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Developing Doulas Online Preparation Course

posted on March 25, 2020

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Hello and welcome to the online version of the Developing Doulas preparation course! Kick off your shoes and get comfy!

We are so pleased you’re here although we would much prefer to be getting to know you face to face! We are looking forward so much to sharing real-life space with the covid-cohort of new doulas! You will be a very special generation of doulas!

Can I introduce our centre mandala. Here is a picture of it on day one, with some of the manual pages spread out on it. This is the place where we gather at times during the course, to sit close and share deep feelings and thoughts. Being unable to touch doesn’t mean we can’t still connect in this place and create a power-circle of wonderful people who feel driven to support birthing families.

We hope you’ll enjoy the course. We know what a leap of faith it is to embark on a doula course and we promise to work hard on making sure that faith is justified! If you have any worries or questions during the course, do feel you can talk to us, either in the facebook group that accompanies this course or privately, by phone, email or zoom/skype, just let us know what you need.

During this course you might have preconceptions, opinions or prejudices
challenged. This might be painful or inspire regret, anger or defensiveness. Remember, this is a safe place to express those feelings, either in the group or privately.

Mostly, we hope you have fun as you work through the course. There are no tests or exams at the end of modules, you will be able to go backwards as well as move forward through the modules so that you can review content that you have already read, if you want. There will be a combination of written content and some videos, although as you can imagine, we are trying to get this content up and published quickly, it may not be as professional as we would like. We do hope you’ll bear with us and join us in the facebook group for real-time sharing, facebook lives and general chitchat.

We’ll also be scheduling some zoom calls so we can all get together, get to know each other and build the bonds between us that the doula community is so famous for!

So let’s get started! Dive in and enjoy! Once you’ve completed a section, just click on to the next bit.

DDoula Love, Maddie, Zara, Zoe and Katie x

Course Content

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Saying Hello 6 Topics
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Introducing Yourself
Starting a Doula Diary
Building the Purple Thread Network
Working Together as a Group
The Feely Bag of Doulaing
The Blob Tree
Herstory: Weaving Our Yarns 7 Topics
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What does it mean to listen?
Doulas: 2 Ears, 2 Eyes, 1 Mouth
Listening to Your Clients Roleplays
Peeling The Onion – The Need For Debrief
Trauma Informed Care
Rest and Relaxation and Recuperation: the Three Rs of Self-Care
Birth Stories Matter!
Reflections On The Skills Of A Doula 8 Topics
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Informed Consent
Evidence Based Practice
Signposting
The Power of Words
Distance Doulaing
What is a mother?
Working with other professionals
First Contact with a Potential Client
Trying On Our Doula Hats 4 Topics
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Fixers or Facilitators?
Client Role Play
Safeguarding
Valuing Ourselves
Birth Support 13 Topics
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The Antenatal Relationship
The Powerful Pelvis and the Wonderful Womb
Comfort Measures for Labour
The Labyrinth of Labour
Pain Relief and Comfort Measures
Birth plans
The Hormones of Labour
The Stages of Labour
Supporting The Unfolding Birth Process
The cascade of intervention
Induction, Cesarean and the Doula
Obstetric Emergencies & First Aid
The Big Question of Birth Bags!
Beyond Birth 6 Topics
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What Is A Postnatal Doula?
Normal Newborns, Normal Mothers
From Jack and Jill to Mum & Dad, Mum & Mum or Dad & Dad!
Keep The Dyad Together
Baby FAQs
Babywearing
Infant Feeding 8 Topics
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Infant Feeding Stories – What Helps and Hinders?
The Politics of Breastfeeding
Myths, Legends and Goddesses
How Breastfeeding Works
From The First Weigh-In til Day 5
Positioning and Attachment
Spotting When Feeding Isn’t Going Well
Breastfeeding Challenges
Resources 4 Topics
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Pregnancy and Birth Resources
Breastfeeding Resources
Postnatal Reference Books for Parents and Doulas
More Books & Websites
Tying Together The Threads 9 Topics
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Cultural Safety and Inclusion: are people feeling included and safe with you?
Widening and Deepening
Jargon Busting
Setting Up And Getting Going
Keeping Ourselves Safe
Boundaries and sharks
Tying Together The Threads
Developing Doulas Post-Course Project
Closing Ceremony
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