OWN YOUR BIRTH – Doula Training in English, with Maria Bengtsson & Anna Bjelkefelt.

This comprehensive training program gives you the knowledge, confidence, and practical tools to support families through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period.

You’ll learn about the physiology of birth, emotional and psychological aspects of labor, hands-on comfort techniques, and how to build a sustainable doula practice.

Whether you’re new to birth work or deepening your existing skills, this course combines evidence-based learning with heart-centered practice.

WHEN​:

Block 1: Jan 20, 9.30 AM -2.30 PM (live, online)

Block 2: Recorded Lectures

Block 3: Jan 27, 10 AM-2.30 PM (live, online)

Block 4: Recorded Lectures

Block 5: Feb 3, 10 AM-1.30 PM (live, online)

Block 6: Feb 17, 1 AM-7 PM (in person-training and dinner together afterwards. We´re handling the food) AND Feb 18, 10 AM-3.30 PM 

WHERE:  Studio Liv, Galonvägen 2 in Bromma.

INVESTMENT: 15 000 SEK including taxes. 3000 SEK is paid at the time of booking.

​BOOKING: Send an email to maria@ownyourbirthdoula.com

INSTRUCTORS:

Maria Bengtsson. More info: Maria Bengtsson — OWN YOUR STORY. OWN YOUR BIRTH

Anna Bjelkefelt. More info: Anna Bjelkefelt | Doulagruppen.se

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CONTENT IN BRIEF: 

  • Historic overview + The doula effect

  • What does/can a doula do?

  • Self-care

  • Physiology and progress of childbirth

  • The baby's perspective

  • Hospital routines & interventions

  • Golden hour, placenta, cord clamping

  • Induction

  • Labor pain and pain relief/pain management

  • Hypnobirthing

  • Affirmations and visualization

  • Positions, touch, pressure & acupressure

  • Obstetric violence, women's rights

  • Oxytocin and the nervous system

  • Fear of childbirth

  • Giving birth at the hospital, at home, in water, unassisted, with cesarean section

  • Postpartum (support, recovery, breastfeeding, bonding etc.)

  • Active baby/Spinning babies (theoretically & practically)

  • Running a doula business: contracts, structure, promotion etc.

  • Birth plan

  • Doula bag

LITTERATURE:

  • Birthing from within, Pam England & Rob Horowitz 

  • Give birth like a feminist, Milli Hill

  • The Fourth Trimester, Kimberly Ann Johnson

  • Natural Birth, Kristina Turner

  • Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers,  Nancy Mohrbacher

(Photo credit for the image above: Hanna Edholm)

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