Welcome to CAPEA
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Learn about the various pathways to follow your dream and passion to become a childbirth educator, or birth and parenting educator.
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Our Standards guide and encourage parenting and childbirth educators to commit to ongoing improvement in their own practice.
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Childbirth And Parenting Educators of Australia, Inc. (CAPEA)
We are a voluntary, professional association supporting Australian Childbirth and Parenting Educators from diverse backgrounds as they strive to provide high quality, accessible and responsive education to women and their families during pregnancy and early parenthood.
Our members are from a diverse range of backgrounds across Australia, including but not limited to: midwives, child and family health nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, independent educators, doulas, social workers, psychologists, yoga, calmbirth® and hypnobirth practitioners and general practitioners.
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When early researchers began investigating pregnancy brain, they asked women to describe their cognitive experiences during pregnancy and many women self-reported memory problems or forgetfulness. #research
Blog – Morning Mind Melt: The truth about pregnancy brain & how to combat it
www.gidgetfoundation.org.au
If you've ever found your keys in the fridge or suddenly forgotten the name of that thingamajig while pregnant, you might have blamed it on the infamous "pregnancy brain" or "momnesia." Pregnancy brai...Each year, nearly 140 million women give birth worldwide. Pregnancy represents a transformative journey marked by critical psychological adaptations to motherhood. In humans, neuroimaging studies scanning women before and after pregnancy and around the peripartum suggest that first-time mothers experience a remodelling of brain architecture that predicts postpartum maternal attachment towards the newborn. #study
www.nature.com
This study uncovers a U-shaped trajectory in gray matter volume during pregnancy and postpartum, linked to hormonal changes. Brain recovery postpartum correlates with maternal attachment, highlighting...
As part of an Australian research project, this year they will be running a national Australian citizens’ jury on genomics in newborn bloodspot screening.
Some 6,000 households across Australia will be chosen at random from the Australia Post database. They will be invited by mail in late January to participate in the jury. You could be invited, so watch your letterbox.
Should we sequence the DNA of every baby born in Australia?
www.uts.edu.au
Should we sequence the DNA of every baby born in Australia? Soon, you could have your say.COVID-19 interruptions
COVID-19 restrictions have presented many challenges to educators and expectant parents. The good news is that many innovations are helping to overcome the barriers. See our COVID-19 message to educators and expectant parents.
