Empowering Families.Honoring Birth. Changing Lives.

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There is room for compassion at every birth. It is a civil right. It is a human right. Join the community of change!

ToLABOR educates and certifies professional birth doulas so that they may help their clients become active participants in their birth and support their clients so that they may feel a sense of confidence and power that can be carried forward into their parenting as well as into their daily lives.

OUR INTENTION

 

We believe that all people benefit from support and resources that will help them be aware of, and educated about, the options and choices that are available so that they may make informed decisions concerning their birth experience. We embrace the evidence that a person who actively participates in their birth will have a healthier birth for their baby, their-self and their family; physically and emotionally. We believe that in every birth, there is room for compassion and respect for the process. We believe this a civil right, a human right. We believe in creating and fostering a community of change.

 
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Testimonials
β€œSocial justice and birth advocacy are what separate ToLABOR from other doula training organizations. Yes, it is important to know how to support a woman in labor emotionally, physically, and educationally. Yes, it is important to be recognized and compensated as a professional doula and birth worker. But for me, the most important part of birth work is my responsibility with not just the client, but also my actions in the birth community and in my life as a citizen β€” to advocate for informed decision-making in pregnancy and childbirth. ToLABOR training had all of these components.”


β€” Christina