POSTPARTUM UNIVERSITY®

Become a Certified Postpartum Nutrition Specialist, CPPNS®

The world's most comprehensive certification in postpartum nutrition.

Advanced education designed to help professionals understand and address the root causes of common postpartum health challenges — so you can confidently guide the women you serve toward true recovery, not just symptom management.

POSTPARTUM UNIVERSITY®

Become a Certified Postpartum Nutrition Specialist, CPPNS®

The world's most comprehensive certification in postpartum nutrition.

Advanced education designed to help professionals understand and address the root causes of common postpartum health challenges — so you can confidently guide the women you serve toward true recovery, not just symptom management.

Root-Cause Framework

Learn how postpartum systems connect, not isolated symptoms.

Practical Clinical Tools

Assessments, handouts, implementation plans, and protocols.

Immediate Practice Application

Use what you learn with clients tomorrow.

CEUs + Certification

24 CE hours, NANP accredited, and credentialed.

Postpartum Health Is Declining.
And Most Providers Were Never Trained To Address It

 

If you work with women in the childbearing years, you’ve likely noticed something troubling.

More mothers are struggling after birth than ever before.

• Anxiety and depression are increasingly common
• Autoimmune conditions are rising
• Thyroid dysfunction is widespread
• Digestive issues and chronic fatigue linger for years
• Many women never feel like their bodies fully recover

And yet…

Most postpartum care still treats these symptoms as isolated issues, rather than looking at the physiological disruption that occurs after birth.

Medication is often the first recommendation.

Nutrition is rarely addressed.

And the postpartum period is still widely treated as if recovery should be complete after six weeks.

You know it in your bones that’s not true.

You Don't Need Another Nutrition Course.

If you're looking for another certification about protein, iron, meal plans, and supplements...

This probably isn't it.

Nutrition matters but nutrition has never existed in isolation.

Every recommendation we make to a postpartum woman is influenced by physiology, inflammation, digestion, the nervous system, lactation, hormones, culture, resources, and the realities of her daily life.

That's why this certification doesn't just teach what to recommend.

It teaches you how to think.

You'll learn the physiology that makes postpartum recovery make sense.

You'll learn how nutrition fits within a complete framework of restoration.

And you'll leave with practical tools, assessment methods, clinical resources, implementation guides, and real-world strategies you can begin using immediately—not just another notebook full of information.

The Postpartum Restoration Method™  gives you a framework that helps everything you learn finally fit together.

This Changes More Than Postpartum Nutrition.

It's a complete system for understanding, assessing, and supporting postpartum recovery within a wide range of professions and scopes. 

 

 

This Changes More Than Postpartum Nutrition.

It's a complete system for understanding, assessing, and supporting postpartum recovery within a wide range of professions and scopes. 

This Certification Was Built for the Providers Who Know Something Is Missing.

You don't need to be a nutritionist to become a Certified Postpartum Nutrition Specialist®. You simply need to care for women after birth, and want a deeper understanding of what their bodies are actually going through.

 

This Training Was Designed For:

Whether You...

  • Have supported postpartum women for twenty years...
  • Just graduated and feel like your education skipped postpartum...
  • Only see women in the years postpartum occasionally...
  • Or have been searching for a framework that finally connects the dots...

This certification was built to give your the physiological understanding, assessments tools, and clinical framework most providers were never taught.

If you're ready to become the provider women remember because you finally understood what no one else could explain...

 

Your Clients Are Already Asking the Questions You Want to Answer 

Every day, postpartum women walk into practices like yours carrying questions their previous providers couldn't answer:

  • Why am I still exhausted months after giving birth?
  • Why does my anxiety feel worse since having my baby?
  • Why is my digestion suddenly so sensitive?
  • Why am I losing so much hair, or struggling with my thyroid?
  • Why does my body feel like it never fully came back?

They want real answers. Not "this is normal" and not another referral to someone who will tell them the same thing.

They are looking to providers like you for something different. The Postpartum Nutrition Certification gives you the framework to actually deliver it.

