If you said yes to any of these, this certification was designed for you.
Train as a Childbirth Educator.
Teach With Confidence
A nationally recognized childbirth educator certification with a complete, ready-to-teach curriculum. Trusted by educators, midwives, and families across the U.S.
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You Might Be In the Right Place If...
- You love pregnancy and birth and want to teach childbirth education professionally
- You’re ready to become a certified childbirth educator, not just “learn more about birth”
- You’re a doula who wants to add childbirth education to your services
- You want a proven curriculum you can trust and teach with confidence
- You don’t want to design classes from scratch, you want a system that works
- You don’t have formal teaching experience and want clear guidance and support
- You’re interested in building a sustainable career or side business in childbirth education
Become a Childbirth Educator
The Birth Boot Camp Childbirth Educator Training is a comprehensive certification program designed to prepare you to teach childbirth classes with confidence. It’s built for people who want to share evidence-based information using a curriculum that is trusted, widely used, and easy to step into. You’ll be able to walk into your first class knowing exactly what to cover, how to teach it, and how to guide the conversation.
Birth Boot Camp has been teaching childbirth education since 2011, with a curriculum used by hundreds of educators across the United States and taken by thousands of expecting families. Our program is grounded in real-world teaching experience and designed to help educators feel prepared, supported, and confident in the classroom.
Certifying as a Birth Boot Camp Instructor gives you more than knowledge, it gives you a complete, ready-to-use curriculum, clear guidance, and the tools to begin teaching and earning without starting from scratch.
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What's Included In Your Training?
Teaching Skills & Birth Education Foundations
Before you ever step into a teaching space, this training is designed to prepare you, not just hand you materials. You’ll build a strong foundation in pregnancy and birth, along with the skills needed to teach effectively and confidently.
Through the training, you’ll learn how to:
- Teach childbirth education in a clear, engaging, and organized way
- Support different learning styles so your students truly understand the material
- Facilitate discussion, answer questions, and guide couples through complex topics
- Build a solid, evidence-based understanding of pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum
- Feel confident in what you’re teaching and how you’re teaching it
A Proven, Ready-to-Teach Curriculum
Unlike many childbirth educator certifications that require you to design your own curriculum from scratch, Birth Boot Camp provides a complete, professionally developed program that’s ready to teach.
Our curriculum was created by a collaborative team of experienced birth professionals – including midwives, doulas, childbirth educators, chiropractors, and lactation consultants – and refined over years of real classroom use. It’s designed to deliver consistent, high-quality education that families trust.
- Complete Birth Boot Camp class curriculum
- Instructor outlines for 9 different birth classes and workshops
- Professionally designed student workbooks
- Multiple class formats to meet the needs of you and your community
Birth Videos & Teaching Tools
High-quality childbirth education requires more than lectures. Birth Boot Camp equips you with professional teaching tools that support a wide range of learning styles and help families truly understand birth.
- 15 real birth videos to use in class
- Births in a variety of settings represented
- No need to search for or source your own birth videos
- Ready-to-use class activities with printable downloads
- A variety of teaching tools designed for interactive, engaging classes
Business Training & Marketing Support
Birth Boot Camp is one of the few childbirth educator certification programs that doesn’t stop at education, we help you build a business. We don’t just teach you how to educate; we help you learn how to attract students, fill your classes, and earn back your investment quickly.
- Step-by-step guidance for getting started as a childbirth educator
- Business Quick Start Guide included
- Basics of networking, building a website, and marketing your classes
- Practical tools to help you grow and sustain your work as a birth professional
- Tools to help you price, promote, and grow your classes
Online Portal & Ongoing Resources
Your certification includes continued access to a centralized online portal designed to support you long after training.
- Access to the Instructor Portal with all digital outlines, teaching tools, and birth videos
- Everything organized in one easy-to-navigate place
- Teaching tips, business resources, and professional development tools
- Quick access to links and materials you’ll use while teaching classes
Community & Continued Support
Ongoing support is a core part of the Birth Boot Camp certification. As a certified instructor, you become part of an active, supportive professional community with continued access to resources, updates, and guidance as you grow in your work.
- Access to a supportive, active online educator community
- Ongoing connection with other childbirth educators
- A place to ask questions, share ideas, and continue learning
Receive all of this, your training, certification, and more in one place, for one price!
Choose Your Training Path
We offer three convenient ways to complete your Childbirth Educator Certification. All options lead to certification and include the same curriculum, requirements, and outcomes. The difference is how you complete the training. Choose the option that fits your learning style and season of life.
In-Person Training
Spend three immersive days learning in person with your Birth Boot Camp trainer and a group of fellow educators. This hands-on training focuses on discussion, practice, and real-time guidance to help you feel prepared to step into the classroom with confidence.
Live, Online Training
Complete your training live, online with a Birth Boot Camp trainer, without the need to travel. This option offers the structure and connection of live training with real-time discussion, teaching, and support, just from home.
Self-Paced Online Training
Move through the training on your own schedule with our fully self-paced online option. You’ll have up to one year to complete the certification requirements, with all materials and support available to help you learn at a pace that fits your life.
IN-PERSON TRAINING – $995
Who: Spend three immersive days in person with your Birth Boot Camp trainer and a group of fellow educators as you learn, practice, and prepare to teach childbirth classes with confidence. This option is ideal if you learn best in a group setting and value in-person connection, discussion, and hands-on learning.
