Birth Doula Training

Our birth doula training offers new and experienced doulas a unique and comprehensive approach to learning to supporting families through one of the most profound events of their lives. We prepare you for the beauty and the very real challenges of being with birth. From how to navigate the  medical system, to how to work together, to how to actually run a business; our training is built on more than just passion.

You will feel capable and supported when you leave our training, knowing that you have tangible skills you can begin using right away, and knowing that you have ongoing mentorship and community as a doula who has taken a training with us.

Our doula training goes beyond the mainstream. Yes, you will learn the basics, but you’ll also receive insight into the embodiment method of doula work. Embodiment doula work extends beyond hip squeezes, fear/pain/tension cycles, “cascades of intervention,” and visualizations (you'll learn all that too!). You will learn how to connect to birth, and in turn help your clients connect to their birth, from an embodied perspective.

Together we will traverse the often-ignored inner landscape of birth, the sexuality of birth, the human animality of birth, and the profound changes in identity that pregnant families experience as they pass through proverbial threshold. You’ll learn how to meet clients where they are on this journey, and be able to artfully support their growth and change.

Details about the upcoming workshop:

• Training cost is $750. It can be paid in one lump sum or in 3 payments. 
• This workshop will be 2 days: JULY 23rd and JULY 24th of 2023
• Class will start promptly at 11am and end at 7pm 
• A central location will be chosen for training based on where all participants will be coming from, but at this time is tentativley set for Middletown, CT

You will leave learning the follwing informatin and skills:

Anthropological/Historical Background of Doula Work

Cultural/Social Competency

Who Am I As A Person/Doula? 

     Tackling your own privilege and bias effect your

Doula Work (Broadly)

• Communication Skills
• Advocacy/Activism
• Birth Plans 
• Prenatal Meetings
• Evidence Based Care/Info vs Traditional/Ancestral/Intuitive/Embodied Knowledge
• This Work is Hard—the Real Real
• Trauma Informed Care

Doula Advocacy

Pregnancy

Pregnant Anatomy & Physiology

Prenatal Testing

Perinatal Mood Disorders

Labor

• Signs of Labor
• When to Go to Birthing Space/Call Provider/Hospital Check In  
• When To Support Client if Labor Has Begun 
• Timing Contractions

Birth

• Phases and Stages of Labor
• Physiology of Labor and Birth
• The Passage
• The Passenger/Participant 
• The Powers
• The Psyche
• Phases and Stages & Physiology
• Labor Progress Assessment

Involving the Partner/Protective Partner Role

Comfort Measures & Coping

The Sexuality of Birth

The Baby’s Journey in Birth

Pushing

Labor Complications

Cesarean Birth

AND EVEN MORE!

There is some work that you can get started on prior to class if you wish! You will be sent a packet within two weeks of registering for the training.