We wanted to share inspiration from recent BirthWorks Postpartum Doula Training students and key takeaways from their learning experiences. (Please note: We do not record our workshops, so people attend and participate live during all workshop hours.) After each day, we asked these students what they experienced as most valuable. Below is what they said …
Becoming a Doula I want women to believe in themselves. Yes! I want all women to become more connected to their bodies. I believe this job offers me and my clients an incredibly important investment in their wellbeing, and the well-being of all female generations to come. Having a doula and having a natural birth …
by Stephanie Lynn Tanner It’s been several weeks since the beginning of the BirthWorks CBE training I went to in Iowa City, and life has had to move on. I wish I could say that I’ve done more processing and debriefing since, but unlike those three days in the comfort of a safe environment, I’ve …
It is with great joy and gratitude that I share the birth story of my eighth grandchild, Elias, born July 4, 2023. The story of how he came into this world stretches back forty years. Elias is a second generation BirthWorks baby, born almost forty years to the day since I birthed his mom (Katie), …
It’s not easy to let go of everything you know and learn to be something very different. My transformation from Perinatologist to Doula didn’t happen overnight. Let me go back and tell you about my journey. I decided to become a perinatologist because I wanted to be the best in my chosen field and I …
by Erika Sanchez, January 4, 2019 My husband and I attended the Birth Works (birthing class) at Beach Cities this past October. It was taught by Janell Bartzatt. This was our 3rd baby. The first two were healthy, hospital births. We had taken a birthing class at the hospital 7 years ago with our first child …
Taking care of one baby is a lot of work. New moms often say they were busy all day but don’t exactly remember what they did! Just imagine taking care of newborn twins or triplets! I am a BirthWorks Mentor and one of my students, Sienna Morrow, who is in the BirthWorks Postpartum Doula Program …
Ina May Gaskin, MidwifeI think the BWI Conference was really special this year. I found it very encouraging, educational and inspiring, so what more could you ask for than that? I’ll be happy to come back again. Being a presenter this year was easy, relaxed, with a congenial environment, and I met some good people …
I was really drawn to the birth is ancient, and the “something we are born to do” philosophy. NZ The workshop was much more than I expected. I feel as though I have gained so much knowledge in just a few days. The role plays really helped me to see what it would be like …
The ACED Workshop met all my needs and even those I didn’t know I had! The pace of the workshop was very good – not too fast or slow. It was very comprehensive in all ways: modelling class activities, returning to philosophy, using energy, techniques and human values, and more. Thank you so much. This …
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