Module 1 - Doula Foundation Training
This is the foundation of your training, providing you with the solid basis on which to build your development as a Doula. The training’s focus on learning the hands on skills of supporting families before during and after childbirth as well as preparing for your own business as a working doula. In 2012 The training incorporates 20 half days.
Topics week by week
- Introduction to Training – overview of the modules, exploring What is a Doula, Why are you here? Your birth stories
- Birth Stories - Sharing your stories and experiences of Birth,
- Birth Choices – what are the options for women in Melbourne, hospital, birth centers, private and public, home birth – statistics, options and experiences of different hospitals. As well as prenatal testing
- Last few weeks of pregnancy – exploring the state of mind of women, relationship to due dates, support strategies. Last month of pregnancy is pre labour. Preparing for labour.
- Early labour, labour strategies and positions.
- Stages of labour. Support required at different stages.
- Birth, water birth, home birth.
- More Birth - hospital, birth and DVD’s.
- Interventions – exploring what is intervention? induction, pain relief,
- Interventions – epidurals, dvd’ monitoring, etc.
- Caesarean birth and unexpected outcomes.
- 3rd stage – exploring the placenta, cutting and not cutting the cord, lotus birth.
- Immediately After Birth - brand new babies. first breath, first gaze, first hour.
- Breastfeeding - benefits, common challenges and how a doula can support breastfeeding.
- Life with new baby, sleep, relationships, post natal depression.
- Other useful tools, - Rebozo shawl, massage, hypnosis, aromatherapy, acupressure.
- Complimentary medicine - Chinese medicine, homoeopathy.
- Doula’s and partners – how to support the partner, how to work together.
- Working as a doula – your doula vision, being on call etc.
- The business of being a doula, marketing and self promotion – goal setting.
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Our Training is held at Camberwell Health and Healing, visit the website