Birth Doula Training with Intro to Childbirth March 2018

Challenge yourself to learn more about birth by exploring what it takes to become a certified birth doula helping women and their families through birth. A birth doula is a well-trained person who assists families during the birth of their baby. This workshop prepares a person to work as a doula in hospitals, birth centers, and home births. Topics covered include:

• Doula Business Basics
• Finding Clients
• Labor Positioning
• Non-Pharmacological Pain Relief and Comfort Measures (including methods like birth balls, rebozos, etc.)
• Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Family
• Epidural Anesthesia and the Doula Role in Supporting Families
• Cesarean Birth and the Doula's Role
• How to Become a Certified Doula
• Assisting with Information Gathering
• and much, much more!

This is a birth doula workshop approved by DONA International as one step in the process of becoming a certified birth doula.