Doula Training

This category features articles about doula training. It includes online doula training, in person doula training and virtual doula training. These articles will familiarize you with what you can expect when you take your doula training. Don’t hesitate to contact ProDoula with any questions that may arise for you!

Amniotic Sac? Bag of Waters? It’s Plural?

The human body is a fascinating thing. Not only do we have the capacity to grow another human being, we …

What’s in Your Doula Bag – Let’s Break it Down

The “What” of Your Doula Bag: This mysterious, ever present item/idea/tool carrier, called your doula bag, that we have long …

Doula Support: What No One is Able To Teach You

Most of the time, doula support descriptions involve visions of loud or conspicuous actions: Significant position changes Noticeable actions like …

The Peanut Ball: A New Snack or A Tool for Birth?

Peanut ball? You’re a doula so there’s a good chance you are familiar with what a birth ball is. You …

Vernix: I said hold the cheese!

This conversation may make things between you and your morning bagel awkward and I’m sorry for that, but there’s no …

Making Multiples – Know Your (Double) Stuff, Doulas!

Twins and higher order multiples are on the rise. Between 1980 and 2009, the birth rate of twins rose over …

Doula Training Was Awesome! Now What?

Have you taken a ProDoula doula training recently? Yeah? I remember that sense of excitement. All of the new possibilities! And …

Labour Denial

Labour Denial: The act of being in labour yet not actually believing you are. The following is an example….

“New School” Doulas: A Paradigm Shift

I’ve been a doula for a long time. During my 19 years in this work, I’ve taken trainings from a …

Online Doula Training or In-Person Doula Training? What’s the Difference?

Hello Prospective Doula! My name is Lacey Morgan, I am a doula, I don’t work for ProDoula but I see …