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Pay in full by the date listed and you will receive the discount price.

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A full refund, minus a $25 cancellation fee is available upon request up to four weeks before the scheduled workshop. After that time, no refunds will be issued but you will be provided with access to our full Online Labor & Birth Collection (4 in-depth classes).

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Birth Companion Workshop (NEW!)

Is there someone special in your life who is expecting a baby and you want to help?

Patty Brennan is now offering a one-day workshop for friends, sisters, soon-to-be grandmas and anyone who wants to be really helpful …

 

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Learn how to provide great support to a loved one. In this hands-on class, participants will:

• Understand the physical, emotional and psychological needs of the laboring mother, how her needs may change throughout the labor process, and what you can do to help at each stage.
• Identify strategies for supporting the parents’ birth plan.
• Practice a range of coping techniques for managing pain in labor.
• Explore a variety of comfort measures for labor and practice massage techniques.
• Use birth balls, rebozos (a multi-purpose long Mexican shawl), movement and adaptive positioning to support normal progress in labor (helpful even when an epidural is chosen).
• Learn our top 10 tips for supporting a breastfeeding mother, promoting healing and easing postpartum adjustment.

Why this class?

We believe all birthing mothers deserve to be well supported — emotionally, physically and mentally — as they labor to bring forth new life. Whether you are a friend, sister or grandma-to-be, we can help you gain confidence and skills in your support role. We have extracted our favorite support tips and techniques taught in our birth doula workshops and created a fun, interactive, one-day class just for you.

 

To prepare for the Birth Companion Workshop …

Are you unfamiliar with the birth process or need a refresher? To ensure that you are up to speed with the basics and have a solid framework for integrating the support techniques, we have the following recommendations:

• Complete our online class, The Process of Labor & Birth (~2 hours) ($35) OR
• Read Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn: The Complete Guide, 4th Edition by Simkin, Bolding, Keppler, Durham and Whalley.
• Those wanting more in-depth preparation may also be interested in purchasing additional selections from our comprehensive collection of online childbirth preparation programs. Especially recommended: Navigating the Medical Setting: What parents need to know about epidurals, cesareans, birth plans and informed consent.

How does the Birth Companion Workshop differ from the Birth Doula Workshop?

1. This workshop is specially designed for folks who have been invited to attend the birth of a loved one and would like to be as supportive as possible.
2. The one-day class extracts the elements of our three-day professional doula training that are most relevant to providing compassionate and effective, in-the-moment, hands-on labor support.
3. The class cannot be used as fulfillment of certification requirements for birth doulas through DONA International. If, at some point in the future, you want to become a professional doula, you would need to register for the full three-day training.
4. Click here for a complete list of topics covered in the DONA Birth Doula Workshop. Note that in our Birth Companion Workshop, we have eliminated topics related to the role of the professional birth doula and how to run a doula business.

 

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