Labor, Birth, and Postpartum Birthworker (Doula) Training
Immerse yourself in a birthwork training that’s built to inspire real change—this is the most comprehensive, trauma-informed, and accessible course available. Designed for those ready to support clients through their most profound transitions, this training provides the knowledge and skills to work confidently alongside clients through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period.
In this course, you’ll gain:
A trauma-informed, patient-rights framework that ensures compassionate, respectful care.
An intersectional perspective on birthwork, honoring the diverse experiences and needs of each client.
Practical, hands-on skills to support clients every step of the way, from pregnancy through postpartum.
Move through the course at your own pace, with closed captions for full accessibility, and join a birthwork movement centered in true care, equity, and transformation.
Seeking a focused approach? Our Labor & Birth Birthwork Training and Postpartum Birthwork Training are also available individually for those interested in specialized learning.
What's included in the course fee:
38 in-depth, go at your own pace course modules that include pre-recorded lecture videos, readings, links, and resources designed to meet the needs of many learning styles.
Our labor, birth, and postpartum birthwork training includes learning modules that dive deep into all aspects of pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum support with an intersectional lens and anti-oppression analysis. Learn how to provide person-centered, inclusive, community based emotional, physical, practical, educational, and psychosocial support to pregnant people, their partners, families, and communities. Learn how to navigate birthing systems, advocacy tools, mental health, burnout prevention tips, hands-on comfort measures, lactation support tools, business tools, trauma informed care, and anatomy and physiology.
Includes access to our live, drop-in group mentorship sessions, membership in our private Facebook group, and a listing on our international birthworker directory.
We use the green bottle sliding scale framework to price our courses equitably. We give thanks to Alexis J. Cunningfolk for developing the green bottle method. "For a sliding scale to work it relies on the principles of truthfulness, respect for complexity, and accountability. I do not ask for income verification. I trust my students and clients to be honest. Community thrives when accountability is a central value, because that is where trust grows and depth work can be done. Teachers deserve to get paid and students deserve classes which recognize the multiple realities of economic access and privilege that exist." - AJC
Labor & Birth Birthworker (doula) Training Curriculum
Course introduction
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Business structures and professional frameworks
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Outside of the birth room
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Birthing bodies
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The labor and birth process
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Hands-on skills
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Trauma informed care
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Advocacy
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Medical interventions
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Bonus workshop: Fetal positioning
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The postpartum birthworker professional basics
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Postpartum recovery
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Mental health
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Newborns
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Infant sleep and working with multiples with Camilla Rae
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Lactation support 101 with Laura Cox, RN, CLEC
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- Introduction to lactation support modules (3:49)
- Advantages, recommendations, benefits, and milk composition (20:01)
- Stages of lactation (35:11)
- Positions and latch (81:21)
- Pumps, nipple shields, and storage (12:47)
- Common concerns and contraindications in lactation (18:46)
- Lactation justice (19:01)
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“I had spent time looking for trainings and did not feel moved by what I had found or the interactions I experienced, but when I came across Cornerstone, I knew I had found the right course. Thank you for the spotlight you put on birth rights advocacy and the inequalities faced by women of color, particularly Black women. Thank you for your mindfulness. My identity intersects at many points, and my whole self felt seen throughout this training.”
- Shay Pak, @orianadesolitude
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