Peaceful Beginning
Birth and Postpartum Services
Supporting the Woman in Labor
Ashevlle- Luhn House
Training
Practicing the use of the
Rebozo for positioning and
comfort

To Love what you do
and feel that it
matters-how could
anything be more fun?
Katherine Graham
Asheville- Luhn House- April 2008
Practicing the use of massage to provide
comfort during labor
Cheryl Orengo, BS, ICCE,
CD(DONA), DONA Approved
Doula Trainer
Online Registration Form for the Athen's Ga. Training
November 13-16 2008
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My 2007 Doula Training
Schedule
Feb. 23-25 - Holy Family Birth Center,
Weslaco Texas
March 23-25 - Asheville, NC
September 28-30 - Asheville, NC
October 25-28 - Weslaco, Texas

My 2008 Doula Training
Schedule
April 4-6 - Asheville, NC
June 6-8, Downtown, Asheville NC
September 12, 13 and 14 - Asheville, NC
November 14, 15 and 16.- Athens, GA

Intro. Class to Satisfy the DONA requirement of a Childbirth Class Series--Finish in one day!

INTRODUCTION TO CHILDBEARING CLASS FOR DOULA TRAINEES- $50 Early Bird Fee (after Oct. 14 $100) --Will be held at Full Bloom--
Thursday, November 13, 2008--9-5:30pm.  Fee includes refreshments and a certificate of completion.  Lunch will be on your own.

The 7 hour Intro to Childbearing Class which can be taken in lieu of a childbirth class series to fulfill the pre-requisite of a childbirth class series for DONA
certification.   Location and directions will be sent to you upon registration.

To save your space please register here online and
then either mail a deposit of $100 or pay with credit
card below. If you would like to mail payment send it to:

Full Bloom Pregnancy and
Early Parenting Center
515 Gaines School Rd,
Athens, GA 30605

For questions about the training itself call me at:
828-258-3327

To call the training coordinator in Athens,
Pat Nielsen:  706-353-3373.
Ashevlle- Luhn House Training
Practicing a comfort measure for
back pain. September 2008
Downtown Asheville Trng- June 08
Demonstrating back pain method
and TENS.
                                                                                                      DONA International approved
                                                                  Birth Doula Training
                                                                                              My next training
                                                                                      (with space still available)
                                                                                         
                                                                                          Athens, Georgia
                                                                        Full Bloom Pregnancy & Early Parenting Center
                                                                               November 14, 15 and 16, 2008
                                                                                        Intro. class offered Nov. 13

Athen's Doula Training Schedule:

Intro. Thurs.  9am-5:30-pm
Friday-           2pm-8:30pm
Saturday-       9am-6:30pm
Sunday-         9am- 4:45pm


Location: Full Bloom Pregnancy and Early Parenting Center, in Athens Georgia www.fullbloomparent.com .  Full Bloom is a beautiful center in the heart of lovely and
vibrant Athens Georgia.   The coordinator of the training is Full Bloom founder and owner, Pat Nielsen, 706-353-3373.    

Content:  The training includes discussion and practice in order to prepare participants to begin their doula business.  Discussion centers around holistic, evidence based
information to enable the doula to make the birth experience easier and more joyous for her clients.  Practice includes optimal fetal positioning and intensive labor support
techniques designed to become doula skills.   The course also emphasizes the importance of appropriate, culturally sensitive support.  Participants will learn how to
assist women and their partners cope with complications in pregnancy, labor, and early postpartum should they occur, as well as how to avoid unnecessary medical
interventions including cesarean birth and how to begin their doula practice.

Completion of the entire training is mandatory to receive full credit and the DONA birth doula training certificate.  The training provides 18 contact hours and includes:  
how to obtain clients, how to start a doula practice and how to market your doula business.  The extra hours each day are for meal breaks, snack breaks and movement
breaks which are needed because of the intense nature and ammount of information provided during the weekend.  It will be a weekend you will not forget!

