About CAPPA
CAPPA
is a non-profit international organization that was founded in 1998
to offer the highest level of professional membership and training to
childbirth educators, lactation educators, labor doulas, antepartum
doulas and postpartum doulas. CAPPA offers the highest level of evidence-based
training available.
The organization consists of a leadership board, regional representatives, trainers, mentors, advisors and its membership. CAPPA is the most comprehensive pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum organization available...caring for women before, during, and after birth through education and support.
The CAPPA Vision
Imagine a world...............
Where women are encouraged to trust their bodies. Where myths about
childbirth are dispelled.
Imagine a world...............
Where women are given the tools that they need to achieve a natural
childbirth if that is what they desire.
Imagine a world...............
Where women are equipped with the knowledge to make informed decisions
about their births.
Imagine a world...............
Where education does not involve guilt, but empowers women to choose
the kind of birth that is best for them.
Imagine a world...............
Where women are surrounded by caring, compassionate support when they
give birth.
Imagine a world...............
Where new mothers are empowered to embrace motherhood with confidence.
Imagine an organization..........
That works everyday to make this world a reality.
CAPPA....Reality begins with imagination.
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