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What Are We About?
We are not just a doula training—we are a community. A community dedicated to transforming how birth and postpartum are viewed and experienced by families. A community that supports its members professionally, emotionally, and educationally. A community that values education, preparation, and experience, recognizing them as the only paths to truly understanding birth and postpartum. A community committed to changing how our profession is seen and valued. If that is what you are looking for, something more than a work or job, we are a great match.
The Hospital-Friendly Doula training is a comprehensive birth and postpartum doula workshop designed to equip doulas with the skills to support families during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period. This unique training emphasizes working harmoniously within hospital settings while fully supporting and empowering birthing families in the environment of their choice. With nearly 99% of families opting for hospital births, this program prepares doulas to foster safety and confidence for their clients. Additionally, participants will gain insight into navigating the postpartum period with emotional intelligence, enabling them to guide and support families.
It isn’t uncommon for doulas to gain a reputation for not being on the same side as the medical system when working with birth. Our goal is to change that. Statistically, most doulas will find hospitals to be their main workplace—so who wouldn’t want to have a great relationship in their place of work?
It is essential for a woman to feel safe where she is birthing. Everyone deserves a great experience in the place they choose to birth. HFD doulas are trained to facilitate that.
Similarly, it isn’t uncommon for postpartum doulas to be seen as newborn caregivers. Our goal is to change this perception by preparing doulas to empower and support the entire family throughout the postpartum journey rather than focusing solely on the baby which is the true essence of postpartum work.
Being trained is one of the steps in becoming certified. A trained doula is able to attend births and take postpartum clients while finishing all the other requirements to become certified.
A postpartum doula supports the whole family during the postpartum journey and their transition with the new addition in the family, often throughout overnight shifts or day shifts. Postpartum doulas provide evidenced-based information on things such as infant feeding, emotional and physical recovery from birth, mother-baby bonding, infant soothing, and basic newborn care. Research shows that moms, dads, and babies have an easier time with the transition of bringing a baby home if a good support team is in place.
Those are the steps that will give the doula the confidence to fully imerge herself in a successful doula career.
1) Take our doula training workshop.
2) Gain experience with birth and postpartum work
3) Attend a Childbirth or Newborn Class
4) Attend a Breastfeeding Class
5) Complete a reading list of books
6) Be part of our doula circles
Doulas will learn the basics of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum, as well as how to support families through this journey while building their own business. They will also gain the tools to work in harmony with the medical system, helping families feel confident—not just through the doula’s support, but also by providing access to evidence-based information and fostering a connection with their instincts.
We strongly believe that experience shapes a doula. That’s why we provide foundational training to build the confidence needed to begin their work, along with multiple monthly opportunities to deepen their knowledge and skills. Fully preparing a doula to support families requires at least a year of active monthly involvement, ensuring they are exposed to all the information we provide.
it It isn’t uncommon that doulas get a reputation of having strong opinions about the medical system our how families should practice during their postpartum experience. Our goal is to o train doulas to apply emotional intelligence while bringing autonomy to families to improve their experience.
Yes! A hospital friendly doula is trained to facilitate the most of the natural process of birth in a place that isn’t familiar or even a natural place for people to birth. When labor is happening at a place that naturally facilitates that, the hospital friendly doula will be very familiar in respecting and helping the labor process to develop in a way that the body is designed to do so.
Yes! You will receive a certification of completion when finish the training. You will be able to attend births right the way while you are finishing the other requirements to become a certified doula.
