EBB 271 - Bringing a Whole Family Approach to Birth and Postpartum Doula Work with Brandi Jordan, Founder of The Cradle Company

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Pregnancy, Health & Fitness, Childbirth, Parenting, Birth, Medicine, Kids & Family, Doula, Obstetrician, Midwife

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On this episode the EBB Podcast, we talk with Brandi Jordan, the founder of The Cradle Company and the Dear Doula podcast, all about supporting infant mental health using a whole family approach.

Brandi is a board-certified lactation consultant, pediatric sleep specialist, newborn care specialist, and a postpartum doula. Brandi's work as a consultant, parenting group leader and in-home practitioner have led her to develop a unique philosophy of gentle parenting techniques that are pragmatic, practical, and a healthy approach for the whole family. In 2018, Brandi founded the National Association of Birth Workers of Color and currently hosts the Dear Doula podcast.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Child Development and a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California where she's also an adjunct faculty lecturing in infant mental health and culturally competent mental healthcare.

Brandi talks with us about how to find our unique skills and assets to bringing our whole selves into birth work. Once you know what sets you apart, you can connect with the right clients for you to make this work more sustainable. Brandi believes that whatever you think might be your deficit in this work – is actually your assets – it is exactly the type of support certain clients will need. Additionally, she discusses the growing field of infant mental health and how we can support families across the spectrum of development and bring a more holistic and comprehensive approach, a whole family approach, to caring for infants in the prenatal and postpartum periods.

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Follow the Dear Doula podcast on Instagram here
Listen to Rebecca Discuss Circumcision, Water Births, and Evidence Based Care on Brani's Dear Doula Podcast here
Connect with the Cradle Company here

Listen to the following EBB Episodes:

EBB 118 – How to Have a Healthy Postpartum Transition with Dr. Alyssa Berlin

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with Brandy Jordan the
0:04.0	founder of the cradle company and the dear dula podcast all about infant
0:08.7	mental health using a whole family approach.
0:11.6	Welcome to the evidence-Based Birth podcast.
0:14.0	My name is Rebecca Decker, and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence
0:19.1	Baseball.
0:20.1	Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families and professionals around the world.
0:28.0	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.
0:31.0	See Evibebirth.com slash disclaimer for more details.
0:37.3	Hi everyone I'm so excited to share today's interview with the host of the Dear
0:42.2	Duo Podcast Brandy Jordan.
0:45.3	As a side note, you can check out the Dear Dula Podcast and see an interview that Brandy did
0:49.9	with me, all about infant circumcision and water birth outcomes for newborns.
0:56.3	Now before we get started with today's episode with Brandy I do have a few quick announcements.
1:02.2	First if you've been waiting to apply to the evidence-based birth instructor program, your
1:06.0	weight is officially over.
1:08.2	We are now accepting applications through the month of June.
1:11.6	The EBB instructor program is for experienced birth workers
1:15.2	and health care workers who want to teach EBB classes
1:18.4	and workshops online or in person.
1:21.1	This includes training and permission to teach the official evidence-based birth
1:24.9	childbirth class. You can learn more and apply today at eBbirth.com.
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