Doula School is one of the largest doula certifying organizations.
Director Stefanie Antunes has been a Lamaze® Educator and doula since 2002, after the birth of her second son showed her just how valuable it is to be prepared for birth and to have good support around you.
Stefanie loves to bring together her business experience and heart-centered doula work to help birth workers grow vibrant careers.
Stefanie runs two doula agencies providing a variety of services to expectant parents and training for those wishing to pursue work in the childbirth field. Stefanie has sat on many boards including the Association of Ontario Doulas, DONA International, and many local boards and coalitions to improve communities. Stefanie is the founder of The Birth Doula Program running in several hospitals.
Massachusetts now covers Doula services, but I don’t know what I think about that. I don’t love governmental oversight since I don’t trust the government. I am dependent upon them for housing and food for my family though and I would HATR for someone not to want me because of who’s paying. It’s legally discriminatory but, for example, when apartment searching, landlords can’t say that they don’t accept section 8. They do it but in a way that they usually don’t come right out and say it. I know it though and it makes me feel less than. I don’t want to make anyone feel like that, however, thinking about it as a business owner, I get the hesitation.
Loving this book! Having the scientific sources for these innate feelings I have for my baby has been so helpful. I don’t engage with my MIL but she makes all kinds of comments that let me know she thinks I am making my baby dependent and spoiled by holding/wearing/cosleeping with him.
The doula profession isn't regulated in Australia so choose a training school that you resonate with and start working! There is a lot of need in Australia and a fair bit of demand. We'd love to see you in one of our trainings. Check us out at DoulaTraining.ca
I just got hired for my first 3 clients and I am so excited to incorporate ideas from this video. I was worried about going over hospital interventions and all the information being daunting but this is a really neat approach!
Lamaze is an International organization if that interests you and is well-known everywhere. But I always encourage people to choose a certification that feels in alignment with WHAT and HOW they want to teach and go from there. Good luck in your searching and feel free to check out our trainings at doulaschool.ca
I truly thank you for creating such a dynamic video. You shared so many gems, and critically asking the deeper questions to follow up with your business.❤
Currently reading this book and I am soo grateful for it. Thank you this interview! So interesting what you said about how we’re the most informed generation but the least experienced.. that hit home bc I realised how before having a baby I never really experienced babies around me. For me though, I felt like it forced me to tune into my intuition more and cater it towards my baby trusting that everything she was was absolutely normal and perfect for her. We bed shared since day 1, breastfeed on demand, spend all day everyday together. She is 11 months now and absolutely thriving in every way. So proud of her! I am hopeful and optimistic for the future generations to come.🙏🏽🙏🏽
I have two young boys and I love the idea of becoming a doula but I just don’t have the support as far as babysitters and caregivers that actually trust to leave my kids with.
Most doulas include a couple of visits only during the pregnancy! Some include more or have different packages, but it's not the same as visits with a primary care provider since we don't have medical duties. It's more for getting to know them and vice versa.
Ah! Well that will depend on their needs and mostly their budget. We sometimes work one time with a client to help provide education and demonstrate techniques and some clients will hire us for 3 months of support! As a birth doula most doulas provide one or two follow-up postnatal visits.
Well that's usually a little simpler. Typicallly we'll do a check-in when we arrive and then the parents will want to go to bed to get much needed sleep. If the person is body feeding baby then we'll bring them baby to feed and then let them get back to sleep. Different doulas handle things differently for overnight so there is a lot of variation, but mostly people are hiring us so they can recover and sleep so we tend to focus on baby and not on any other chores at night.
Thank you so much for posting! I can't wait to share this with my husband! He's gonna be my advocate and helper and he's more than willing to do so, I'm so grateful🥰
Well done on an excellent resource! As a non-clinical midwife and CBE, I would love more of this showing things like sacral pressure for pain relief and those techniques applied on hands and top of shoulders to release oxytocin! I'll keep watching your space and learning to betterr equip our couples for positive labours and births.
The only way I'd ask for a refund would be if my doula couldn't make it to the birth for some reason. But also I can't stand the term birthing person. I'm a woman, not a birthing person, or a chest feeder, or a bleeder. Just say mom. (Because even if she is placing her baby for adoption, she's still the birth mother and should be respected as such)
Hi Rhonda! We do :). We have a number of doula and birth work certifications available. You can learn more on our site at doulaschool.ca/?fbclid=IwAR0M4899trTbMZnJCEi3LwtXj2oWpAEcsveRbNEIZDmKqAeHbh025GRNrzs
@@DoulaSchool Yes, absolutely! But I am elated to say that I got focused and my website, email, business cards and Google Workspace are ALL completed!!!!! Thank you for the content and encouragement!
This is one of the most valuable videos I’ve ever watched. Thank you so much. I really love your perspective. I’m still working on my certification but I know I will be certified this year. I had to get out of my own way! This video is one of the many steps that helped me feel “ready & worthy”. I come back to watch it every once in a while.
I was induced without knowing! They performed an epiziotomy without telling me! This is abuse! That is the prime reason for my decision to be come a doula!
Such an informative video! So important to connect to who you are serving and positioning your services so that your ideal clients see the true value that a doula has to offer. Love this!
Love this video! Yes to connecting to YOUR financial goals - it's so important to be able to build your business in a way that is sustainable 💕 so many important considerations that you consider in this!
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