I participate and present at advanced doula trainings, international birth and childbirth education conferences, and local birth groups so that I can continue to remain up to date on current birth practices and evidence - based research that will support my doula and
childbirth education clients.
Not exact matches
She also offers Birthing from Within
childbirth education classes for
clients and other families planning a natural
childbirth in or out of the hospital.
While our services are available to those who qualify as
clients for no out - of - pocket cost, anyone is welcome to take advantage of our services — including prenatal yoga,
childbirth and breastfeeding
education, wellness practitioners and more.
It wasn't until I participated in an online webinar through GOLD Learning's Online Symposium on
Childbirth Education with Penny Simkin, entitled, «The Tipping Point (s) in
Childbirth Education & the Consequences of Ignorance,» that I really understood how these changes were affecting my practice as a birth worker and impacting the experiences of the
clients I served.
Because of this, matching preference will be given to
clients who have committed to attending at least two (prenatal yoga,
childbirth education or breastfeeding) classes through Everyday Miracles, in addition to meeting with their doula.
If they can't hear it from me, or they can't hear it from the
childbirth education teacher, we're going to keep saying this message until we find a way that really resonates with the
client.
As a 5 year veteran of promoting the importance of having professional support in
childbirth, I focused so much on
childbirth education for my
clients, building confidence in their babies and their bodies, and formulating strategies for decision - making, that I rarely looked beyond their delivery.
Over the past years, we've written our own birth plans for our own birth experiences, helped women write theirs in our
childbirth education classes, and guided our doula
clients in crafting their birth plans.
Melissa also partners with area
childbirth educators, midwives, and doulas (etc.), to provide prenatal breastfeeding
education for their
clients.
Training includes: participation in a DONA approved doula workshop; supplementary text reading from our reading list, training in breastfeeding and basic
childbirth education, hands - on support with
clients, networking to develop a resource list for your community, business webinar training, an essay to share what you've learned, and written references.
However, since it does work; is a complementary practice to
childbirth education; lowers rates of medical intervention; reduces the length of labor; and reduces the likely hood of prematurity, shouldn't we consider referring our
clients to a prenatal yoga class?
Birth or labor doula training and certification can entail over 16 hours of in - person classes, a
childbirth education course, a short breastfeeding
education course, reading, an essay, a self - evaluation, and three experiences supporting a
client through labor.