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BIRTH RESTORED DOULA TRAINING

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Has God given you a passion for birth?

Do you believe that birth is a natural, physiological process of the female body, and want to help empower women to birth their way?

Are you seeking a way to earn an income while fulfilling your ministry calling?

Then the Birth Restored Doula Training is what you’ve been looking for!

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What exactly is a doula?

A doula’s role is to provide non-medical, holistic support to the mother and father. She provides this support through physical, emotional, and educational means.

She also helps the mother advocate for herself by facilitating communication between expectant parents and medical care providers to encourage informed decision-making.

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The Birth Restored Doula Certification program takes a multistep approach to fully educate, equip, and empower its certified doulas.

  1. A doula provides educational support. Birth Restored doulas are also fully certified childbirth educators. Unlike many doula programs, Birth Restored equips its doulas with more than superficial knowledge about birth.

  2. A doula provides physical support. As a Birth Restored doula, you will be competent in supporting your client with science-based comfort measures and precise position changes to help facilitate labor progress or overcome labor challenges.

  3. A doula provides emotional support. Birth Restored doulas learn how to emotionally support their clients, incorporating prayer and encouragement to reassure and comfort mothers during labor.

IN THE EDUCATOR + DOULA CERTIFICATION COURSE:

  1. You will start with the Birth Restored Childbirth Educator certification. You will finish the educator training with a deep understanding of physiological childbirth, the medical process of birth, scripture-based Biblical theology regarding birth, and so much more.

  2. Next, you will work through the Birth Restored Doula certification section. In this section, you will learn how to support your clients through every stage of labor and birth. How to provide comfort, encouragement, support, advocacy, address labor challenges, and so much more.

  3. Last, you will learn how to grow your business. You will learn branding and marketing techniques, how to build a website, and how to network and gain clients. You finish your training with all the skills you need to thrive as a doula.

READY FOR THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS?

  • First, you apply to the program. Once accepted, you can get started right away.

    When finished with your coursework, you will schedule your certification day.

  • The program is designed to be completed within 6 months.

    However, you may choose to accelerate your training and complete it more quickly.

    Educator Suggested Workflow

    Doula Suggested Workflow

  • The cost of the Birth Restored Doula and Childbirth Educator Certification is $1500.

    You can choose between a 2-month payment plan of $750 or a 6-month payment plan of $250.

    There are NO additional fees and only one required reading of $15.

    All educational and doula materials are covered with your fee including your Educator’s Manual, Doula Reference Guide, Parent Course Journal, and Birth Restored Marketing Material.

  • The class price can be set between $250 and $450, depending on the demographics of your population.

    If you teach a full class (approx 4-6 students), you can expect to make anywhere from $1,000-$2,700 per class).

  • There is an bi-annual membership fee of $150 for Birth Restored Educators. This can be waived if the educator teaches one hybrid course with at least 3 students per year.

    To teach the Birth Restored Childbirth education course, the educator must be an active member.

    As an active member, the educator will be kept up-to-date on the latest evidence-based practice, any changes in course content, and current instructional materials such as slides, video content, etc.

    The educator will also be listed on the Birth Restored website.

    There are no on-going fees for Birth Restored doulas. As our gift to certified doulas with a $10 tax deductible monthly donation, you will be listed on the website in order for potential parents to engage your services.

  • All educators must align with some core tenets of faith and ethics.

    1. The Trinity is one God in three distinct persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—who are coequal, coeternal, and of one divine essence, not three separate Gods.

    2. Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on the cross for our sins, and on the third day he rose from the dead and now sits at the right hand of God the Father.

    3. You believe that the Bible is the ONLY inspired, inerrant word of God written by man through the power of the Holy Spirit.

    4. You must value the sanctity of all life. In our culture, this means you are “pro-life.”

    5. You believe that all persons, regardless of age, race, or gender, are of equal value and worth as God’s image bearers. 

    6. You believe God made humans male and female. Gender cannot be changed, and biological females are the only ones biologically capable of bearing children.

    7. You believe in the sanctity of marriage, that God designed Biblical marriage for a biological male and a biological female.

    8. You believe in medical choice. Tests, procedures, or medications should never be forced on a patient nor their child.

    9. You follow Christian morals and values in accordance with the Bible and do not promote lifestyle choices that are specifically stated as sin.

    10. You believe that as a Christ follower, you are to stand on Biblical truth while also demonstrating the love and compassion of Christ to both believers and unbelievers.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Faith in integrated into every aspect of the course. Our faith as followers of Christ impacts all that we do. At Birth Restored that means scripture is at the core. We take a unique perspective to birth by combining what God’s word says, what the best evidence based best practice says, and encouraging our educators, doulas, and parents to pray and listen to the discernment of the Holy Spirit for guidance.

  • Birth Restored offers two certifications.

    1. Childbirth Educator (CBE)

    2. Childbirth Educator & Labor Doula

    You can choose to become a Birth Restored Educator as a stand alone or you can choose to become CBE and Doula. One key component of being an effective doula is to help educate your clients. Many doula certifications do not offer sufficient childbirth education to their doula programs which is a disservice to the doulas and their future clients.

    You are not required to teach the Birth Restored childbirth education course, but it is a required part of the doula certification program.

  • The short answer is No.

    The long answer is doulas need to know more than childbirth educators. A childbirth educator needs to understand birth but a doula needs to not only understand birth but be able to support clients with educationally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

    The Birth Restored doula certification builds on the knowledge one learns in the childbirth education certification. You will take the “book” knowledge and learn how to apply it to real life situations as a supportive and knowledgeable doula.

  • Birth Restored has an online thriving community where many educators and doulas help support one another in their work.

    In addition to the online community, all Birth Restored educators and doulas have 1-1 access to Akasha Hines for support as they grow in their knowledge and skills.

  • There is a $150 renewal certification once every two years. This certification helps support the Birth Restored scholarship fund as well as continuing to support active doulas.

  • Yes, Birth Restored offers 4 in person trainings throughout the year to work through hands on skills and deepen your knowledge as a doula.

    Hands on workshops are currently offered in the North Dallas, Texas area.

  • The CBE + Doula certification is a self-paced program.

    1. You will complete the online curriculum which is a combination of reading, videos, and quizzes. The quizzes are low pressure open book/notes.

    2. Once all coursework is completed and graded, you will attend an online Certification Day (unless you live local). Your certification day will cover the ins and outs of teaching the course, setting up your business, and help cover any specific questions you have as you learn to spread your wings and step into your calling.

  • There are no exams, essays, or certification births to be certified.

    However there is quite a bit of course content you will be required to read and many quizzes. The quizzes are verification of your learning and are low pressure.

    Certification births are not required, but we do encourage you to attend 5 births prior to offering your full package services. This would be supporting family, friends, or your local community members, as well as shadowing a local doula.