Workshop Specifics

Lesson 1: Know your Why (have a journal and writing utensil available)
Lesson 2: Know how you’re Wired
Lesson 3: Know your Narratives
Lesson 4: Know your Vision
Lesson 5: Know your Team
Lesson 6: The Nitty Gritty of Doula Work
Lesson 7: Understanding Pregnancy
Lesson 8: Fitness, Stretches, Spinning Babies, Gilligan’s Guide Daily Exercises
Lesson 9: Nutrition for Pregnancy
Lesson 10: Emotional Health
Lesson 11: Medical Complications, Testing, Interventions, Awareness
Lesson 12: Understanding the Labor Process
Lesson 13: Birth Options and Birth Planning (Pause for a break at 10:30am)
Lesson 14: Monitor Strip Basics
Lesson 15: Labor Day
Lesson 16: Doula Skills at each phase and stage
Lesson 17: Provider Communication
Lesson 18: Postpartum Recovery
Lesson 19: Implicit Bias
Lesson 20: The Doula Process
Lesson 21: Preparing to be On Call
Lesson 21: Doula Business
 
Course also includes introduction to mindfulness, cultural competence, and practical skill check off. Time is allowed for roll playing for interviews, prenatals, and birth/postpartum support.