Birth Doula Training Program

At the end of this program, your view of birth, women, birth practices, and where the power resides will be transformed! You will be ready to attend births.

A birth doula provides physical, emotional and informational support to the mother and partner during pregnancy, birth and early post-partum.

Begin or expand your birth business with this Birth Ways International Birth Doula Training. 

Current hospital policies will be discussed, along with the ways doulas can be effective in any setting, either in-person or from a distance.

This program is a combination of self-paced learning modules and an interactive weekend workshop. It prepares you to become a birth doula and help birthing women & people through labour, whether you want to support a friend or make a career choice. You’ll leave with educational resources and instructions for hands-on practice.

You will learn:

  • Practicing with integrity
  • Role and responsibilities of a doula, scope of practice
  • Key doula standards and professional ethics
  • Working effectively with medical care providers and others that attend the birth
  • Labour support tools, practical skills, comfort measures / coping methods
  • Common interventions and informed decision-making
  • Caesarean births and VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean)
  • Alternative / complimentary support methods
  • Self-awareness, including your motivation for doula work, your ideal client, your boundaries
  • Basic anatomy and physiology specific to labour and birth
  • Prenatal and postpartum client visits
  • Working with diverse clients/families/populations
  • Sensitivity and tools for working with client diversity
  • Coping & support of unexpected events
  • Basic breastfeeding initiation
  • Effective communication – listening skills, impact of language
  • Honouring individual birth process - memory of birth, narrative
  • Start-up and sustaining your practise (birth work business)

Our workshops include people from all walks of life. Some participants have been to births before but most haven’t.  Some are parents and others are not.  We train young folks, wise elders, and everything in between – it’s never too early or too late to embark upon this path. Rural and urban people attend.  Some participants have no background knowledge or experience while others are healthcare professionals.

The live-streamed workshop component is a required part of the program. You chose the dates that work for you!

Next Birth Doula Live-Streamed Workshop DatesMondays, 7:30pm, from Oct 21 - Nov 25, 2024.  
All sessions are recorded in case someone has to miss any.  Links and details are provided in the first module for registered participants.    

The self-paced modules can be done at any time. The monthly Learning Circles are available for live (online) connection with instructors and other doulas, no matter where you're at in your training process. We have people who are totally new to the program and 10 year alumni in those sessions.  

If you wish to deepen your knowledge and pursue birth doula certification through Birth Ways International, this course is the first step.  Certification is not a requirement to practise as a doula but is a valuable process.

* There are no hidden fees such as membership, mandatory conferences, admin fees, redoing of classes etc.  You can start taking clients as soon as you've completed this birth doula training program (the self-directed portion and the live-streamed workshop).  

Fees for the Birth Doula Training Program with live-streamed group workshop: $525.

Click the PayPal button to pay with your credit card or a PayPal account.  (You don't need a PayPal account if you pay by credit card.) You will gain immediate access to the course.


29 Modules

CONTACTING US!

Our site has crashed and therefore, our BWI biz e-mail is down too.  Please contact your instructor directly.

Angie(at)AngieEvans.ca

START HERE for Birth Doula Training (admin, money, Zoom sessions)

How this on-boarding system works.

Please do your very best to do the first 6 modules plus the Orientation meeting (attend the Zoom meeting or watch the replay) before you attend the Zoom group workshop. 

Sec 1: Consent & Clients (Not) Speaking Up

THIS is why people need doulas!! Doulas must understand how being in labour leaves people vulnerable and unable to advocate for themselves, especially when giving birth in the modern medical model of care. 

Sec 2: Pregnancy & Birth Info

While we don't have to be experts in the anatomy and physiology of pregnancy, there are some common terms that should be understood. This module covers the basics and the stages of labour.

Sec 3: Prenatal Care

Most of the Prenatal Care information is covered in the group training.

Sec 4: Labour & Birth Support

Supporting labouring clients is our main Birth Doula skill.  Learn how to support clients in all stages of labour and birth.

These lessons are covered in the group program meetings. By now you should have reviewed the module about the stages of labour in Section 2: Pregnancy & Birth Info, so you are familiar with terms and what to expect.  

Sec 5: Learn About Interventions

This module covers interventions that are commonly used in labour and birth in the North American medical model.

Click on the lessons to view the videos and see a  list of topics covered.

For each intervention, you'll learn:

  • What it is 
  • Why / when it's used
  • Benefits
  • Risks
  • Considerations / possible alternatives

If you have questions then please e-mail me angie@AngieEvans.ca 

Sec 7: Breastfeeding Information & Resources

Doulas should know the basics of breastfeeding. You do not need to solve problems or do the work of a lactation consultant or breastfeeding educator.  

Here's a collection of lessons and resources about breastfeeding.  

Please keep the video class (90 minutes) private for your own use. 

Sec 9: Doula's Birth Bag

Here are some ideas of things to put in your Doula Birth Bag.

(Optional) Additional Prep for the Workshop

Optional resources to deepen your knowledge before the workshop. 

(AFTER) Resources & Links from Birth Doula Workshop

These documents are for your reference after you do your Birth Doula Training.

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CANCELLATION POLICY: This is a non-refundable program. You have two years to complete this Birth Doula Training, but many people do so much faster. 

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  • Please keep this class and links private, just for your own use. Even if you have friends that can't afford to take this course right now, but would really like to - have them get in touch with us privately and we'll make it work for them.  We appreciate your understanding. 
  • We welcome e-mailed questions about the course material & logistics, and generally answer within 24 hours. One of the great perks of doing our classes is that you have access to a real person who will answer your questions.

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