Unit 1 |
Welcome! |
Unit 2 |
What is a Doula? |
Unit 3 |
How Doulas Operate |
Unit 4 |
Basic Doula Practice |
Unit 5 |
Coaching the Birth Team |
Unit 6 |
Doula Certification and Licenses |
Unit 7 |
Research assignment #1 Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering |
Unit 8 |
Assignment Survey |
Unit 1 |
The Five Facets of Support - Introduction |
Unit 2 |
Facet 1 |
Unit 3 |
The Four Steps of Active Listening |
Unit 4 |
Facet 2 |
Unit 5 |
Facet 3 |
Unit 6 |
Facet 4 |
Unit 7 |
Facet 5 |
Unit 8 |
Cites and Quiz |
Unit 9 |
The Four Types of Births |
Unit 10 |
Terminology Assignment |
Unit 1 |
The Benefits of Preparedness |
Unit 2 |
Positions for the birth |
Unit 3 |
Positioning in the First Stage of Labor |
Unit 4 |
Positioning in the Second Stage of Labor |
Unit 5 |
Rehearsing Birth poses |
Unit 6 |
Dealing with Aches and Pains |
Unit 7 |
Pain Relieving Excercises |
Unit 8 |
Relaxation exercises |
Unit 9 |
Identifying the Pelvic Floor muscles |
Unit 10 |
Teaching how to, the technique and coaching |
Unit 11 |
Summary, Cites and Quiz |
Unit 12 |
Practical Assignment #1 Exercises at home |
Unit 13 |
Research assignment #2 The Birth Partner |
Unit 1 |
Terminology Review |
Unit 2 |
Research Assignment - Hospital Tour |
Unit 3 |
The Doulas Role in writing the Birth Plan |
Unit 4 |
Possible Options for Birth Plans |
Unit 5 |
The Birth Plan / Birth Preferences Document |
Unit 1 |
Why Doulas must study the Physiology of Birth |
Unit 2 |
The Bony Pelvis |
Unit 3 |
The Soft Pelvis |
Unit 4 |
The Bishop Score |
Unit 5 |
Body Changes before labor |
Unit 6 |
Research assignment #3 The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding |
Unit 7 |
Terminology Review #2 |
Unit 1 |
Research assignment #4 Elective Choice |
Unit 2 |
The importance of relaxation |
Unit 3 |
Relaxation techniques before labor |
Unit 4 |
A Doula Guided Progressive Relaxation Exercise |
Unit 5 |
Other forms of relaxation |
Unit 6 |
Summary & Unit Quiz |
Unit 1 |
Introduction |
Unit 2 |
The commonality of uncommonality & complications |
Unit 3 |
Admission procedures |
Unit 4 |
The various presentations |
Unit 5 |
Preparation for delivery |
Unit 6 |
Amniotomy |
Unit 7 |
Delivery Procedures |
Unit 8 |
Third Stage of Labor |
Unit 9 |
More Third Stage considerations |
Unit 10 |
The Cesarean Section Birth and the Doula |
Unit 11 |
Summary, Cites and Module Quiz |
Unit 1 |
Different women, different births |
Unit 2 |
Physiological reasons for pain during birth |
Unit 3 |
The Doula in the Hospital |
Unit 4 |
Prodromal Labor |
Unit 5 |
Active Labor - (Latent Phase) Stage 1 |
Unit 6 |
Active Labor (Transition Phase) Stage 1 |
Unit 7 |
Birth (Latent Phase) Stage 2 |
Unit 8 |
The Doula’s role during Birth (Latent Phase) Stage 2 |
Unit 9 |
Crowning and Birth (Active Phase) Stage 2 |
Unit 10 |
Delivery of the Placenta (Afterbirth) Stage 3 |
Unit 11 |
Summary and Quiz |
Unit 1 |
The need for Postpartum Support |
Unit 2 |
Lochia |
Unit 3 |
Vaginal trauma |
Unit 4 |
Perenium Soreness |
Unit 5 |
The breasts after birth |
Unit 6 |
Breastfeeding support |
Unit 7 |
Research assignment - Elective Choice |
Unit 1 |
Birth Doula Certification Exam |