Birth With Spirit
Our training is intensive and purposefully builds towards full autonomy as a birth and/or postpartum care provider. But "autonomous" does not mean "alone." Unlike other doula training programs, Birth With Spirit provides ongoing continuity of care for our doulas through advanced trainings, peer reviews, access to experienced doulas for assistance, an extensive lending library, watch parties, and weekend retreats.
UPCOMING RETREATS
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September 12-14
In-Person or Virtual
Jackson Center, Ohio
November 7-9
In-person or Virtual
The Well in Kettering, Ohio
Lifetime Certification as a Birth With Spirit Doula
You will have two years from date of registration to complete the requirements to become certified.
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Birth With Spirit supports access and equality by never charging licensing packet fees or yearly membership fees.
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CEUs/Relicensing Requirements
To maintain Birth With Spirit certification, our Doulas need 18 CEUs every five years after initial certification. We support this process by offering free and/or reduced-fee advanced trainings as well as scholarships for other advanced trainings.
Self-Paced, Online Training
Once registered, you will have access to our Whole Person Learning Academy where you will obtain all the modules to complete your Birth With Spirit Doula training and certification.
Birth With Spirit Retreats
You will have the opportunity to join us LIVE or virtually to further your knowledge and expertise.
Deep Midwife-Created Protocols
All of the training offered within Birth With Spirit are midwife-created and come out of a quarter-of-a-century of practice.
Private Voxer group for ongoing, real-time support
A free, walkie-talkie app that allows members to share birth stories, ask questions, and offer support and guidance.
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Access to our ever-growing lending library
Our BWS lending library lives at The Well in Kettering, Ohio and is a great resource for all our Doulas. Some books are wonderful to have in your own library for your own reference and for your clients, but it's helpful to be able to read a book you don't want to own without having to purchase it.
Quarterly Peer Review facilitated by a Midwife
Peer Review is a tightly closed, facilitated circle of professional birthworkers and student birthworkers wherein we share a birth story and then discuss as a learning opportunity for all.
Discounted prices for advanced trainings
Birth With Spirit doulas are lifelong learners, and love continuing their learning past the initial certifying process. We offer discounted prices to our BWS Doulas to encourage this and enrich our powerful circle of knowledge.
Business building classes and mentoring
BWS offers discounted prices for mentoring and business building classes to assist our Doulas in setting up their businesses as well as managing them and growing them.
Birthworker study nights
We offer study nights at The Well for all birthworkers that include coffee, tea, goodies, books and other study aids. It's more fun to study with friends, both old and new!
What's Included When You Register?
Everything you need
to walk through the
Birth With Spirit
Birth Doula
certiication process.
Choose a payment plan that works best for you:
Please indicate that you are registering
for BIRTH Doula training.
Everything you need
to walk through the
Birth With Spirit
Postpartum Doula certifciation process.
Choose a payment plan that works best for you:
Please indicate that you are registering
for POSTPARTUM Doula training.
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We support our community by offering one full training scholarship per Retreat. This scholarship includes all training, licensing, and Retreat fees, and is available for someone with circumstances that make accessing our doula trainings otherwise impossible. We also offer payment plans and small sliding scales for those with circumstances that would make accessing our trainings difficult. While anyone may apply, to address inequities in our system, special consideration is given to People of Color and LGBTQIA+. To apply, please email birthwithspirit@gmail.com for an application.