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| Become A Matrona Certified Holistic Doula! Requirements for Certification * Attend all four weekends of a Matrona Holistic Doula Training series * Complete and document required reading * Attend a full series of childbirth education classes as an observer (not as an expectant parent); or submit documentation (parent evaluation forms and a class outline, for instance) of your experience as a childbirth educator * Attend a 4-meeting series of La Leche League meetings; or document 5 contact hours with a Lactation Consultant, peer counselor, or other breastfeeding educator; or document your experience as a breastfeeding educator * Complete and document 4 hours of pregnancy massage instruction; or document your experience in therapeutic massage, specifically as regards training/experience in pregnancy massage * Listen to and view five required audio- and video tapes * Provide labor, birth and postpartum support to three women/families: - You must do a minimum of 3 postpartum visits - Only one of your certifying births may be a cesarean section - Document your experience through good evaluations from mother/family and one caregiver (nurse, midwife, or physician) present at the birth - If your caregiver evaluation is from a physician, either document his/her presence at the birth for multiple hours, or provide a second caregiver evaluation from a nurse or midwife who was present * Provide copies of required forms and records * Sign Sacred Contract |
| We respectfully reserve the right to change these requirements, with adequate advance notice to doula trainees, in order to best serve the needs of women, babies, families and doulas. |
| Holistic Midwifery and Doula Training Programs Asheville, NC (828) 242-2188 |
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