This Is What Changes When You Understand Postpartum Differently: 

Before Certification

You recognize symptoms... but don't always know where to start or how they all connect. 

  • Symptoms feel random/unrelated
  • You manage each issue in isolation
  • You're not always confident in where to begin
  • You leave appointments wondering if you did enough

During Certification

You begin seeing patterns you've never noticed before. 

  • You learn the physiology behind what's really happening
  • You understand how systems influence each other
  • You finally have a framework that makes sense
  • Your confidence grows with every client you support

After Certification

You stop wondering where to begin and support your clients at a deep level of healing. 

  • You know how to assess with clarity
  • You know how to prioritize what matters most
  • You know how to build individualized care plans
  • You become the provider women refer to and trust

Here's What Graduates Say: 

"This certification has completely changed the way I view postpartum care. As a midwife and a mother, I realized there is a huge gap in postpartum nutrition, and this program gave me the knowledge and confidence to help fill that gap. I now understand not only what to recommend, but the physiology behind it, which has transformed the way I support mothers. I truly believe every healthcare professional working with postpartum women would benefit from this training."

- Angeliki Kitsaki, Midwife

 
"This is my favorite postpartum certification (and I've taken 4). As a nutrition major, I am saddened that my classes do not even go as in-depth as this certification did for postpartum."

- Simone Nicole Watkins, Nutrition and Dietetics Student


"I loved the whole content. It's packed with up-to-date information. Very practical and relatable! Also, Maranda is very clear and easy to understand (as English is not my first language). I recommend this training to anyone working with mothers in the childbearing years and beyond."

- Kim Dewey, Postpartum Doula


"This has been a major tool in understanding focus of everything starts with gut health. I am able to formulate and prepare specific needs to each individual. I have way more confidence in educating and executing action plans with my clients. I recommend this course to everyone! The more knowledgeable we are as professionals the more we can serve and assist others."

- Selina Douglas-Ali, Student midwife, Full Spectrum Doula

 

"This is honestly the most impactful training I have ever done. And I did a full functional medicine certificate training which was good, but left me wondering how to use the information. But the PNC training is amazing. I don't think I'd ever find a better training. Also you could honestly charge much more. "

- Natalie Marchione, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

 
"It changed my whole career. I am so happy that I went through this certification and I can focus on what I am passionate and good at!" 

- Daniela Prado, Nutrition Coach

 

"The Postpartum Nutrition Certification goes far beyond simply recommending healthy foods or supplements. It teaches practitioners about the unique physiological, hormonal, metabolic and nutritional demands that occur after birth. One of the most valuable pieces of the training was learning the assessment tool framework that allows us to identify potential gaps and areas of concern following patterns. It's completely shifted how I support my clients as a postpartum doula and perinatal nutritionist. I couldn't recommend this training enough if you're supporting any family during postpartum!" 

- Alyssa R. Cowdrey, Perinatal Nutritionist, Certified Postpartum Doula, Yoga Instructor

 

"I have an educational background in herbal medicine and holistic nutrition modalities of over 18 years. Never once has anyone taught us specifically about this sacred time in a woman's life and how to support them properly, until now."

- Melissa Martin, Holistic Nutritionist

 

 

 

Inside The Postpartum Nutrition Certification,
You'll Receive:

The Complete Training Manual & Video Library

A full comprehensive, research-based education in postpartum physiology and nutrition.

The Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment

A structured approach to identify patterns, understand root causes, and guide your clinical reasoning.

Implementation Guides

Step-by-step guidance to help you integrate what you learn into real-world practice with confidence, within a wide variety of scopes.

Nutrition Handouts and Client Resources

Downloadable, ready-to-use materials, books, and more to support your clients and save you valuable time. 

Clinical Worksheets & Decision Tools

Practical tools to help you assess, plan, communicate, and track progress effectively, including building a Support Plan.

Lifetime Access & Updates

Lifetime access to all materials and future updates as the science and protocols continue to evolve. You'll always be in the loop.

