Birth Doula Training

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Workshop Content Overview

  • Understanding the role of the birth doula throughout the pregnancy, birthing and postpartum period

  • Supporting partners/family members 

  • The history of birth

  • Cultural humility

  • Certification process

  • Communication skills

  • Exploring your values 

  • Emotional and psychological processes of birth

  • Common medical interventions including pain medications, cesareans, inductions, etc. 

  • Facilitation of communication

  • Informed decision making 

  • Non pharmacologic techniques

  • Supporting clients without judgement 

  • Conducting client visits

  • Boundaries within your doula role 

  • Business aspects of being a doula

  • The postpartum period

  • Infant feeding 

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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

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Jenn Fontaine offers continued mentioning and support throughout your doula journey by providing:

  • A lending library for local people. 

  • Free support/information events (zoom) for doulas

  • Certification support from start to finish with Jenn who has certified over 1500 doulas! 

  • Availability for phone calls/emails to help with questions and resources 

  • Discounts on some continuing education classes

 

About Jenn

Jenn Fontaine is an international trainer, she has been involved in birth work for over 19 years. Her love of learning and supporting families in a non judgmental way makes her stand out as a leader in her work. She specializes in trauma informed education. 

  • You will have an engaging and interactive workshop 

  • You will have the latest evidence based information

  • You will have time to practice skills 

  • You will have practical and relevant information to begin your work 

 
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What is a Birth Doula?

A doula supports a birthing person (and other family members) throughout the labour and birthing process. This includes information support, emotional support, physical support and advocacy.

They offer a continuous non judge-mental presence through this ever changing period of life. 

Doula’s make a difference:

The combined results is 26 trials that included more than 15,000 people showed that people who received continuous support or more likely to have a spontaneous vaginal births and less likely to have any pain medication, epidurals, negative feelings about childbirth, vacuum or force of assisted births, and cesarean. They are labours are shorter and their babies were less likely to have low APGAR scores at birth. There was even some evidence to show that Doula support can lower postpartum depression and birthing people. Both birthing people and their babies are Statistically more likely to have better outcomes.

There is no evidence for negative consequences to continuous labor support.

  • “Partners overwhelmingly rated the support positive” (Johansson 2015)

  • Decrease stress, fear, and anxiety (Uvanas Monerg, 2014)

  • Care for the birthing person’s emotional health can enhance her ability to have more positive birth memories (Gilland, 2010)

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/the-evidence-for-doulas/

 

FAQs

Can I take this training if I want to support a friend/family member but do not want to do doula work?

Yes, absolutely! The skills learned in this training can be useful to anyone you support and even carryover into other life situations.

Do I need any type of background to take this training?

Not at all! There are a range of people who attend the training and everyone is welcome! Know what a cervix is? Join us! Have no idea what that is? Join us! Any age! Any stage in life!