It's your time to make it happen.
Families are ready for you to support them in all the ways. Let's do this! Choose the package that's the perfect fit for all your goals. It's a smart business move to diversity.
Families are ready for you to support them in all the ways. Let's do this! Choose the package that's the perfect fit for all your goals. It's a smart business move to diversify.
You're thinking big. It's the perfect time to get started.
You could support families as a birth doula. Or a postpartum doula. Or a childbirth educator. But what if you could offer all three services? You definitely can.
Here's what each of these professionals do:
Lamaze childbirth educators teach families about birth and the postpartum time in the classroom or in private sessions. This work focuses on creative and engaging ways to help parents learn the skills they need for an empowering experience.
Birth doulas support families in-person during the birth process in the hospital, in birth centers or at home. This includes physical support, emotional support, information, advocacy, and partner support.
Postpartum doulas come to the home after the baby arrives and help families settle in over the first weeks and months. Think baby snuggling, teaching, processing, nurturing, and light household chores.
Visualize yourself sharing evidence-based information with families in the classroom, whether that's a group series or a private class, and then continuing to support them by attending their birth and throughout the fourth trimester. Serving in two or three roles can multiply the ways you help new parents — and boost your income.
The package you told us you wanted.
Over the years we've had a lot of birth workers come to us for multiple trainings, and we've watched their businesses grow and thrive. Now we're offering special package pricing that will help you get started with the combination of skills and training that's right for your life and for your community.
You can register at the same time to take a birth doula workshop, a postpartum doula workshop, and our Lamaze childbirth educator seminar.
The best news for you: save $$$ when you register at our package rates.
These packages are for people who want to register for multiple trainings at the same time. To register for just one training, please see those individual pages: Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, Lamaze Childbirth Educator.
Here's what some of our past students have had to say:
Here are the themes you'll see woven throughout all of our trainings:
• engaging, interactive learning
• exploring the roles we each play in supporting health equity
• a commitment to the ethics and standards of DONA and Lamaze International
• keeping families at the center of everything we do
• combining business savvy with heart
• understanding and modeling how to support each other as colleagues
• welcoming and making space for everyone: age, race, ethnicity, gender, geographic location — we need you all in this work
Training dates
(choose your own combination of two or three trainings)
Birth Doula Workshops
Ann Arbor, Michigan
December 13-16, 2024
9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Nest and Nurture, 722 Brooks St.
Oahu, Hawaii
February 26 - March 1, 2025
9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Hawaii Time
Harbor Church West Oahu, Kapolei
Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 30 - June 2, 2025
9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Nest and Nurture, 722 Brooks St.
(Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids dates also to come for 2025)
Postpartum Doula Workshops
Virtual
October 17 - 20, 2024
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time
In-person
Stowe, Vermont
November 8-11, 2024
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time
$100 additional fee
Virtual
December 14-17, 2024
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time
(2025 dates will be added soon)
Lamaze Educator Seminars
Virtual
January 8, 15, and 22, 2025
9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern
Your investment
Birth Doula + Postpartum Doula
- Save $50 off regular pricing. Start with a deposit of $498 or $1028.
- Additional $650 if you choose the 8-week postpartum training (not due with deposit).
Birth Doula + Lamaze Educator
- Save $50 off regular pricing. Pay in full or start with a deposit of $498.
Postpartum Doula + Lamaze Educator
- Save $50 off regular pricing. Start with a deposit of $448 or $898.
- Additional $640 if you choose the 8-week postpartum training (not due with deposit).
All 3 trainings: birth + postpartum + Lamaze
- Save $100 off regular pricing. Start with a deposit of $999 or $1677.
- Additional $640 if you choose the 8-week postpartum training (not due with deposit).
There is an additional fee of $100 for in-person postpartum doula trainings.