Thinking about becoming a doula but unsure how to begin? Have you already started but feel uncertain about growing your business? Need advice on best practices? Wondering how to conduct prenatal visits or how to best support your clients? Curious about the distinctions between unmedicated births, inductions, and cesarean deliveries? Unsure which training programs are truly valuable? Connect with me, an experienced and knowledgeable doula, who can help you navigate every step of this journey!
**1. Passing Down Wisdom and Experience**
In the doula community, mentoring is similar to passing on knowledge and expertise. Experienced doulas, who have attended many births and refined their craft, provide other doulas with insight into their practices. These insights, which cover the subtleties of human connection, the unpredictable nature of birth, and the skill of offering unflinching support, go beyond what textbooks can impart.
**2. Building Confidence**
The increase in self-assurance that doula mentorship offers is among its most important advantages. A mentor's counsel and emotional support reassures newcomers that they are not traveling alone. As they become aware that they can always rely on the wisdom of their mentor, they learn to trust their gut feelings.
**3. Learning the Art of Adaptation**
Given the unpredictability of childbirth, doulas frequently encounter unusual and difficult circumstances. The experience of a mentor can guide novice doulas gracefully through these unfamiliar seas. In order to give their clients the finest treatment possible, they are trained to adjust to different birthing situations.
Mentoring by doulas is a powerful and life-changing experience that helps mentees as well as mentors. It promotes the development of a new generation of doulas who are caring, knowledgeable, and self-assured, while simultaneously guaranteeing the preservation of traditional birthing expertise. By doing this, we enhance the doula community and guarantee that every pregnant mother gets the assistance and consideration she needs during one of life's most significant moments. The goal of mentoring is to establish a legacy of empowerment and support for future generations of doulas, not merely to provide doula training.
Mentorship options I offer:
Package A:
One-time (60 minutes): $75 (in person or virtual)
Example of what package may include: Brainstorming, addressing your questions, relationship building with an experienced doula
Package B:
3 month mentorship: $500 (in person or virtual)
Example of what package may include-5 meetings total (60-90 minutes each): goal-setting, discussing trainings you should take, business practices, formulating your prenatal and postpartum visits. Use this time to fill any gaps you have in your knowledge regarding advocacy, pelvic biomechanics, interventions/complications, birth debriefing, comfort measures and positions. What other ideas do you have?
Package C:
6 month mentorship: $900 (in person or virtual)
Example of what package may include: Same as 3 month package, plus option for text support during births when available, along with birth debriefs. There may be opportunities to shadow me at births if you are in the Inland Northwest/Coeur d’Alene, ID area.