Labor, Birth, and Postpartum Birthworker (Doula) Training

This foundational course covers supporting folks through the prenatal period, labor & birth process, and the postpartum period. Our labor, birth, and postpartum birthworker (doula) training will provide you with a trauma informed, patient rights based framework for your practice, a deepened understanding of the intersectional aspects of birthwork, and practical hands-on skill to support all clients throughout their pregnancies, births, and postpartum period. 

**The labor & Birth Birthwork Training and Postpartum Birthwork Training can both be purchased individually if you do not want to purchase this all inclusive course**

This course is go at your own pace and closed captioned.


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


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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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  Congratulations!
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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

Two masc presenting people gaze lovingly at their baby. One person rests his head upon the shoulder of the other, in an embrace.

All photos by Natalie Broders