on how to confidently support families postpartum. Come experience Deb’s teachings & build your understanding of important considerations to take for postpartum families. Dr. Deb will discuss birth and postpartum from her perspective as a doula, childbirth educator, and licensed acupuncturist. Deb shares her knowledge of placenta encapsulation, lochiorrhea, weight gain, stretch marks, breast issues such as clogged ducts, mastitis, slow let down, low milk supply, and the importance of mental health care during this time. Watch this course if you are a beginner with birth and postpartum or for those interested in supporting postpartum mothers and families. Grow your skills to better understand this precious population. This second class in the series Postpartum 101: Treating Postpartum with TCM teaches you about placenta encapsulation and important postpartum complaints and how to treat them with TCM. Join us for just this class or for the entire series.

Course Objectives

  • Develop an understanding of placenta encapsulation.
  • Be able to identify some of the most common postpartum complaints.
  • Learn to treat postpartum complaints with other TCM modalities.
  • Be able to understand mental health postpartum.

Course Outline

0 hrs - 15 min
Learn about zi he chi (placenta) from a TCM perspective and how it can be incorpated into postpartum through placenta encapsulation.
15 min - 30 min
Identify common postpartum complaints including lochiorrhea, weight gain, stretch marks, and breast issues.
30 min - 45 min
Learn protocols for lochiorrhea, weight gain, stretch marks, and breast issues with TCM modalities including auricular acupuncture.
45 min - 1 hrs
Develop an understanding of postpartum mental health conditions and how to support patients with TCM resources.

Postpartum 101 - Course 3

C-Sections and Birth Trauma

Dr. Deb shares her perspective as a doula, childbirth educator, and licensed acupuncturist on c-sections and birth trauma and how to treat them with TCM.
Total CPDs: 1
Standard Certificate (1), NCCAOM (1)
Access Period: Lifetime
Course Length: 1hrs
Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.

Course Overview

​​Do you want to specialize or deepen your understanding of postpartum? If so, you have come to the right place! Dr. Deb Davies, DACM, L.Ac. is teaching some incredibly helpful information to acupuncturists on how to confidently support families postpartum. Come experience Deb’s teachings & build your understanding of important considerations to take for postpartum families. Dr. Deb will discuss birth and postpartum from her perspective as a doula, childbirth educator, and licensed acupuncturist. Deb shares her knowledge of c-sections and birth trauma and how to treat them with TCM along with practical applications for diastasis recti, naval fire cupping, and moxa sacral fan. Watch this course if you are a beginner with birth and postpartum or for those interested in supporting postpartum mothers and families. Grow your skills to better understand this precious population. This third class in the series Postpartum 101: Treating Postpartum with TCM teaches you about c-sections and birth trauma and how to treat them with TCM. Join us for just this class or for the entire series.

Course Objectives

  • Understand what happens in a c-section.
  • Be able to identify the different types of birth trauma.
  • Learn TCM treatments for post c-section.
  • Learn additional postpartum complaints.
  • Understand protocols for postpartum complaints.

Course Outline

0 hrs - 15 min
This section discusses what happens during a C-section and TCM protocols to support recovering patients.
15 min - 30 min
Develop an understanding of birth trauma and how it affects patients.
30 min - 1 hrs
Learn postpartum protocols for diastasis recti, naval cupping, and moxa sacral fan.

Postpartum 101 - Course 4

Additional Postpartum Complaints

Learn more about what happens in postpartum. Dr. Deb shares her perspective as a doula, childbirth educator, and licensed acupuncturist on postpartum complaints and TCM treatments.
Total CPDs: 1
NCCAOM (1), Standard Certificate (1)
Access Period: Lifetime
Course Length: 1hrs
Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.

Course Overview

​​Do you want to specialize or deepen your understanding of postpartum? If so, you have come to the right place! Dr. Deb Davies, DACM, L.Ac. is teaching some incredibly helpful information to acupuncturists on how to confidently support families postpartum. Come experience Deb’s teachings & build your understanding of important considerations to take for postpartum families. Dr. Deb will discuss birth and postpartum from her perspective as a doula, childbirth educator, and licensed acupuncturist. Deb shares her knowledge of the stages of postpartum, urinary incontinence, insomnia, spontaneous sweating, irregular menses, mother roasting, nutrition, and loss in pregnancy. Watch this course if you are a beginner with birth and postpartum or for those interested in supporting postpartum mothers and families. Grow your skills to better understand this precious population. This fourth class in the series Postpartum 101: Treating Postpartum with TCM teaches you about the stages of postpartum and common postpartum complaints and how to support them with TCM. Join us for just this class or for the entire series.

Course Objectives

  • Learn additional postpartum complaints and how to treat them with TCM.
  • Understand loss in pregnancy and how families are affected.
  • Be able to describe the stages of postpartum.
  • Learn about mother roasting for postpartum.
  • Learn about TCM nutrition for postpartum.

Course Outline

0 hrs - 15 min
Learn TCM modalities for postpartum insomnia, sponaneous sweating and hot flashes, postpartum heat stroke, and low libido.
15 min - 30 min
Understand the different types of loss in pregnancy and how to support patients.
30 min - 45 min
This segment teaches the stages of postpartum and the TCM goals for each stage.
45 min - 1 hrs
Learn about Mother Roasting and TCM nutrition for postpartum.

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Taught by Deb Davies

Deb is an acupuncturist, educator, and best-selling author. She’s spent over 20 years passionately following her mission of supporting women through fertility, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care, & empowering families by educating and equipping them with natural and integrative health care ideas.
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