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Dec 11-13 | Online Workshop


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Payments must be made in full prior to workshop start date.


Workshop Details

12/11 Friday 6pm - 9pm
Zoom Meeting

  • Registration and Introductions

  • Defining Our Role

  • Understanding the Dance of Labor: The 4 P’s


12/12 Saturday 9am - 6pm
Zoom Meeting

  • Gate Control: Three Ways to Reduce Pain in Labor

  • Tools of the Trade: Comfort Measures

  • Physiological “Normal” Labor & Birth vs “Typical Birth”

  • Birth Plans & BRAIN

  • Experiential Learning: Touching & Listening with Pregnant Volunteers

  • Breathing, Relaxation & Positions in Labor
    Counter Pressure Techniques


12/13 Sunday 10am–6pm
Zoom Meeting

  • Cesarean Sections & VBACs

  • Experiential Learning: Creating a Safe Space

  • Birth Scenarios

  • Ethical Guidelines for Birth Doulas

  • Working with Interventions: What, Why, When + Options

  • Designing Your Practice: The Business Side

  • Services, Compensation, Marketing, Contracts


Your Investment Includes:

  • Workshop
    Attend 3 days, 20 hours of education, empowerment and transformation

  • ToLABOR Program Manual
    The ToLABOR manual contains over 200 pages of worksheets, resources, sample forms, & certification paperwork (Everything you need to begin your thriving business)

  • Membership Activation (one year)
    This enables you to be have a current listing on the ToLABOR Doula link on the website.

  • Personal Attention, Networking & Support
    Receive support - 1 email or 30 minute phone consult with Executive Director (fee for additional consults over 30 mins)

  • Referrals
    Listing on ToLABOR’s website to receive local, online referrals

  • Certification FormsEarn internationally recognized certification through completing the requirements. Additional certification fee required.


Skills You Will Learn:

  • Present your client evidence-based research to educate about available options, choices, and alternatives for the healthiest and safest birth

  • Create & preserve a safe birthing environment, understanding it’s importance to the psychological & physiological process of a healthy, normal birth

  • Develop & define the scope of your practice & learn how to create professional protocols for the services you choose to offer

  • Provide highly effective labor support to your clients by utilizing techniques which can reduce the client’s discomfort, promote faster, safer births & reduce the need for medication & medically unnecessary interventions

  • Support the birthing family when pregnancy or birth doesn’t go as planned

  • Communicate effectively & professionally with clients, partners, families & medical professionals—establishing trust & mutual empowerment among the birthing team

  • Conduct prenatal & postpartum visits, take a comprehensive history, and maintain client confidentiality

  • Market & promote yourself as a professional Birth Doula in your community

  • Build a career as a Professional Birth Worker