 

Your 12-Module

Learning Journey

A step-by-step path from foundational nutrition to confident implementation. 

24 Accredited CE Hours

Private Community

Live Q+A Support

Immediate Application

You're ready to change the way you support postpartum mothers.

Become a Certified Postpartum Nutrition Specialist®

 

Enrollment Details

Next Cohort Opens for Enrollment on September 15th, 2026 and Begins Oct. 1st, 2026.
Self-paced within cohort. 

Everything You Need for Confident Impact

Your Enrollment Includes:

  • 12 Comprehensive Modules & Bonus Material
  • Training Manual
  • Postpartum Restoration Method™ Assessment Guide
  • Implementation Guides (for assessment, protocols, and integration)
  • Client Resources and Worksheets
  • Private Student Community
  • Live Cohort Q+A Calls & Support
  • Lifetime Access
  • 24 CE Hours Accredited 
  • Certification and credentials of Certified Postpartum Nutrition Specialist, CPPNS®

 

CHOOSE YOUR ENROLLMENT OPTION

ONE PAYMENT

$2,497

Best Value

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5 MONTHLY PAYMENTS

$497 

/month

Become a Certified Postpartum Nutrition Specialist®

Education changes knowledge.

Implementation changes practice.

Transformation changes lives.

 

This certification was built to create all three.

"Maranda's style is accessible and engaging, and I loved the way that she backed up her knowledge with solid research.
The icing on the cake was receiving a copy of her fantastic 'Postpartum Nutrition Plan' which I will use regularly to support my clients in their homes so that they feel truly nourished and nurtured. Thanks again, Maranda, I feel so grateful for your wisdom and expertise."
- JOJO HOGAN, Maternal Postpartum Care Specialist

"Maranda has a knowledge about postpartum nutrition that is unsurpassed. As an herbalist I know that food and herbs are medicine and are vital in healing but after I became a doula...
I realized there was so little information on food in postpartum. What Maranda is teaching is vital knowledge for any doula or professional dealing with postpartum women. The Postpartum Nutrition Plan should be standard "going home" material with every woman who leaves a hospital with a baby (just like formula samples and blankets). This was an investment that will benefit my clients for years to come."
- STEFANIE FARIO, Herbalist, Certified Birth & Certified Postpartum Doula

"Maranda Bower is an absolute delight! Her vast knowledge, along with dedication to science and research makes this course invaluable for anyone serving clients in the postpartum period.
She manages to synthesize a huge amount of complex information into easy to understand bites. I am so grateful to have found this course and highly recommend it to anyone wishing to deepen their insights into postpartum healing."
- LISA NOBIS, Certifying Birth Doula

Featured at Universities, Conferences, and Publications around the world, including:

Join A Global Community of Postpartum Professionals

 

Students in 55+ Countries

Hundreds of Providers Trained

4.7 Average Rating from Graduates

RNs, RDs, IBCLCs, NPs, MDs, Midwives, Doulas, Therapists, & More

Frequently Asked Questions

You're Ready to Make a Lasting Difference. 

Become a Certified Postpartum Nutrition Specialist, CPPNS®

Next Enrollment Opens: September 15th, 2026

Program Begins: October 1st, 2026

This certification is non-refundable. Gifting or selling your seat is welcome and requires notification to Postpartum University®

Meet Maranda Bower + Postpartum University®

Maranda Bower is a biological scientist, researcher, and founder of Postpartum University®—a global company revolutionizing postpartum care and wellness through functional nutrition and integrative health education.

As a bestselling author and maternal health expert, Maranda has spent over a decade immersed in the science of postpartum physiology, specializing in perinatal mental health and nutrition. Her proprietary postpartum recovery framework has supported thousands of women and now serves as the foundation for the only accredited functional Postpartum Nutrition Certification program for professionals.

Through this work, she trains providers worldwide to deliver evidence-based, holistic care that bridges the gaps left by conventional medical models. She lives with her husband and four children on their homestead in Alaska.