Birth Doula & Breastfeeding Workshops
Are you ready to become a DONA International birth doula? Our professional, unique and unparalleled teaching style ensures you will have the tools and resources necessary to start on your journey as a birth professional.
Choose to attend your DONA International Birth Doula Workshop and Breastfeeding Workshop for Professionals with Birthing Gently. We have trained over 7000 birth doulas nationwide.
Our Birth Doula Workshop Instructor Tara Campbell,CD(DONA),BDT,LCCE offers an engaging and unique teaching style, allowing students the opportunity to learn in a supportive classroom environment. Our Breastfeeding Workshops are taught by our experienced and knowledgable Mary Rastauskas, RN, IBCLC.
Birth doula workshops are offered throughout the year across the country. Our three-day workshop includes the "Introduction to Childbirth Education for New Doulas".
Registration Fee $500.
Breastfeeding for Professionals is a 3-hour breastfeeding workshop that covers the basics of breastfeeding and is offered to birth and postpartum related professionals. This workshop fulfills DONA International breastfeeding education requirement for both birth and postpartum doulas. The classroom style option provides an interactive hands-on learning environment. You can register for this class independent from the scheduled birth doula workshop, or in conjunction with the scheduled workshop.
Class runs prior to the start of the Birth Doula Workshop on Fridays from 4-7pm in 2021.
Registration Fee $150.
*Not offered at all locations*
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2021 Dates
COVID-19 Update-All 2021 Birth Doula
Workshops and Breastfeeding workshops will take place virtually. We recognize each students individual learning style, and will offer students who complete the virtual Birth Doula Workshop a seat at any future in-person Birth Doula Workshop we have scheduled (no charge).
VIRTUAL (COVID-19)
1/15/21-1/17/21 Hartford CT
1/15 - Hartford CT Breastfeeding 4-7pm
VIRTUAL (COVID-19)
2/6/21-2/7/21 Bridgton, ME
Call Birthwise Midwifery to register
207-647-5968
VIRTUAL (COVID-19)
2/19/21-2/21/21 Boston MA
2/19 - Breastfeeding 4-7pm
VIRTUAL (COVID-19)
3/12/21-3/14/21 Springfield, VT
3/12 - Breastfeeding 4-7pm
VIRTUAL (COVID-19)
3/26/21-3/28/21 Charlotte, NC
3/26 - Breastfeeding 4-7pm
VIRTUAL (COVID-19)
4/23-4/25 Philadelphia PA
4/23 - Breastfeeding 4-7pm
2021 Doula Workshops
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Breastfeeding for Professionals
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BUSINESS DOCUMENTS FOR BIRTH PROFESSIONALS
*This is not the certification packet.
$75.00
REPLACEMENT BIRTH DOULA WORKSHOP CERTIFICATE
$25.00
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EARN FREE TUITION WITH WORKSHOP SPONSORSHIP:
Option One Requirements:
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Receive your tuition free with the registration of 8 other participants for a private workshop
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Promote the workshop locally within your community
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Select dates to accommodate your schedule (weekday or weekend)
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Provide workshop space
Option Two Requirements:
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Join an already scheduled Birthing Gently Birth Doula Workshop
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Invite 2 other participants to register with you (friends, family, coworkers) and receive your tuition free!
Workshop Advertising Flyer (click here)
Resources For Doulas
Evidence Based Birth – evidencebasedbirth.com
MGH Center for Womens Mental Health www.womensmentalhealth.org
MGH Postpartum Psychosis Project www.mghp3.org
MGHPDS (MGH Perinatal Depression Scale APP)
Alliance For Innovation On Maternal Health Program www.safehealthcareforeverywoman.org
American Academy of Pediatrics – www.aap.org
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – www.acog.org
American College of Nurse-Midwives – www.midwife.org
American Society of Anesthesiologists – www.asahq.org
Cochrane Reviews – www.chochranelibrary.com
"How to Search Cochrane Review"
American Psychological Association – www.apa.org
Mother's Milk Bank Northeast www.milkbankne.org
Pregnancy Loss - www.stillbirthday.com
Military Families - www.operationspecialdelivery.com
Car Seat Laws and Guidelines – www.safercar.gov
Mother’s Advocate – Materials for a better birth – www.mothersadvocate.org
Webster Tech. Chiropractor Locator www.icpa4kids.org
Birth Monopoly www.birthmonopoly.com
Calm Birth Meditation www.calmbirth.org
The Milk Meg www.themilkmeg.com
Spinning Babies www.spinningbabies.com
The White Ribbon Alliance www.whiteribbonalliance.org
Commonsense Childbirth www.commonsensechildbirth.org
The Institute For International Medicine www.inmed.us
The White Ribbon Alliance www.whiteribbonalliance.org
Commonsense Childbirth www.commonsensechildbirth.org
Mercy In Action www.mercyinaction.com