Doula Training Class Schedule

• Birth Doula Training
• Postpartum Doula Training

Birth Doula Training

Sunday training. Full attendance at all three days is required.

Upcoming dates: December 4th & 20th, 2011, and January 8th 2012

Times: Three Sundays from 9am - 5pm.

Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA

Full Weekend Training

Upcoming Dates: February 3rd - 5th, 2012
Location: Media, PA

Upcoming Dates: May 4th - 6th, 2012
Location Media, PA

Times: Friday, 5-9pm, Saturday 8am-6pm, Sunday 8am-6pm

Topics covered

Topics include, but are not limited to, historical and present culture of birth, physiologic process and support of labor, emotional support in labor, midwifery and medical management of labor, comfort measures, birth videos, the role of the doula, DONA International and the certification process, doula business basics and where to find clients, birth videos, hospital birth, common interventions, epidural, cesarean birth, difficult labors, values, postpartum adjustment, postpartum mood disorders, the newborn, and breastfeeding

Postpartum Doula Training

Upcoming Dates: March 2-4th, 2012
Location: Media, PA

Upcoming Dates: May 18-20th, 2012
Location: Media, PA

Upcoming Dates: June 29-July 1st, 2012
Location: Waterford, CT

Times: Friday 8am-6pm, Saturday 8am-6pm, Sunday 8am-6pm

Topics covered:

Topics include, but are not limited to, historical and present culture of birth and support of the mother, videos, the role of the doula, DONA International and the certification process, doula business basics and where to find clients, breastfeeding, videos, common birth interventions and how they impact breastfeeding and the postpartum experience, newborn, integrating a baby into the family, values, referrals, communication skills, multiples, the doula as educator, postpartum adjustment, postpartum mood disorders, loss and grief.