Heather
worked as a birth doula in the hospital for many years before experiencing her own home birth that opened her eyes to what a truly gentle and empowered birth could be.
In the six years that I've
worked as a Birth Doula, 99 % of the births I attended, before working with the team at Believe, were in hospitals on Long Island -LSB-...]
It is designed for trained, working birth doulas and focuses on helping newer doulas grow their birth doula skills, increase their efficiency, avoid burnout, expand their business, and learn to balance
their work as a birth doula with the rest of their life.
I also
worked as a birth doula and taught doula training classes.
I taught Elementary for 12 years and currently
work as birth doula (since 2006) and as childbirth educator (since 2011).
There are no legal requirements to
work as a birth doula.
Perhaps you've completed other birth doula training programs or been
working as a birth doula for a long time.
She works as a birth doula and her prenatal classes are a great place to learn, relax, and to prepare for labor and birth.
She has also
worked as a birth doula, inquiry - based learning specialist, and movement educator.
Not exact matches
When I
work with families to help them prepare for their labor and
birth as a childbirth educator, or when I walk their labor path with them
as a
birth doula, my purpose is to help them achieve those very goals.
I am a toLabor trained
birth doula and birth activist, and as an Evidence Based Birth Instructor I am able to offer trainings to obstetricians, midwives, nurses, and other doulas in the community in addition to working with expecting fami
birth doula and
birth activist, and as an Evidence Based Birth Instructor I am able to offer trainings to obstetricians, midwives, nurses, and other doulas in the community in addition to working with expecting fami
birth activist, and
as an Evidence Based
Birth Instructor I am able to offer trainings to obstetricians, midwives, nurses, and other doulas in the community in addition to working with expecting fami
Birth Instructor I am able to offer trainings to obstetricians, midwives, nurses, and other
doulas in the community in addition to
working with expecting families.
She found that through her
work as a
birth and postpartum
doula she could positively impact a families life.
When I
worked as a
doula I came complete with a bag full of flameless candles, a CD player, «
birth» music CDs, aromatherapy, massagers and all other sorts of mood enhancing items.
Doulas and Dads
work together
as complementary parts of the Mom's
birth team.
The
doula is there
as someone who really knows
birth, who can help families navigate labor and who
works to protect the space for the birthing couple.
As a DONA - certified
doula, I
work with mom - to - be and
birth partner to help assure that inner wisdom is brought to the
birth process for the best possible outcome and
birth experience for each individual mom.
Landon also
works as a full time
birth doula at Have Heart Doula Serv
doula at Have Heart
Doula Serv
Doula Services.
A trained
birth doula and mother of six beautiful children, I am so happy to be
working with families
as part of Everyday Miracles.
She became a
doula for low - income women,
worked as a Childbirth Educator at the largest clinic for uninsured families in Austin and began organizing to address the disparities in pre-natal care and
birth outcomes both locally and regionally.
This 21 / 2 - day hands - on workshop is designed to prepare advanced level
birth doulas with the tools and skills to serve
as an assistant to a home
birth midwife at a 36 week prenatal home visit, home
birth and the strategies to
work cooperatively with the home
birth midwifery team, Experience in breastfeeding support, childbirth education and other
birth skills are important.
Since my
doula training, I have begun
work as a Labor and Employment attorney in Manhattan but take every opportunity I can to offer informational support to expecting parents and to act
as a back - up
doula and attend
births as my schedule allows.
HOPE LIEN: I
worked as a
birth and post portem
doula and a lactation counselor myself and so a few years ago when we decided to just start the adoption process I knew from doing some breastfeeding training myself that I would possible turn this lactation but I didn't really know I guess the details of that first and what I meant.
After giving
birth to her daughter, Jessica's interests grew and she
worked to earn her certifications
as a CLC (Certified Lactation Counselor), a
birth and postpartum
doula and a childbirth educator.
My
work as a
Doula has been deeply influenced by my own natural
births and breastfeeding journey.
As postpartum work has stolen this Midwestern girl's heart, Frederica comes to our team (from Iowa originally) as an experienced birth and postpartum doula trained with DONA and CAPP
As postpartum
work has stolen this Midwestern girl's heart, Frederica comes to our team (from Iowa originally)
as an experienced birth and postpartum doula trained with DONA and CAPP
as an experienced
birth and postpartum
doula trained with DONA and CAPPA.