What: Our in-person training is a hands-on, interactive experience designed to prepare you for real classroom teaching. First, choose the date and location that works best for you. Before the training, you’ll complete all required training modules. Then you’ll attend the three-day in-person training, where you’ll engage in discussion, practice teaching concepts, and receive real-time guidance from your trainer. You’ll leave certified and ready to begin teaching.
*Save $50 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 $522.50. A $50 processing fee has been added to the payment plan.
In-Person Trainings
Upcoming Dates & Locations
Would you like to bring a training to your area? Simply fill out this form and we’ll be in touch!
LIVE, ONLINE TRAINING – $995
Who: Join your Birth Boot Camp trainer and a group of fellow educators for a live, online training experience. This option is ideal if you want the structure and connection of live training, prefer not to travel, and value real-time interaction and discussion while learning from home.
What: Our live, online training closely mirrors the in-person experience, just delivered virtually. First, you’ll complete all required training modules in advance. Your training materials will be mailed to you before the live sessions begin. Then you’ll attend a live, trainer-led online training where you’ll participate in real-time teaching, discussion, and Q&A. You’ll benefit from the energy, accountability, and connection of live training, without the need to travel.
*Save $50 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 $522.50. A $50 processing fee has been added to the payment plan.
Live, Online Trainings
Upcoming Dates
SELF-PACED ONLINE TRAINING – $995
Who: This option is best for educators who need maximum flexibility and want to complete their training on their own schedule. It’s a great fit if you prefer to learn at your own pace and want the freedom to complete the training from home.
What: Our self-paced online training is a fully on-demand certification program you can complete over time. You’ll have up to one full year to complete all certification requirements. Physical training materials will be mailed to you, and you’ll have ongoing support from the Birth Boot Camp Headquarters team as you work through the modules. Once your completed work is submitted and reviewed, you’ll receive your certification and be ready to begin teaching.
**Payment Plan – 3 monthly payments of $334.50. A $50 processing fee has been added to the payment plan.
Certification Process
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Register and Pay
Choose whether you’d like to do the in-person or one of the online trainings. 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.
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Sign Paperwork
In your training portal, you will find links to sign some paperwork including our Policies & Procedures and Code of Conduct. Read over these and sign them when you log in to your portal.
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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 what you learned from each one.
- Heart and Hands: A Midwife’s Guide to Pregnancy and Birth by Davis
- Optimal Care in Childbirth: The Case for a Physiologic Approach by Henci Goer (Read chapters 7-17)
- Labor Pain: What’s Your Best Strategy? by Henci Goer
- Breastfeeding Doesn’t Need to Suck by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
- Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America by Theresa Morris
- Natural Hospital Birth by Cynthia Gabriel
- Safe, Infant Sleep by James McKenna
- Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis by Julia Chinyere Oparah, Helen Arega, Dantia Hudson, Linda Jones, Talita Oseguera
- Ethics and Evidence on Circumcision by Rebecca Deker and Anna Bertone (This is an article and podcast episode on the Evidence Based Birth website.)
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Module 2 – Childbirth Education
Watch Birth Boot Camp’s online Comprehensive Childbirth Class and answer the questions in the Childbirth Education document. You will be given access to the Comprehensive Class as part of your training.
Module 3 – Acronyms
Identify and describe common pregnancy and birth related acronyms.
Module 4 – Vocabulary
Define a list of pregnancy and birth related vocabulary words.
Module 5 – Documentaries
Watch these documentaries and answer questions about them.
- Orgasmic Birth
- Birth Time
- Born Free
Module 6 – Community Resources
Compile a list of local resources that will benefit your clients.
Module 7 – Support Groups
Attend two pregnancy, breastfeeding, or postpartum support groups in your community.
Module 8 – Online Training Videos (Self-Pace, Online Training Only)
Watch the online training videos.
Module 9 – Teaching Tools Practice (Self-Paced, Online Training Only)
Record yourself teaching 3 of our teaching tools to practice and get comfortable teaching them.
Module 10 – Reflections (Self-Paced, 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 childbirth educator.
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FAQs
What’s included?
- Instant access to your Training Portal
- Your choice of a 3-day in-person workshop OR fully online, self paced training
- A printed copy of the Comprehensive Class outline
- Comprehensive Student Workbook
- Training on becoming an amazing childbirth educator
- 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 Instructor Portal
- Digital copies of the teaching outlines for the classes and workshops
- 14 birth videos to go along with your classes
- Printable teaching tools
- 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 classes
- 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 certification@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 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 8 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.
When is recertification due and what is required?
Recertification is due each year on March 31st. The fee for recertification is $150. We include several educational requirements that will help you develop as a childbirth educator as well as grow your business.
Can I be certified with another organization?
Yes, Birth Boot Camp Instructors may be certified with other organizations, as long as there is not a conflict of interests. Instructors are expected to teach and use the Birth Boot Camp outlines, materials, videos, or otherwise for Birth Boot Camp classes only.
Can I bring my baby to the in-person workshop?
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.
Begin Your Journey as a Childbirth Educator Today!
Giving birth should be a life-changing event. Expecting parents deserve to be informed and know what their options are so that they can make the best decisions for themselves and their new baby. When we arm expectant parents with knowledge, confidence, and support, we will begin to transform birth! Childbirth education plays a critical role in improving birth for everyone!
