🌿 Inclusive Full-Spectrum Doula Training — 45 Hours (Online + Live Weekends)
Become a BirthPro Full-Spectrum Doula — serving families from pregnancy through postpartum with confidence, compassion, and skill.
Families need you now — and with growing demand for trained doulas nationwide, this comprehensive program prepares you to support families through pregnancy, birth, postpartum healing, feeding, newborn care, loss, high-risk situations, and community resource navigation.
Designed for doulas who want a culturally humble, trauma-aware foundation, this training meets multi-state competency expectations (MA, RI, OK, AZ) and positions you for Medicaid/HSA reimbursement pathways.
Tuition: $850
Program Start: March 28, 2026
Format: Two live virtual weekends + self-paced learning modules
Become a BirthPro Full Spectrum Doula
🌸 Why Now Is the Time
There has never been a greater need for skilled, full-spectrum doulas.
Families are seeking inclusive support, healthcare systems are opening pathways for trained providers, and states across the country are expanding doula coverage.
If you're ready to gain the skills, credibility, and grounding to serve your community with care that honors identity, autonomy, and cultural context — this program is for you.
BirthPro’s Full-Spectrum Doula Training prepares you to:
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Serve with culturally humble, trauma-aware care
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Support pregnancy, birth, postpartum healing, and newborn transitions
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Navigate systems like WIC, Medicaid, home visiting programs
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Build a sustainable doula practice rooted in equity and community
Led by Lorie Michaels, CD(DONA), LCCE, CLC, BRMPro+, PMH-C, EBB Instructor, BRM/BRB Instructor, Spinning Babies Childbirth Educator
With 20+ years of experience supporting hundreds of families and training the next generation of birth workers, Lorie brings deep expertise across birth, postpartum, physiology, emotional wellness, perinatal mental health, and reproductive justice.
Her approach blends evidence-based practice with inclusive, culturally humble care — so you feel confident, prepared, and supported from day one.
🌼 What You’ll Learn
This 45-hour full-spectrum program equips you to:
Pregnancy & Birth Support
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Understand pregnancy physiology, stages of labor, and coping strategies
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Offer hands-on comfort measures and positioning tools
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Support high-risk, medically complex, VBAC, breech, and unexpected scenarios
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Navigate trauma, PMADs, grounding techniques, and emotional safety
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Apply reproductive justice principles in all birth spaces
Postpartum & Newborn Care
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Support newborn feeding, soothing, and normal adjustment
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Guide families through postpartum healing and recovery
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Understand infant behavior, sleep basics, and feeding cues
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Provide household, partner, and practical support within doula scope
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Recognize warning signs and make appropriate referrals
Full-Spectrum Competencies
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Support loss, abortion, and difficult outcomes with compassion
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Hold space across diverse cultural traditions, including Indigenous and LGBTQ+ communities
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Apply anti-racism principles to everyday practice
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Understand the doula’s role within community systems
Professional Practice
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Build a sustainable doula business rooted in equity and clarity
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Navigate contracts, policies, boundaries, and scope
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Document care ethically and confidently
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Prepare for Medicaid and insurance-based reimbursement programs
🌈 Your Training Journey at a Glance
Two Live Weekends (Virtual)
Saturday + Sunday, 9am–4pm EST
Interactive sessions covering pregnancy, birth support, comfort measures, advocacy, trauma-informed care, cultural safety, postpartum healing, and practical newborn care.
Self-Paced Week (Between Weekends)
6–8 modules you complete on your own time:
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Lactation basics
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PMAD recognition & support
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Feeding + newborn care
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Household/practical postpartum skills
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Reproductive justice foundations
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Cultural humility across full-spectrum care
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Scope of practice + documentation
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Menstrual health foundations (not tested, but included for holistic education)
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Ongoing Support
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Optional weekly coaching calls 💬
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Access to a private BirthPro community
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Continuing education opportunities
🌿 More Than a Certification — This Is Your Launchpad
BirthPro’s program supports doulas who want to go beyond textbook learning and step confidently into real-world practice.
Alongside your certification, you’ll receive:
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Weekly live coaching
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Evidence-based pregnancy, birth, and postpartum strategies
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Real-world advocacy tools & system navigation know-how
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Emotional wellness tools (EFT integration)
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A supportive community of fellow birth workers
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Practical business foundations to help you thrive
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Ongoing invitations to deepen your skills
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A BirthPro Full-Spectrum Doula Badge for your website + socials
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A MassHealth Doula Competency Attestation Letter (where applicable)
Special offer for BirthPro Doulas!
How can you help families in your community get evidence based care?
Here’s the deal: You and I both want evidence based care to be the “norm” for birthing families in our community. But on average, it takes 15 to 20 years for evidence to be put into practice. This situation is totally unacceptable! How can we speed up that gap so that families can get that care right here, right now?
Learn how to be a change agent in your community… and then also get the support you need right here in the Evidence Based Birth® professional membership. Standard membership is $69 monthly. BirthPro doula graduates can sign up for EBB Pro for only $29 per month for the first year! Savings of $480!
Certification Requirements
To earn your BirthPro Full Spectrum Doula Certification, you’ll need to:
✅ Complete all course modules and quizzes within 6 months of your start date
✅ Complete "Black Brilliance: A Culturally Responsive Anti-Racism Doula Training" module within 6 months of your start date (included in enrollment)
✅ Provide hands-on support for 3 birthing & 2 postpartum families (volunteer or paid)
✅ Hold a current Infant/Child CPR certification
✅ Submit a short reflection for each family supported (guidelines provided)
Upon Completion, You’ll Receive:
🎓 A BirthPro Certificate of Completion (45-hour training)
🏅 A digital BirthPro Postpartum Doula Badge
📄 A MassHealth Doula Competency Attestation Letter (where applicable)
📚 Evidence Based Birth® professional membership discount
🎬 Listing on our BirthPro Doula Directory
Who is this not for?
Our programs are grounded in birth equity, full-spectrum care, and inclusive community-building. If you’re unwilling to support LGBTQ+ families, affirm abortion as part of reproductive care, or examine personal and systemic biases—including racism, transphobia, and cultural appropriation—this may not be the training for you.
We welcome all who come with openness, humility, and a commitment to learning in community.
Who this is for:
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New or aspiring doulas ready to begin their practice.
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Parents, caregivers, or helpers who want professional birth and postpartum skills.
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Anyone seeking inclusive, evidence-based, trauma-informed doula training.
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People who learn best with live support, mentorship, and community.
Already trained? → Check out our Mentoring page
Ready to start your new adventure?
Join our professional doula community and grow with live coaching, peer support, and continuing education. Led by Lorie Michaels, CD(DONA), LCCE, CLC — 20+ years mentoring doulas with trauma-informed, inclusive care.