anyone want to tell me about doula training?

[mchalehm]

I'm thinking that, in about a million years when I finish grad school, I would like to become a doula. Anyone have general info on the process (or good suggestions for links--I've already poked around on the DONA web site)?

[burdock]

Check out Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators (ALACE). I really enjoyed my training with them!

[SublimeBirthGirl]

I did both DONA and ALACE. I liked them both, but I preferred ALACE. It was intense and advanced and awesome. I loved it. www.alace.org.

[MamaRabbit]

I used CBI by distance learning. If I'd been in the USA, I would've gone with ALACE.

[Eli's_mommy]

Originally Posted by mchalehm

I'm thinking that, in about a million years when I finish grad school, I would like to become a doula. Anyone have general info on the process (or good suggestions for links--I've already poked around on the DONA web site)?

I did training with Seattle Midwifery School. I'm not sure where you're from, but people fly from all over the world to train with Penny Simkin. I believe they also do doula training at the Farm, which would be awesome imho

Do it do it!!! There needs to be more doulas out there!

[Doula4U]

I did training in Annapolis, MD

I actually found a trainer on DONA. Her name is Brenda Lane and she is AWESOME! If you need her email address I would be happy to give it to you.

[mama de dos]

I've done both DONA and ALACE and strongly prefer ALACE. It's more in depth, less medical centered, uses midwifery care and home birth as the norm, and is more mom/baby focussed, in my opinion.

Good luck!

[mchalehm]

Thank you so much for the info, ladies! This is a ways down the road for me but I'm really excited at the idea and I wanted to figure out how involved it is to be trained for it. (Not that I don't love school.)

[dirtgirl]

I just started the certification process with DONA, as I am interested in being a postpartum doula. I have two small children, and don't have the around-the-clock childcare set up for being a birth doula. As far as I can tell, ALACE doesn't offer a specific postpartum doula training.