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Want to Become a Holistic Doula ?
Initiating Keepers of Holistic Birth and Pregnancy!
Welcome to...
the Advanced Holistic Doula Training!
This advanced holistic doula training course is designed for those who have a keen interest in the empowerment of women through birth as a rite of passage. Together we will dive deeply into the heart and mysteries of Natural Childbirth, Doula care, Motherhood and Women’s empowerment. This course includes and greatly expands upon typical birth Doula Training.
We offer prenatal, birth and postnatal training together as we feel that women need nurturing care in the postpartum, as much as, if not more than during pregnancy and birth. We initiate our holistic Doulas in the continuum of childbirth.
Day 1 Pre-Training (attendance optional for Doulas who have certified with other organizations)
The Role of the Doula
Required Reading Before The Training:
The Birth Partner: A complete Guide to childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and all other labor companions by Penny Simpkin
The Doula Book: How A Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have A Shorter, Easier, And Healthier Birth by by Marshall H. Klaus, John H. Kennell, Phyllis H. Klaus
Pre Training Syllabus:
- What do women really need from us?
- What is “informational” and “emotional” support?
- What is informed choice?
- Medical Terminology
- Birth Politics At Home and in the Hospital
- Pre Natal Testing
- Typical birth Interventions at home and in the hospital
- External Signs of labour
- Comfort Measures for Labour
- Packing Your Birth Bag
- Birth over 35, VBAC and caesarean births and troubleshooting difficult labours
- Newborn and apgars
- Creating Your Resource Binder
- What is the practice of a Doula really like?
- Organization, Client Forms and Record Keeping
- Doula Self Care
And now for your Initiation into Woman's Mysteries........
Books we require you to read- Begin at anytime~ (you will be required to write a 200-400 word essay about your personal reflections on each of these wonderful birth books!):
Sacred Birthing by Sunni Karll
Calm Birth by Robert Newman
Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering by Dr. Sarah Buckley
Birth and Breastfeeding by Dr. Michel Odent
Primal Health by Dr. Michel Odent
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina Mae Gaskin
Spiritual Midwifery by Ina Mae Gaskin
Active Childbirth by Janet Balaskas
Rediscovering Birth by Sheila Kitzinger
The Politics of Birth by Sheila Kitzinger
plus a Book of your Choosing!
Books we ask that you own for Reference Material:
- Empowering Women: Teaching Active Birth in the 90s by Andrea Robertson
- Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship: Theory for Practice, Education and Research by Kathleen Fahy BN MEd PhD RM RN, Maralyn Foureur BA GradDip PhD RN RM, and Carolyn Hastie RM RN DipTeach GradDipPHC IBCLC Masters Philosophy Student
- The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger
- Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn: The Complete Guide by Penny Simpkin
- Books by Jill Aviva Romm:
The Natural Pregnancy Book
Natural Health After Birth
Certification Process:
Step One
- Register with your deposit ($100)
- Do your Pre-Reading
Step Two
- Attend our Doula Training Workshops
- Complete & Show us Your Client Resource Binder before the last Class!
Step Three
- Complete and submit your Book Essays (200-400 words)
- Register online for www.onlinechildbirthclasses.org to enhance your learning and to stay connected with us after our in-class portion is complete!
- Submit 1 Essay on the Topic of Your Choice: (800-1200 words)
-Why You want to Be a Doula
-The Politics of Birth
-Sacred Birthing- What it Means to You
-Your Vision of a Better Birthing Society
-The Importance of Honoring Birth as a Sexual Experience
-Birth and Abuse
-The Birth Wound
-Your Definition of Nurturing
..... or an approved topic of your choice.
Step Three
- Must attend 3 births (preferably one home and one hospital). Write about your story and experience: tell us what you learned, what you witnessed, what you would do differently, what you would do again, how think the parents felt, and your observations regarding the kind of care the family received.
- Submit 3 Client Feedback Forms.
- Create a referral list of Holistic Practitioners and other local resources that support natural and holistic birthing and parenting so you can offer this list to your clients.
- Attend a Breastfeeding Conference or a La Leche League Meeting
- Attend a Childbirth Class of your Choice (recognized or independant)
- Create a Blog or Website to promote your Holistic Doula services!
Step Four
Recieve your certificate (with 80+ hrs of classroom time ) as an Advanced Holistic Doula!
Cost of program: $799
(May be paid in monthly installments over a four-eight month time period)
*Certification will be granted will full payment and full attendance.
About the Instuctors:
This course runs for 4 weekends beginning:
Next Course Begins March 2010 email for more information & to register.
Pre Training: Friday March 26th
Advanced Holistic Doula Training Dates and Times:
March 27 & 28th
April 17 & 18
May 8 & 9
Ending May 29th & 30th
10am-5pm (Bring a lunch! In order to maximize our time together, we will be watching Birth Videos during the lunch hour.)
"Our first goal should be to help women make the best use of their own physiological potential. We have to openly recognize the real needs of a labouring woman. She needs intimacy; any interference of her privacy inhibits labour. But on the other hand she must not feel alone. An experienced and caring woman is often the only person who can satisfy all these apparently disparate needs. An authentic midwife is a mother helping other mothers give birth.
Dr. Michel Odent
initiate
verb
1 START to make something begin
2 JOIN to make someone a member of a group or organization in a special ceremony, or to show someone how to do an activity
(Cambridge Learner's Dictionary)
We would LOVE the pleasure of initiating, honouring and witnessing your journey!
Let us NURTURE and "hold the space" for your new path as a Holistic Doula Initiate!
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"A Doula- Nurturing Holistic Pregnancy and Birth"
