WisdomWay Reproductive Health Case Reviews

What are Case Reviews?

At WisdomWay Institute, we provide bi-monthly reproductive health case reviews to bring together doulas, lactation professionals, and other home visitors. We understand that all professionals encounter challenges in our client care, and oftentimes these challenges can make us feel isolated in our home-based practices.

Whether you’re new to the field or an experienced practitioner, having a forum with a live discussion, skillful perspectives, and trusted knowledge can bring depth and wisdom to your practice.

How do WisdomWay Case Reviews Work?

Each conversation will provide insights into common care-related issues as seen through the Compass of Mindful Caregiving. Based on submissions from you and other attendees, we’ll dig deep and provide expert mentor insights and evidence-based feedback to support you in your practice. These are like ‘grand rounds’ for doulas and lactation consultants who often don’t get the opportunity to learn and gain expert and peer perspectives in a safe and supportive environment.

We currently offer Postpartum Case Reviews as a benefit for those who have purchased a membership. You can join us in participating by signing up for our First Year Specialist/Postpartum Doula Certification Course. Your first year of membership will be free, and instructions for joining Case Reviews will be included in your membership course along with your other membership benefits.

Encountering doula challenges?

A medically fragile infant.
A parent with a mood disorder.
A lactation challenge.
A challenging family dynamic.

There is a place to be supported.

Overwhelmed by situations.
Alone, isolated in the decision-making process.
Frustrated at barriers.

Postpartum Case Reviews:

General Postpartum Case Reviews

General Postpartum Case Reviews address general family needs and support WisdomWay First Year Specialists, postpartum doulas, non-medical providers, and in-home caregivers.

Topics might include: Practice-related challenges or topics, COVID precautions for doula practices, perinatal/post-adoption mental health, postpartum complications, family adjustment, transitions back to work, client communication, setting boundaries, infant needs, such as sleep, development, special needs, and more.

We’ll look at developing our practice in ways that are evidence-based, and through the Compass of Mindful Caregiving. How can we build and use our skills and knowledge, maintain compassion for all we care for, establish great communication with our clients and their chosen Circle of Support, and maintain a partnership with those we serve that is based on respect, compassion, and healing-informed care?

Dates & Times:
1st Tuesday of every other month from 4-5pm CST.

Lactation Case Reviews

Lactation Case Reviews are now a part of the general Postpartum Case Reviews. Each case review session is facilitated by Board Certified Lactation Consultants and WisdomWay mentors and along with other postpartum issues, address lactation complications, nutrition support, and associated psychosocial challenges and barriers.

Topics might include: any lactation complication or management challenge, an unusual presentation of feeding behaviors, balancing lactation goals with restorative sleep, lactation after previous insufficiency, engaging family support for breastfeeding, collaboration within healthcare teams, cultural competencies, lactation during health challenges, lactation in the presence of perinatal mood disorders.

We’ll explore our own experiences as lactation professionals or doulas, which might include responding to conflicted emotions; removing obstacles; supporting confidence; avoiding shame, blame, or pressure; and the art of collaboration. Lactation care is more than the dyad. It involves engagement of the Circle of Support, and attunement to the context of lactation within the intersectionality of race, class, family structures, gender identity, communities, and our cultural fabric. We’ll use the Compass of Mindful Caregiving to frame our discussions.

Dates and times:
The 1st Tuesday of every other month from 4 -5pm CST.

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