Some labor
doulas might offer this
as a service
as well, however many labor
doulas need to rest and recuperate after the hard
work of
birth support, so check in with your
doula about utilizing her backup
doula, or another postpartum
doula she knows.
Well this applies to all who do
Doula /
Birth work as well!
Doulas and Dads
work as complementary parts of the Mom's
birth team.
around midnight i began to question my decision to have a home
birth, & maria was getting tired... she called in a second midwife for support & my
doula arrived from another
birth... i was afraid of the power - i hadn't felt it like this in kayenn's
birth... i was afraid that i would come apart - even though i had to - i know now that coming apart is a part of the process... someplace in the middle of this
birth i realized that i did not know how to do this - i was acting against the
birth process - literally & emotionally... i had a mental idea of what it should look, sound, smell, be like... after some hours maria checked me again, i had been at 9 cm for 4 hours... she said to me, «some babies can come through at 9 cm, but yours will not, sokhna... sokhna, you are going to have to fight to bring this baby out... go into the bathroom, get in the shower &
work it out... «so i did... i went in the cold bathroom alone & remembered every cold detail of kayenn's
birth... i wondered if i could get to the hospital on time to have an emergency c - section & i began to cry... &
as i cried i had to go to the bathroom - i sat on the toilet & the rushes came down like nothing i can explain - but they didn't hurt - it was just POWER!
After
working as a childbirth educator and attending a couple hundred
births (
as a
doula — labor assistant) in
birth centers, homes and hospitals, I've come to believe that the overwhelming majority of women intuitively gravitate to which location, type of support and «methodology» is best for themselves and their unborn babies to achieve a safe passage through the giving
birth / delivering experience.
Many of our surrogates
work with midwives and
doulas in the hospital setting and some hospitals offer alternative birthing options such
as water
birth.
The guide provides an introduction to full spectrum
doula work — supporting people during all phases of pregnancy, including abortion, miscarriage,
birth and adoption —
as well
as a discussion of how issues like race, class, immigration, gender and more affect our
work as doulas.
Above being a loving stay - at - home mother to her beautiful daughter Lydia, Megan D'Orazio currently teaches private childbirth education classes and
works as a
birth and postpartum
doula.
I am a
work at home mom
as the Project Manager for The Leaky Boob and I am currently
working on my certification to become both a lactation counselor
as well
as a
birth doula.
This was the catalyst that drew her to Childbirth International for training
as a Childbirth Educator,
Birth Doula and Postpartum
Doula; to
work with, and in support of, women and mothers — her sisters.
HOPE LIEN: Hi, I'm Hope and I'm 32 years old and I
work as a postpartum and
birth doula and also
as a lactation counselor.
Hannah's 15 years
as a nanny and several recent years
as a
birth doula made her especially suited to
working with newborn families of all kinds, and she has a special interest in serving LGBTQ families.
As a
birth and postpartum
doula, a professional who
works with new parents and young families, what I care about is this.
Shafia's message calls us to the
work of «birthing change» — increasing personal capacity,
as health care professionals,
doulas, and
birth workers, that will ensure inclusion for better
birth outcomes, and a world where all babies see their first birthday, and where mothers live to raise them.
I can honestly say that giving
birth was the most beautiful and peaceful experience, and one which I hope to use to help the many women with whom I
work as a therapist, healer and
birth doula.
His
birth inspired her
work in Liverpool with Mums to be and she went on to train
as a
doula,
working as a
doula for 12 years.
The
doula can help with this transition to the hospital /
birth center and will
work to make it
as comfortable
as possible.
The Holistic
Doula Certificate is a 13.5 - week, 270 - hour program that prepares students to
work as Prenatal,
Birth and Postpartum
Doulas.
