Nurturing Birth - Doula training courses

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We provide Doula courses across the UK, Europe and the Middle East and online with mentoring options for new and existing doulas, as well as the international Nurturing Birth Directory to help parents find the right birth or postnatal doula. We offer additional courses to enhance doulas’ knowledge and skills as well as a strong community and support network.

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One of our wonderful new doulas @lydia.asscher.cra

One of our wonderful new doulas @lydia.asscher.craft sent us this incredible sketch of her ideal birthing space as part of her project on our Expansive Course - isn’t it simply beautiful? 💕
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As well as the incredible artistic talents on display here, we are getting such strong feelings of positivity, love, strength and comfort from this sketch - we can see Lydia is already a very talented doula too!
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We just love looking at the coursework that our doulas deliver - in all forms, from poetry to artwork, videos to written documents. Doula-ing takes on many variations and all new doulas have the freedom to explore whichever route feels right for them.
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We’re just happy to be seeing all the ideas and experiences we explore together over the duration of the course, coming out in such wonderful ways!
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How would you release your inner doula, what would your birthspace look or sound like? Do share your ideas, we would love to hear! 💫
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#doula #doulalove #doulachat #doulasupport #virtualdoulacourse #distancedoulacourse #onlinedoulacourse #nurturingbirthcommunity

On the eve of what is potentially going to be a hu

On the eve of what is potentially going to be a huge Covid-related announcement from our Prime Minister, here is some deliciousness from us to put a smile on your face 🍑
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These are uncertain times indeed, and uncertainty can breed fear and anxiety, which are not helpful to anyone.
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New parents have been through so much during this period, and the situation with maternity support services still needs everyone’s attention to be sure that pregnant women, parents and babies are not being left in the dark in those crucial early days.
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We will be keeping our feeds updated with developments. Maybe we will hear more tomorrow 🤞🏻 In the meantime the #butnotmaternity campaign has performed really well to highlight the problem and has brought some change. Do take a look at the hashtag to find out more - and share your stories, whether your own birth stories or those you have heard of - the conversation must keep going!
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#doula #doulasupport #doulachat #doulalove #birthworkers #virtualdoula #onlinedoula #nurturingbirthcommunitu #covidpregnancy #covidbirth
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📷 c/o @elliana_allon

Advocacy in the birth space is so important and ca

Advocacy in the birth space is so important and can contribute massively towards a positive birth experience. Showing our own support towards birth partners should be on every birth worker’s radar 💕
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Posted @withregram • @fivexmore_ Today we are focusing on our Birthing Partners.
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We are officially launching our 5 steps for partners who will be supporting Black pregnant women by becoming an advocate in birth.
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We know that partners often feel forgotten about when it comes to pregnancy and childbirth so we have teamed up with some prominent Black men and fathers in our community to come up with these steps based on their experiences of becoming fathers.
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They had a wealth of knowledge and stories to tell us and we are super grateful for their insight on such an important topic.
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A special thanks goes to Emmanuel @theemaneffectuk Lekan @l3kkyl3x_12 Lateef @lookwhostalkinglive David @daviskoroma Raphael @raphaelsofoluke Donald @dopeblackdads for your input and helping us co-create these 5 steps for partners to better support Black pregnant women and advocate for them.
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The steps are on our website www.fivexmore.com under RESOURCES and on our Instagram page. #fivexmore #fivexmoreaw20 #fivexmorepartnersday
#doula #doulachat #doulalove #doulasupport #doulasofcolour #birthworkersofcolour #birthworkers #nurturingbirthcommunity

Hi, I’m Fran, Nurturing Birth’s social media m

Hi, I’m Fran, Nurturing Birth’s social media manager and “doula-in-waiting”. I have never shown my face here before - but there is a first time for everything and this is important, so here goes ✋🏻
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Have you engaged with the @fivexmore_ campaign, running this week? The campaign is to highlight the frankly terrible statistic that is: the mortality rate for black women in the perinatal period is up to 5 times that of their white counterparts.
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Let’s let that sink in a moment.
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Pregnancy, birth and the early days with a newborn - often referred to as the fourth trimester - can be fragile, overwhelming and vulnerable times for many of us. But imagine entering that period of life knowing that chances are stacked against you and your baby so greatly.
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It is wrong and it has to change.
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Everyone at Nurturing Birth is committed to this cause, deepening our understanding of what has led us to this, and how we can be part of bringing about change and reversing this statistic.
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Do follow the campaign to show support and find resources for further learning 🖤💕🤍
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#blacklivesmatter #fivexmoreaw20 #fivemoreselfie #fivexmoreselfie #doulachat #birthworkers #doulasofcolour #birthworkersofcolour #doulalove #doulasupport

