A comprehensive birth doula training and certification designed to prepare you to confidently support families through pregnancy, labor, and birth.
Become a Birth Doula.
Support With Confidence.
Trusted by doulas, childbirth educators, and families across the country.
Are you ready to become a birth doula?
Have you found a desire to support families during birth, helping them to have a positive, life changing experience? As a birth doula, you are on the front lines working to help improve birth for everyone, decrease the amount of birth trauma, and possibly lower the c-section rate, therefore improving the overall health and wellness of mothers and babies.
If you are ready to take take the next steps to become a certified doula, Birth Boot Camp has everything you need to begin making a difference in the lives of expecting families in your community.
Ignite Your Passion and Be a Catalyst for Positive Change in the Birth World
The support, guidance, and empowerment you provide to expectant parents during one of the most transformative moments of their lives can be truly life-altering. It’s a role that goes beyond assisting in labor; it’s about offering unwavering emotional support, physical support, and informed decision-making. The way a woman feels and how she is treated during birth will affect her for the rest of her life. She should feel powerful, amazing, loved, and supported throughout her entire birthing experience. As a doula, your role is crucial in helping families have a strong, confident start on their parenting journey.
Become a Birth Doula
We invite you to join our Birth Doula Training program. As a part of your training, you gain everything you need to begin working as a birth doula in one easy-to-navigate place.
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You Should be a Birth Doula if...
You believe that birth can be a positive experience.
You have a desire to support families through pregnancy, birth, and early postpartum.
You have a desire to be part of the birth team.
You can support families through a variety of birth scenarios.
You like the spontaneity of an “on-call” lifestyle.
You have reliable childcare and a supportive family.
What Will You Learn?
What's Included?
Receive Your Doula Handbook
Every doula receives a copy of the Birth Boot Camp Doula Handbook. It’s 150+ pages of helpful information, resources, and tips.
Supporting Arms Workbook
This amazing workbook is for your clients! It’s full of information to help guide your birth plan visits with them and to help prepare them for their upcoming birth.
Childbirth Education
This is included in your training! You will have immediate access to our online childbirth classes to deepen your understanding and knowledge about pregnancy, birth, and beyond.
Breastfeeding Training
Learn how to support your clients during their breastfeeding journey with our Lactation Intensive for Birth Professionals.
Business Training
Starting your business as a doula may seem intimidating, but we’ll walk you through it every step of the way. Learn the basics of networking, building a website, social media marketing, and more! You’ll receive our Business Quick Start Guide and so much more when it comes to the business side of being a doula.
Online Doula Portal
You will have access to our Doula Portal where you will find a doula contract and client intake forms, marketing tips, ongoing professional development, and additional resources to help you become an amazing doula.
Receive all this, your training, certification, and more in one place, for one price.
To start, simply choose the
program right for you.
Choose Your Training Path
IN-PERSON TRAINING – $845
Who: Spend 3 amazing days in-person with your trainer and other passionate trainees as they learn and prepare to become amazing birth doulas!
What: Our in-person training is a hands-on and interactive experience. First, choose which date and location you’d like to attend. Then complete all of the training modules (detailed below) that must be submitted before your training. Finally, attend the 3-day in-person training and leave certified!
*Save $100 with our Early Bird pricing when you sign up for an in-person training 3 or more months before the training.
**Payment Plan – 2 monthly payments of $447.50. A $50 processing fee has been added to the payment plan.
In-Person Trainings
Upcoming Dates & Locations
ONLINE TRAINING – $845
Who: Complete your training on your own time and schedule. With one year to complete the training, you choose how quickly you move through the content.
What: Our online training is a self-paced, 100% on demand course that you complete in your own time. Your materials will be mailed to you so that you can get started and our Headquarters team is here to support you if you need any assistance.
*Payment Plan – 3 monthly payments of $298.34. A $50 processing fee has been added to the payment plan.
Certification Process
1
Register and Pay
Choose whether you’d like to do the in-person or online training. Sign up, pay, and immediately get access to your training portal. You will receive an email with your log-in information. Be sure to check out the welcome video.
2
Sign Paperwork
In your training portal, you will find links to sign some paperwork including our Policies & Procedures, Code of Conduct, and Non-compete agreement. Read over these and sign them when you log in to your portal.
3
Complete Your Training Modules
In your online portal you will find all of your training modules with detailed instructions and tips for each one. Be sure to download each module and make a plan to complete your work in a timely manner. If you will be attending an in-person training, you are required to have all of the training modules submitted to your trainer no later than 10 days before your training. For those taking an online training, you must complete all of the modules within a year.
Module 1 – Reading
Read each of these books and write about 5 things you learned when reading.
- Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent
- Reclaiming Childbirth as a Right of Passage by Rachel Reed
- Labor Pain: What’s Your Best Strategy? by Henci Goer
- Natural Hospital Birth by: Cynthia Gabrial
- In Your Own Time: How Western Medicine Controls the Start of Labour and Why This Needs to Stop by Sara Wickham
- Breastfeeding Made Simple by: Mohrbacher & Kendall-Tackett
- When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women by: Simkin and Klaus
- Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis by Julia Chinyere Oparah, Helen Arega, Dantia Hudson, Linda Jones, Talita Oseguera
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Module 2 – Childbirth Education
Watch Birth Boot Camp’s online Comprehensive Childbirth Class and answer the questions. You will find this in your online training portal.
Module 3 – Documentaries
Watch these documentaries and answer questions about them.
