How does one train to become a doula?

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Dr. Gabrielle Manto, DC · Answer

The question is how does one train to become a doula? So great question first and foremost finding a group or an organization that you trust And to train under so there are a variety of different organizations that can train you to be a doula So I would highly recommend looking into each of those groups Doing your due diligence and their research to make sure that it is an organization that you align with as far as mission values beliefs techniques so on and so forth And there are a lot of different trainings that you can use so the biggest piece would be the academic portion whether that looks like a couple weekends one weekend intense weekend of training Where they will go through the physiology of birth the anatomy of birth what that looks like They'll go through Breastfeeding any type of feeding challenges they will also go through different modalities that you can use how to be the best doula ever Possible and then there is a practical portion, so there's a certain number of births that you have to attend under a mentor So it definitely goes into an in-depth process And doulas do a ton of training not just within one group But I know that a lot of doulas do trainings and continue to do trainings to better serve their clients as well So first it become fine first is to find the correct Organization that you align with and study the academic portion and then there's going to be a practical mentor mentee Portion and then of course continuing ed so definitely do your research if you're considering to become a door

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"How does one train to become a doula?"