DONA-Approved Birth Doula Workshop

Mothering Touch Birth Doula Workshops are DONA-Approved and taught by Eva Bild who has been working as a doula for over 25 years and has been training doulas since 2005.

This 28-hour workshop includes THREE of the requirements for Birth Doula Certification by DONA International:

1. Introduction to Childbirth for Doulas – 7 hours
2. Birth Doula Workshop – 18 hours
3. Breastfeeding Workshop – 3 hours

Topics covered will include:

• Anatomy and physiology of childbirth
• The stages of labour
• Labour – a physical and emotional process
• How the history of childbirth, systemic racism, and inter-generational trauma inform the work of the doula
• Common medical interventions in childbirth
• Labour support techniques – How to help the labouring parent
• Hands-on practice of comfort measures
• Listening and communication skills
• Pre and post-natal visits – What a doula covers when meeting with a client
• Breastfeeding – A partnership between the lactating parent, the baby, the breast and the doula
• Your doula business – how to get clients and what to do when you get them!
• Meet the doulas – established local doulas will come and talk about their experiences working in Victoria
• How to achieve certification with DONA International – the World’s Premier Doula Association