Pre-requisites: This workshop assumes a basic knowledge of pregnancy and childbirth; it is not an introductory level training.  DONA requires attendance of a childbirth
education class series or a childbirth education workshop (non-pregnant or for the sole purpose of preparing for the doula training) to become certified which is ideal
preparation for the doula training.  Childbirth Educators, nurses with labor and delivery experience and midwives or midwifery students have the appropriate experience
and do not have to complete a childbirth class series for certification.  You may look at the DONA list of approved childbirth education programs (see DONA link below)
to see if your childbirth education qualifies for DONA certification. Contact me for questions about training prequisites.  

I will offer an Intro to Childbirth Education one day class to fulfill this requirement on Thursday, Nov. 13th from 9am - 5:30pm.  The charge is $50 for the day (early bird
fee).   (See pink box below)  

DONA also requires a 3 hour Breastfeeding Training by a certifed lactation consultant.  We are trying to coordinate a breastfeeding course to be taught by a lactation
consultant for the Athens Ga. training-- day and time TBA.
                                                                                                                                                              
Requirements for DONA Certification: The DONA website covers all of the requirements for certification, go to:  http://www.dona.org/develop/birth_cert.php  

Registration & Fees:   Temporary registration is available below. The Athen's early bird training fee is $250, after October 14 it will be $300.  The training includes
continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, ample snacks and a beautiful training location.  It will be an experience you will not forget!  A 185 page resource notebook,
18 contact hours and a certificate of completion from DONA International are also included in the cost.  Register here as soon as possible.   Please indicate that you would
like to take the the Breastfeeding class and/or the Intro. class when registering.   Please register soon, my trainings fill quickly!

Lodging for the Athens, Ga. training  

Best Western Colonial Inn
170 N. Milledge Avenue
800-592-9401/706-546-7311-- http://www.bestwestern.com/colonialinnathens
                    
Courtyard by Marriott
166 N. Finley Street
800-321-2211/706-369--http://www.courtyard.com/ahncy                        
     
Days Inn Athens
230 N. Finley Street
800-329-7466/706-543-6511--http://www.daysinnathens.com
                
Hilton Garden Inn
390 E. Washington Street
706-353-6800--http://www.hi-athens.com
                      
Holiday Inn Athens
197 E. Broad Street
800-465-4329/706-549-4433--http://www.hi-athens.com
                      
Holiday Inn Express
513 W. Broad Street
800-465-4329/706-546-8122--http://www/hi-athens.com
              
A couple of miles further out, but still easy
Hampton Inn  
220 W. Broad Street
800-426-7866/706-548-9600--http://www.hamptoninn.com
Cancellations-  Due to limited registration there are no refunds after 10 days prior to the training (except for emergencies which has a $30 administrative fee).  

Training Outline- The training outline varies a bit with each training I provide

Snack breaks will take place during group practice

Day One
2:00                Registration and refreshments
2:30                Introductions,The Significance of Birth, The Ideal Birth,
                       Optimal Fetal Positioning- group practice
5:30-7:00        Dinner- downtown Athens- on your own
7:15-8:30        Professional Role of the Doula, social and business marketing

Day Two
9:00                Continental Breakfast (provided) and Video
9:30                Labor Support in Stage 1 and Stage 2
                      Assessing and assisting coping skills- group practice
12:30-2pm     Lunch- downtown Athens -on your own
2:00                Non-pharmacologic methods of pain relief in labor- group practice
3:45                Effects of medications used for labor and birth
5:00                Cesarean birth and prevention, VBAC and Difficult labors
6:30pm           Questions and closure for the day

Day Three
9:00                 Continental Breakfast (provided) and Video
9:30                 DONA standards and code of ethics, Prenatal and Postpartum doula
                        client meetings and starting a doula business
10:30               Comfort measures for the pain of labor - group practice                                
12:00-1:30pm  Lunch - downtown Athens- on your own                  
1:30                 Newborns and postpartum     
2:45                 Role play of labor- group practice
4:00                 Training wrap up, questions and review, evaluation
4:45pm            Closure
$100 deposit to save a space at the Athens Doula Trng.
$250  Full early bird payment due before Oct. 14
$300 Full payment after Oct. 14