Birthing WellTM Complete Doula Training

Do you feel called to serve and support moms on their birth journey? The modern mom needs a modern doula and we cover all you need to serve clients well.

Birthing WellTM Complete Doula Certification
The $300 fee includes all these classes listed below.
This is a VCB Approved Education

Birth to Postpartum

This part of the training is a mix or videos and 1 in person class. We start with building a good foundation in yourself and them move on to understanding the client. The last part ties the two views together in the doula role.

Lactation Counselor

This video class explores the simplicity and complexity of navigating the feeding journey.

Baby Loss

1 in 5 pregnancies end in miscarriage, so we want our doulas trained to support clients through all the possibilities. These topics are explored through a video format.

Childbirth Class

This video format walks you through a common childbirth class, so you can understand what the modern mom needs to learn to birth well.

Rebozo Training

Many cultures have a cloth that moms use in their society. This video class will explore the Rebozo from Mexico and how it can be used to help your clients have a better pregnancy and birth.

Conflict in the Birth Room

As beautiful as birth is, there are many players involved and emotions can run high. This video class will help you prepare to handle tough situations, but also set up a tone of respect and collaboration in the room.

Serving Trauma Clients

We all encounter little and big traumas in our life. This video course helps you see the world from a trauma perspective and navigate serving clients with respectful maternity care.

Doula Business Training: Setting Up and Running Your Practice

This comprehensive training equips birth and postpartum doulas with the essential business skills needed to establish, operate, and grow a successful doula practice. Participants will learn practical strategies for creating sustainable income while maintaining their passion for supporting families.

Certification Description

At Birthing Well Complete Doula Training we believe that doulas can support clients well with a variety of tools and views in their doula skills belt. We help you explore your own views and understand the uniqueness of each client you will serve. This coursework contains education in labor support and assessment skills, childbirth education, and other skills needed to do the hands-on work of a doula. It also includes units on communication, ethical responsibilities, professionalism, and advocacy skills that will help you navigate the birth world as a valued professional doula in the birth world.

Prerequisites

None. College-level reading skills needed. If other accommodations need to be made, we can provide flexibility. Please contact us.

Course Materials

You will be given a manual during the in person class. Specific assignments required for your training will be taken from the following books. You will choose 3 postpartum books to read from the list below. You will need to purchase/borrow/check out from the library these books separately, as they are not included in the cost of registration.

The Birth Partner, 6th Ed. by Penny Simkin
Nurturing Beginnings: Guide to Postpartum Care for Doulas and Community Outreach Workers Pascali-Bonero, Debra, and Arnold, Jane
Mothering the New Mother Placksin, Sally
This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression Kleiman, Karen, and Raskin, Valerie Davis
The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother Ou, Heng
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding Weissinger, Diane; West,Diana; and Pitman,Teresa
Your Baby’s Sleep in the First Year by Middlemiss & Kendall-Tackett
Postpartum Depression & Anxiety by Pacific Post Partum Support Society
What You Should Know about Cry It Out by Middlemiss & Kendall-Tackett
Not Your Mother’s Postpartum Book Durante, Emily
Maternity Leave: A New Mother’s Guide to the First 6 Weeks Postpartum Zauderer, Cheryl
Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding by Ina My Gaskin
What You Should Know about Cry It Out by Middlemiss & Kendall-Tackett
The 4th Trimester by Johnson, Kimberly Ann Johnson

Course Format

Once registered and logged into class, you will be granted access to your coursework online. The content is taught in written form and video format. You can complete the work at your own pace and schedule.

Assessment

Once you have completed each video section, you will have quiz within the module. Passing the quiz with 80% is required to progress.

To finish certification requires:

completion of all the 8 video courses
supporting 2 birth and postpartum clients
reading 3 books and submitting summaries
creating a list of 45 resources you will use to help your clients
2 article summaries from Evidencebasedbirth.com
CPR trained certificate
attending 2 local mom groups

Certificate Renewal

We require that you renew your certificate every 3 years. This helps keep you up to date with your doula skills. To renew your certificate you will pay a $70 fee and submit evidence of 10 hours of continuing education credits (CEU).

Class Location:

Our classes are held in our center

suite 204

521 Stone Crest Parkway Smyrna, TN

Join our next class:

January 17, 2026

March14, 2026

June 6, 2026

Sept 26, 2026

In Person Training

This option is a mix of videos and 1 in person class where we get to be hands on with all the latest doula tools.

Cost: $300