Becoming a Birth Doula

Q: How do doulas find clients?

Birth Doulas can find clients through their work with childbirth educators, at birth centres, midwife groups, maternity community groups and mom-to-be groups. Others may find them through referrals.

Q: What will I learn in a course on how to become a birth doula?

In the Becoming a Birth Doula course, you will learn the anatomy of females' sexual and reproductive parts and explore infertility, how to fall pregnant, how babies grow and the progressive changes that occur in a body during pregnancy. The course also examines the postpartum period and outlines how a mother recuperates after labour, how newborn babies are screened and more.

Q: How long does it take to complete a course on how to become a birth doula?

Alison’s Becoming A Birth Doula course is CPD accredited and contains 1.5-3 hours of learning to complete.

Q: What is the best course for becoming a birth doula?

Alison’s free Becoming a Birth Doula course lays out the role of a birth doula during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. The training aims to build both your medical and communication skills. It also explains the roles and responsibilities of a birth doula and why an expectant mum might need them.

This free online course explains how a professional birth doula assists their clients before, during and after labour.

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In this free course, you will learn how to:

Describe the roles of a birth doula
Identify the sexual and reproductive parts of the female anatomy
Explain how a woman/person becomes pregnant and how babies grow
Discuss the common symptoms of pregnancy and how to manage them
Define ‘body mass index’ (BMI)
Explain how to care for a pregnant woman/person during labour
Indicate how to screen newborn babies for disorders and how to care for them
Outline common maternal mental health disorders
Summarise how to support grieving parents as a birth doula
List the different methods of contraception
Identify the types and styles of communication

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