Learning Outcomes

The Body of a Pregnant Woman

The Care of the Mother and Baby

Grief, Family Planning, Communication and Ethics

Lesson Summary

In this module, you’ll be introduced to the role of a birth doula and how women get pregnant. We’ll teach you body mass index, the symptoms of pregnancy and how to care for a pregnant woman during labour. Learn how newborn babies are screened, how to support grieving parents as a birth doula, methods of contraception, how to communicate and more.

Becoming a Birth Doula - Course Assessment

This free online course explains how a professional birth doula assists their clients before, during and after labour.

Becoming a Birth Doula

Pregnancy and childbirth are overwhelming times for parents and they need all the care and support available to make birth a safe, healthy and fulfilling experience. A doula is a trained childbirth professional that can provide such support. In this course, we lay out the roles of a birth doula during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period to provide the training you require that improves both your medical and communication skills.

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