In Their GRAND Era: Doulaing Grandparents Into Postpartum

Includes a Live Web Event on 10/28/2024 at 2:15 PM (EDT)

Only available as part of a package

As doulas, our support extends beyond the immediate needs of new parents to encompass the entire family dynamic, including the invaluable (but sometimes tricky) role of grandparents. In this session, we will delve into the unique challenges and opportunities that arise when the clients’ parents become grandparents.

DONA Doula Trainer, Phyllis Klaus Award recipient, Lactation Consultant, and GRANDparent extraordinaire, Ann Grauer will help attendees explore practical strategies for fostering open and supportive communication between new parents and grandparents, establishing healthy boundaries, and providing up-to-date parenting information to make their GRAND entrance into their postpartum era.

Ann Grauer

AdvCD/AdvPCD(DONA), BDT/PDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, IBCLC, RLC

Ann Grauer, AdvCD/AdvPCD(DONA), PDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, IBCLC is celebrating 35 years of working with expectant, birthing and new families. She is the recipient of Lamaze International's prestigious Elisabeth Bing Award for excellence in childbirth education and DONA International's Phyllis Klaus Founders Award for outstanding, positive impact on parent infant bonding. A charter member of DONA International, she helped create and implement DONA's postpartum doula training and certification programs.

A board certified lactation consultant in private practice, she is also a Motherhood Studies Certified Practitioner, is a Gottman Institute Bringing Baby Home Educator and was the first doula certified to perform the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment (NBAS).

A mom of two, mother in law of two and Mamaw to the precocious Margot, Ann and her husband live in Milwaukee with their long haired dachshund, Howie.