What’s a Doula to Do after their
Birth Doula Workshop?

I’d like to help you stay on your doula path. Good things are coming!

Free Monthly Small-group Mentoring Sessions!  After your workshop, you’re invited to return each month via Zoom. We open with a short educational session, and then doulas share and learn solutions to the challenges they face. Many trainers charge for this mentorship. I do not.

I also provide direct mentorship through:

• a very active on-line Facebook group
• texting
• phone calls & emails

• Attendance at this workshop is a requirement for applying to be a paid doula at the Santa Rosa Birth Center where mentoring will continue
• Volunteer Opportunities for Doulas are provided in a newsletter you receive after the workshop.
• There are also Doula Support Groups in Marin, the East Bay and San Francisco Bay Area.
• Sonoma County has an active monthly 1 hour meeting for Peri-Natal Professionals in Santa Rosa.
• For doulas outside of the Bay Area, I can help direct you to additional support through DONA.
• Information on my DONA Birth Doula Workshop (click here).
• Read here for what doulas are saying about the Birth Doula Workshop.

Become a dynamic, informative, effective Childbirth Educator!

You can attend my Passion for Birth Lamaze Childbirth Educator Training (click here)

• • • • • • • practical, hands-on learning for new educators
            • inspiration and updates for experienced educators
            • Click here to see what people say about the Childbirth Educator Training.

What’s a Doula to Do

when you are not able to be at the hospital with a client?

• Currently, most hospitals allow doulas to provide in-person support. For those few that do not, doulas may provide care virtually. One “virtual birth” can be counted toward DONA International Certification.
• I have written this guideline for When Birth Doulas Must Provide Labor Support at a Distance (click here) to help doulas navigate this new territory. It shares over 100 specific tips on providing “virtual” labor support.
• Listen for more helpful tips in this podcast on TheBirthGeeks as Robin Elise Weiss and I discuss How to be a Virtual Doula (click here).
• For those of you who provide Postpartum Doula support, in this podcast DONA past-president, Ann Grauer shares ideas for providing post partum support virtually (click here).
• Postpartum Doulas: this was written for you by DONA Postpartum Doula Trainer, Kathrin Auger – on Virtual Postpartum Support (click here)