- Orgasmic Birth
- Birth Time
- Born Free
Module 4 – Breastfeeding
Watch the Breastfeeding Intensive for Birth Professionals video that’s included in your training.
Module 5 – Support Groups
Attend two pregnancy, breastfeeding, and/or postpartum support groups in your community.
Module 6 – Bloodborne Pathogens
Complete one of the below bloodborne pathogen trainings, pass their test, and purchase the certification.
Module 7 – Community Resources
Compile a list of local resources that will benefit your clients.
Module 8 – Attend 2 Births
Attend 2 different births and record your experience.
Module 9 – Online Training Videos (Online Training Only)
Watch the online training videos in your online portal.
Module 10 – Reflections (Online Training Only)
After completing all of your modules, answer a few essay questions to reflect on everything you’ve learned.
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Attend In-Person Training/Complete Online Training
If you’ve chosen to attend an in-person training, you will enjoy an amazing 3 days with your trainer and other trainees passionate about birth.
If you are completing the online training, submit all of your completed training modules to our certification coordinator.
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Receive Your Certification
After completing your training modules, attending your in-person training or completing your online training you will be certified and ready to begin working as a doula!
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Become a certified doula and help families have life-changing birth experiences!
FAQ's
What’s Included?
- Instant access to your Training Portal
- Your choice of a 3-day in-person workshop OR fully online, self paced training
- Birth Doula Handbook
- Supporting Arms book (used for clients)
- Training on becoming an amazing birth doula
- Business training
- Samples of our marketing materials
- Support from your trainer and the Headquarters team
- Access to our private Facebook group for trainees
What support is available after I complete my training?
- Access to our Doula Portal
- Access to Birth Boot Camp stock photography to use in your marketing
- A professional account on the Birth Boot Camp store to purchase materials for your clients
- Access to our private Facebook group for all currently certified Instructors and Doulas
- A personalized certificate every year that you recertify
- Invitation to our company wide Retreat every 3 years
- Access to the Headquarters Team
Should I choose the online or in-person training? Which is best?
Both training options are great, one is not better than the other, just what makes the most sense for you!
If you work best with a hard deadline and accountability, enjoy meeting new people, benefit from hands-on training, and have the flexibility to be away for 3 days, then an in-person training would be great for you!
If you have a busy lifestyle, small children, you are a self starter, work best on your own and in your own time, then the online training would be great for you! You have one year to complete the online training once you register.
Consider how you work best and which options best meet your educational needs.
What if I can’t attend the workshop I am registered for?
If you need to change from the workshop you originally signed up for to a new workshop, you will need to notify your trainer and contact the certification coordinator at doulacertification@birthbootcamp.com. There is a $300 transfer fee that must be paid in order to reserve your spot in a new workshop. If it is not possible to attend an in-person workshop, you may choose to switch to the online training and the $300 fee applies. Access to your training portal will be removed until the fee is paid and you choose a new workshop.
How much time will it take to complete the training modules?
The answer to this question solely depends on you and how your life is currently set up. If you have small children, a full time job outside of the home, a busy personal life, brand new to birth work, or a slower reader, it may take 4-6 months to complete all the training modules.
If you are a fast reader, already in birth work and familiar with the material, or have the ability to set aside large blocks of time to work on it, then you may be able to get through the workload within the deadline of 6 weeks before the workshop.
Set realistic goals for yourself. Enjoy the journey of getting certified. Remember, the more prepared you are for the workshop, the better equipped you will be to help couples work towards their amazing births.
Online trainees have one year to complete the training. If you need more time, we offer a 3 month extension for $175.
What do I do with my training modules once I’m finished?
In-Person Training Workshops: Your modules are due to your trainer 10 days prior to the workshop. Your trainer will review your modules and send back any work that needs to be corrected or completed. Revisions are due back to your trainer 2 days before the workshop.
Online Training: Your training modules are due BEFORE your training expires (one year from the date you registered) When you have completed all of your training modules, you will email them to the Certification Coordinator. It can take up to 2 weeks for your modules to be looked over and corrections sent back.
What do I need to bring to the workshop?
Laptop/ipad that can connect to WiFi, notebook for note taking, 2 bed pillows, yoga mat, comfortable clothing, a jacket or sweater, your own snacks and beverages.
How long do I have to complete my certification?
Keep in mind that there is a significant amount of work involved in this training. There are books to read, documentaries and other videos to watch, the bloodborne pathogens trainings, and more to complete. Allow yourself plenty of time to complete all of the modules!
If attending an in-person training, your training modules are due to your trainer no later than 10 days before your workshop.
Do I have to recertify?
Recertification is due each year on March 31st. The fee for recertification is $100. We include several educational requirements that will help you develop as a birth doula as well as grow your business. Recertification will be discussed in detail during your training.
Can I bring my baby to training?
We encourage long-term breastfeeding and want nursing mothers to be included. Training, however, is intensive and requires long hours and a quiet room, so that all who have invested their time and money can hear and participate. Training also requires that all be able to participate in relaxation and various other floor exercises. If you are nursing a baby you must make arrangements to have someone who can bring your baby to you for feedings. Additional space will not be provided at training for your baby and babysitter. This enables both the nursing mother and others in attendance to maximize their workshop experience. You may also choose to pump during training. Please discuss your breastfeeding/pumping needs with your trainer. There are multiple breaks built into the training as well as a 1.5 hour lunch break when you can nurse. Older children are not allowed at training.