This week sees the start of Five X More Awareness

This week sees the start of Five X More Awareness week #fivexmoreaw20
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How is it possible in today’s world for black women to be faced with the statistic that they have five times more risk of death during the perinatal period than their white counterparts? Not only that, but that the figure is slowly but steadily increasing.
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This has to stop. It is up to every birthworker to turn the tide on this shocking statistic. We have committed to action, furthering our learning and deepening our understanding of the systemic problems that contribute to this statistic.
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Please follow this campaign, engage with it, explore the calls to action.
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#blacklivesmatter #blackmothersmatter #doula #doulalove #doulasupport #doulasofcolour #birthworkersofcolour
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Posted @withregram • @fivexmore_ Welcome to the UK’s first Black women’s maternal health awareness week from @fivexmore_ CIC.
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Black women in the UK have a five fold higher risk of maternal mortality in comparison to white women (MBRRACE 2018) and this number has been steadily rising for decades which is unacceptable.
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This week is designed to further highlight this statistic but we believe it goes a lot deeper than this. We want to go a step further to uncover the fact that Black women have poorer experiences and maternal outcomes in general because sadly if we don’t speak up, then this number will most certainly continue to rise.
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Each day will have a different theme and hashtag, when posting and engaging with the different actions, please be sure to use these hashtags so we can see and repost them.
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Today we kick off by celebrating what would have been D’Lissa Parkes 31st Birthday. More details about her will be revealed in the following post.
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Please look at the FIVEXMOREAW highlight for details on rules of the week and to also find resources that may help you if you have been affected by any of the topics discussed during the week.
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#fivexmore #fivexmoreaw20 #fivexmoredlissa

So, how’s your September so far? This year’s “Back to School” season somehow feels bigger than ever before, with not just the start of a new school year but, for most children, the return to school after six months away from it!
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Sophie has been sharing some back to school thoughts this week.
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“I have always loved the start of the new school year – it feels very different to me than the transition into a new year in January – there is something very exciting about over-sized uniforms, shiny new shoes and sharpened pencils!
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Last week we went “back to school” too and taught the first Distance course of the autumn. It was such a joy to be back on Zoom meeting new doulas, getting to know each of them and watching a group bond, connect and ultimately grow in confidence as they considered so many aspects of being a doula.
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On Zoom I can still wear my comfy sweats and cosy up in my living room whilst I am teaching (none of the dreaded blisters from wearing in new shoes), but there is still that sense of excitement and trepidation all rolled into one!” 🤗
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The start of every doula course is always SO exciting - for our doulas-to-be and for us as facilitators. What excites you about learning?
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Over at Nurturing Birth we are putting together some new regular workshops for those who would like to become doulas – an opportunity to spend an hour or two with a couple of experienced doulas and get clarity about the role and the course options. It would be amazing to hear what you would most want to get from those sessions, so do ping us an email and send us your feedback.
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For those of you who are already doulas we have things up our sleeves for you too – so your feedback would be really welcome especially around what you still feel would be helpful for you as you develop your business 🌟
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#doula #doulalove #doulachat #nurturingbirthcommunity #nbcommunity #virtualdoulacourse #onlinedoulacourse #birthworkers #doulatraining #doulacourse #doulasupport #doulamentor

Love this from Nurturing Birth doula Sophia. Such

Love this from Nurturing Birth doula Sophia. Such an incredible image. Aren’t our bodies awesome? 💫
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#doula #doulachat #nurturingbirth #nbdoulas #birthworkers #birthprep #duein2020 #duein2021
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Posted @withregram • @theintuitivedoula R H O M B U S O F M I C H A E L I S // Did you know that during the second stage of labour the bones at the bottom of your back actually move up and backwards out of the way to allow space for your baby to be born?

As your baby descends, the back of the pelvis including the three lower lumber vertebrae, the sacrum and the long ligament that runs down the spine from the base of the skull to the sacrum (the Rhombus of Michaelis) open up, increasing space in the pelvis significantly. In fact, when labouring on your back it is not possible for your body to open up in this way, leaving you with 30% less space in your pelvis. So labouring in an upright position not only means you have gravity on your side, but it allows your body the chance to work physiologically with your baby.

This incredible image was captured by @northdallasdoulas. You can so clearly see the lump where the mothers sacrum is moving out of the way, allowing space for her baby to be born ✨

#birthisamazing #knowyourbody #knowledgeispower #rhombusofmichaelis #birth #birthphotography #birthingyourbaby #physiologicalbirth #birthphysiology #naturalbirth #doulachat #doulasupport #birthchat #bristoldoula

Glorious skin-to-skin, stimulating production of o

Glorious skin-to-skin, stimulating production of oxytocin, promoting bonding and connection 💕
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We simply had to share this wonderful image at the end of a fab week welcoming new doulas to the Nurturing Birth community.
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Happy Friday everyone! 🤗
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#doula #doulachat #oxytocin #skintoskin #nbcommunity #birthworkers #doulatraining #virtualdoulacourse #onlinedoulacourse
Posted @withregram • @breezybirthphotos Skin to skin with dad. So important.
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