Birthing from Within Advanced Mentor Retreat with Virginia Bobro, 2017
Doula Trainings International
Doula Training with Jackie Davey, 2017 Creating a Culture of Breastfeeding in the NICU with BreastfeedLA, 2017 Diversity, Determinants, and Disparities in Maternal Mental Health, 2017 Hypnobirthing for
Birth Professionals with Ellie Shea, 2017 (certified 2017)
Working with Diverse Populations in Maternal and Child Health with Shafia Monroe, 2017 Changing the Paradigm: Social and Historical Trauma, 2017 Seeking Safety with Treatment Innovations, 2017 Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss with Amy Wright Glenn, 2017
Working with Childhood Trauma with Echo Parenting, 2017 Breastfeeding Full Circle with Dr. Jack Newman, 2016 Art of Sacred Postpartum and Mother Roasting with Sara Harkness, 2016 (certified 2017)
Birth Story Medicine Part I with Pam England, 2016 Supporting Perinatal Mental Health
as a
Doula with Sonia Nikore, 2016 Prenatal and Postpartum Nutrition with Elizabeth Kotek, 2016 Sacred Blood Mysteries Online Class with Sacred Living, 2016 Birthing from Within Introductory Workshop with Virginia Bobro, 2016 Supporting Breastfeeding
as a
Doula with Kate Zachary, 2016 Homebirth Caesarean Workshop with Courtney Jarecki, 2016 Return to Zero Training for Supporting Fetal and Infant Loss with Kiley Hanish and Ivy Margulies, 2016 Acupressure for Pregnancy, Labor,
Birth and Postpartum with Abigail Morgan, 2016 Becoming Dad Workshop with Darren Mattock, 2015 Diversity Roundtable for
Birth Workers with Debra Langford, 2015 Babywearing for
Doulas with Laura Brown, 2015 Co-leader, BabywearingLA, 2014 - 2016 DASC Director of Hospitality, 2014 - 2015 Co-leader, Silver Lake meeting of the International Caesarean Awareness Network, 2013 CAPPA Lactation Educator Training with Christy Jo Hendricks, 2013 (certified 2015, recertified 2018) Acupressure for Labor and
Birth with Abigail Morgan, 2013 Essential Oils for
Doulas with BluJay Hawk, 2013 Babywearing for Birthworkers with Laura Brown, 2013 Rebozo Techniques with Angela Leon, 2013 Massage Techniques for
Doulas with Jenna Denning, 2013 Breeches, Twins and VBACs with Stuart Fischbein, 2013 DASC co-Director of Development, 2012 - 2013 Co-founded Two
Doulas Birth, 2012 Spinning Babies Training with Gail Tully, 2012 Featured
as the
Doula Expert in LA Parent Magazine, 2012 Advanced
Doula Training with Penny Simkin, 2012 CAPPA Postpartum
Doula Training with Darla Burns, 2012 (certified 2014, recertified 2017) Yoga Instructor, Yogavidala, Los Angeles, CA, 2011 - 2012 Billings Ovulation Method Teacher Training, 2011 CAPPA Labor
Doula Training with Angie Whatley, 2010 (certified 2011, recertified 2014, recertified 2017) CAPPA Childbirth Educator Training with Angie Whatley, 2010 (certified 2011, recertified 2014, recertified 2017) Neonatal Resuscitation Program Workshop with Karen Strange, 2010 (certified 2010) Herbs and Homeopathics in the Care of Women and Infants, 2010 The Farm Midwifery Center Midwife Assistant Workshop with Ina May Gaskin, 2009 Birthing from Within Introductory Workshop with Pam England, 2009 Iyengar Yoga Introductory I Assessment passed, 2010 Yoga Instructor, Eastern Sun Yoga, Memphis, TN 2008 - 2011 Yoga Instructor, Evergreen Yoga Center, Memphis, TN, 2009 - 2011 Eastern Sun Yoga Iyengar Teacher Training with Lou Hoyt, 2008 - 2011 Audubon Yoga Iyengar Teacher Training with Karin O'Bannon, 2010 - 2011
As a
Doula, I
work hard with couples to create space where they are informed, confident and aware of how to create the
birth experience that they want.
Some are advocates of reproductive justice while others are considering
birth work as a midwife or obstetrician and see
doula training
as a way to dip their toes into the water before making the leap into further education.
Soon afterward, I began volunteering at my midwife's office, attending
births as a
doula, and
working to become a midwife myself.
She was
working as a midwife assistant in home
births, while still running her practice and supporting
doula clients in hospitals.
Parents of two children, they bring their personal experience of childbirth,
as well
as countless
births Juliette has
worked at
as a D.O.N.A. certified
doula to this workshop, developing a variety of touch support techniques, breathing and physical postures to help ease the laboring mom and empower the partner through labor.
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As a
birth doula I often write up stories for the couples I
work with.