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Introduction

Content Overview

Mama Bamba Certification Requirements

Required Reading List

MODULE ONE

Live Lecture (1)

What is Normal Birth?

Spacious Stillness

What is a doula?

Labor support by doulas, midwives, nurses, physicians and loved ones

Best research evidence on labor support

The Mama Bamba Approach

Mama Bamba Standards of Practice

Mama Bamba Code of Ethics

Social media DOs & DON’Ts for the birth doula

The Significance of Birth

Birth as an initiation and right of passage

A fulfilling birth experience: what does it take?

“My ideal Birth”: an exercise for doulas

Physiology of Labour

The Hormones of Labour

Hello Darkness my old friend

Further Reading

Stages of Labour: First Stage: Dilation and Cervical Progression

Signs of Labour

Are you really in labour? 7 questions to help you know for sure

For the Doula: What if labour started right now?

Alternative methods of checking dilation

A guide to offering support during the first stage of labour

Checklist of comfort measures for labour

Becoming Calm and Centered

Breathing deeply

Relaxation and mental imagery

A guided visualisation exercise

Live Lecture (2)

Stages of Labour: 2nd & 3rd stage

Best research evidence on second stage management

A guide to offering support during the second stage of labour

The Doula’s role in the third and fourth stages of labour

Techniques for Emotional Care

The emotional signposts of labour

Compassion and empathy

Encouraging and empowering statements

Guiding your clients in releasing resistance

Methods for releasing resistance to labour

Breathing rhythms

Massage for labour

Using Sound in Labour & Birth

Images for labour

Birth as sheer pleasure

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