Blossom/ BABI Doula Training |
| Instructor: |
Anna Hurty |
| Schedule: |
Friday Evening, 6:00- 10:00
Saturday & Sunday, 9:00- 6:00 |
| Dates: |
Labor Day Weekend:
September 3- 5 |
| Price: |
$625
$575 if paid in full by August 1
Blossom OR BABI Members, take an additional $50 off
Members of both organizations, take an additional $75 off |
| Notes: |
Should this fee or payment structure present a hardship, please contact Mora Oommen, Executive Director of Blossom Birth Services to discuss a plan that may work for all involved.
You should receive a class confirmation through YogaReg within 24 hours. If you do not receive your class confirmation within 24 hours of registering, please contact us immediately to confirm registration.
Questions regarding course content, requirements, etc. should be addressed to Anna Hurty at anny@hurty.com. Questions regarding registration or other administrative matters should be addressed to Blossom at blossom@blossombirth.org or 650-321-2326. |
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General Info
 Free Info session on Doula Training
Sunday, July 25, 2010
1:45-3pm
Blossom Birth Services,
299 S. California Ave, Suite 120,
Palo Alto, CA 94306
If possible, please RSVP at
605-321-2326 or email blossom@blossombrith.org if you plan to attend or have questions.
Nurturing teaches nurturing! Help women explore their choices and prepare their minds and bodies for the miraculous day of birth and the beginning of life as a parent. Learn how to use the tools of the trade that will allow you to provide the best support possible as you begin your practice as a doula.
Blossom Birth Services and Bay Area Birth Information (BABI) have joined together to offer a comprehensive 3-day birth doula training. Each doula will leave the training with a binder of pertinent information, lists of online resources, community contacts, a step-by-step guide to setting up your practice and much more.
Course topics include:
- Role and responsibilities of the doula
- Basic anatomy of the pregnant woman
- Detailed understanding and exploration of the stages of labor
- Physical labor support techniques, including role plays and practice using comfort
measures, optimal labor positions, massage, sound, breathing, etc.
- Support techniques regarding the various shifting emotions of labor
- Helping families choose their path when the road divides
- Encouraging partner understanding and participation
- Information regarding options for the most efficient use of medical pain management
- Massage techniques for labor
- Complications, variations, technology and your role as the doula
- Connecting to your clients during Interview, Prenatal, Postpartum home visits
- Effective communication with medical care providers - the "dance" in the room
- Breastfeeding support
- Understanding the newborn
- When the unexpected happens - birth support in times of crisis
- Setting up your practice - Getting your name out in the world, finding back-ups, doula self-care, fee structure, marketing, communication and more...
Woven throughout the training will be films, time for discussion, poems read, philosophy explored, and ideas offered and received. In the months following the training, classes for doulas will be offered (for a nominal fee) on topics such as bellycasting, placenta encapsulation, herbal remedies, henna body art, “blessingways” and other ideas you may wish to incorporate in your practice. After the training, participants will also benefit from BABI's offerings and support for Providers, including monthly "Birth Circle Meetings" and Doula Peer Review, available for free to BABI members and for a nominal fee to non-members.
Please click here for Certification Requirements. |
