Postpartum Doula Certification Examination

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April 1-4, 2024 (Heart and Hands Postpartum Doula Training)June 24-27, 2024 (Community Birth Doula Training)Other (online)
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Directions: Set aside 2 hours for this exam. There are two hundred points, and the minimum score required to pass is 80%, and may be retaken twice. It is an open book. You can use your student manual, and the PowerPoint handouts for the answers. This exam is due in 1 week. Your 3 Self-Reports and 3 Client Evaluations are due within 1 year of completing the course.

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42) Fill in the table below regarding the composition of breastmilk: Describe the following stages and types of breastmilk. Describe when they occur, describe characteristics and their main purpose. Be brief and concise.

Stage or Type of Breastmilk *

	When in pregnancy or lactation cycle it occurs	What does it Look Like? (Characteristics/Description)	What is its purpose? (function, benefit to baby)
Colostrum
Transition Milk
Mature Milk
Foremilk
Hindmilk
Preterm Milk
Term Milk

43) What are the main nutritional components of breastmilk?*

Copper, iron, mercury, zinc, leadSugars, fats, proteins, acids, alkaloidsVitamins, minerals, anti-infective agents, anti-allergenic factorsWater, milk, blood, plasma, glucose
44) Vitamin K found in breastmilk is important for baby's health because?

It helps with brain and visual development.It prevents jaundice.It helps prevent hemorrhagic disease of the newborn.The baby will receive a Vitamin K shot after he/she is born.
45a) What is "Kangaroo Mother Care"?*
45b) Give 3 examples of "Kangaroo Mother Care" to babies:*
46) Define "Attachment Parenting" and describe why some believe it to be important for infants and children.*

53) In the table below, describe perinatal mood disorders including Baby Blues, Postpartum Depression and Postpartum Psychosis, when they are likely to occur, and describe appropriate actions to take to help the mother.*

	Baby Blues	Postpartum Depression	Postpartum Psychosis
Describe Symptoms:
When Occurs:
Action to Take:

54) Match the issue the family is experiencing with the most appropriate resource of help (table above, enter letter only).*
55) According to Dr. Harvey Karp, creator of the “Happiest Baby on the Block” method, the best ways to calm a fussy baby are:*
56) Choose all the most appropriate statements and actions towards a mother whose experienced a neonatal death:*

a. You reassure her that her baby is in heaven, and she can have more children in the near future.b. You prepare a scrapbook album with a lock of baby's hair, baby's hospital bracelet, her footprints, and a photo of the baby.c. You let her know it was for the best, her baby had an anomaly (defect).d. You organize a potluck with her church members and schedule them to bring food each day of the week.
57) Describe three ways to involve father/partner in care of newborn and postpartum woman:
58) Describe three ways to reduce parenting stress:*
59) Describe some types of child abuse and neglect and what you should do if you suspect it?*
60) Having a baby changes families in many ways. Give some examples of the areas of change a family may experience after the birth of a child and describe the doula's role in helping the family adjust to becoming a family.*
61) A mother of a 3-week-old baby who had an episiotomy state that she and her husband had sex and now her perineum feels painful, and she’s concerned that her stitches have come out and she asks you to check her out. What is the most appropriate response?*

a. "I'd be happy to look at it, and see if I can put them back in."b. "You should call your midwife and make an appointment to have her look at you."c. "You were not supposed to have sex yet! You need to get back into bed, you’re overdoing it."
62) A couple in their mid-forties with 2-week-old newborn twins conceived by in-vitro fertilization has hired you as their postpartum doula. They are paying you $200 per week. You are expected to make dinner and clean the kitchen every night before they get home, do the family laundry weekly, take care of the pets, and stay overnight five days a week for the next three months. Your night duties are to prepare and feed the babies formula and change them, and "keep them quiet and calm at night" so the parents can sleep, since they both work 45+ hours per week. The mother tells you she is not happy that she’s left alone with the babies, because her husband “travels a lot for business". The mother complains she never gets to go out to dinner and social events anymore and is terribly upset she will miss the couple’s annual trip to Paris, because the babies are too much trouble to travel with. She asks if you are available to stay with the babies when they go to Europe next month. How would you deal with this situation? Use the space below and the back side of this paper to write your answer.*
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Postpartum Doula Certification Examination

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31) The following are common counseling situations. Please indicate the answer(s) you would give in this situation. There may be more than one right answer: