Becoming a Birth Doula

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Last updated on June 16, 2025 8:57 am

Learn how to become a birth companion in this doula training course that explains how to provide physical and mental support before, during and after labour.

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Pregnancy and childbirth are overwhelming times for parents and they need all the care and support available to make birth a safe, healthy and fulfilling experience. A doula is a trained childbirth professional that can provide such support. In this course, we lay out the roles of a birth doula during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period to provide the training you require that improves both your medical and communication skills.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

  • Describe the roles of a birth doula…
  • Identify the sexual and reproductive…
  • Explain how a woman/person becomes p…
  • Discuss the common symptoms of pregn…
  • Describe the roles of a birth doula
  • Identify the sexual and reproductive parts of the female anatomy
  • Explain how a woman/person becomes pregnant and how babies grow
  • Discuss the common symptoms of pregnancy and how to manage them
  • Define ?body mass index? (BMI)
  • Explain how to care for a pregnant woman/person during labour
  • Indicate how to screen newborn babies for disorders and how to care for them
  • Outline common maternal mental health disorders
  • Summarise how to support grieving parents as a birth doula
  • List the different methods of contraception
  • Identify the types and styles of communication
  • Pregnancy and Childbirth

    In this module, you?ll be introduced to the role of a birth doula and how women get pregnant. We?ll teach you body mass index, the symptoms of pregnancy and how to care for a pregnant woman during labour. Learn how newborn babies are screened, how to support grieving parents as a birth doula, methods of contraception, how to communicate and more.

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